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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For certain subjects like high school math and sciences, yes.

For self contained special education, also yes.

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For self contained, they are lucky to get a warm body. If anything, they should lower the requirement so that they can fill the role [/quote]

They are not babysitters.[/quote]

They kind of are. Once they age out of school, they literally are [/quote]

Adult services is very different than school age services, that’s correct. But there are legal reasons behind that.

SN teachers are not babysitters, but if you treat them that way then that’s all you’ll get back. If you want them to respect and protect the children you entrust in their care, then you have to respect and protect them first. And give them the proper training and tools they need to do it.

SN children are, by nature, unpredictable, especially when placed together. Protocols and training and being able to trust and depend on other staff around you for backup is literally all you have in the worst moments. When SHTF (and it ALWAYS does)- you’d better hope your staff aren’t just glorified babysitters and are trained to handle any and every situation so nobody gets hurt.

You try implementing an emergency protective restraint on a child in public school and see what support you get from admin. You will probably get fired and the entire incident swept under the rug. Try that in a well-trained SN school and you’ll have to do some paperwork and make an uncomfortable phone call to the parents. But the admin will always support you IF you followed protocol.

Problem with public schools- there is minimal  protocol  and minimal support. Go ask 5 teachers what they should do in a situation and you’ll get 5 different answers. Ask the administrators and you’ll get even more variations. The left hand never knows what the right hand is doing and they pass the blame back and forth.

Public schools need to take notes. Train and educate your staff- ALL the staff. That should always be #1. You can teach almost anyone to be a decent teacher, that’s actually secondary when dealing with SN. If teachers don’t feel supported they’ll quit out of frustration before they can gain the experience needed to become good at teaching. [/quote]

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