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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think stipends should happen for SPED and Gen Ed teachers. SPED teachers with more than 5 IEPS should get a stipend per extra kid. Classroom teachers should get a stipend per kid when class size goes above 25. [/quote]

That would be quite nice, but that would mean essentially all teachers would receive that stipend.

When I was a special education teacher, I had [b]50-60 IEPs [/b](10-12 per class). Almost all of those had 3-5 goals for which I was responsible (reading comprehension, basic reading, written expression, organization, and/or behavior), so I was responsible for tracking between 120-300`goals.

I switched to general education several years ago. I now have between 135-150 students each year. It is rare to have classes smaller than 25, and most classes have [b]28-32[/b] students. As a general education teacher, I usually have 5-8 students with IEPs (usually for speech, writing, organization, and/or behavior) on my roster, another 10-12 who are on my coteacher's roster, and [i]at least[/i] a dozen 504 plans. [/quote]
Ok[/quote]

LOL. I thought the same thing. There is no way that she had 50 IEPs.[/quote]

NP. Why don’t you believe this? If she was a high school teacher and team taught 5 different classes 50+ is easily possible. I’m a general ed teacher, I didn’t have any team taught classes and I had over 20 students in my classes this year with IEPs or 504s. It could have been closer to 30. [/quote]

+1000[/quote]

correct but  I think people are thinking caseloads which would not happen.[/quote]

Our school's special education teachers have caseloads closer to 10, but that is really not that relevant for anything other than re-evals because the case managers are responsible to code very few goals unless the case manager happens to be a math or English teacher.

English/reading teachers code reading comprehension, basic reading, and written expression goals. Math teachers code math goals. Personal development teachers code behavior goals for any students who take personal development. The speech clinician codes all speech goals.

Case managers are technically responsible for checking in with all teachers of students on their caseload, but that doesn't always happen.[/quote]

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