Anonymous
08/30/2025 14:56
Subject: Question regarding SPED
I am confused. Only special ed teachers teach a special ed class. The co-taught mainstream classes have 1 special ed teacher and 1 regular teacher.
Anonymous
08/30/2025 08:59
Subject: Question regarding SPED
Anonymous wrote:You would think! But we haven’t seen that. They won’t even write guidelines on the worksheets.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please explain your last comment. Aren’t team taught 50% SpED and 50% GenEd? How can the teaching material be altered if GenEd is mixed in there?Anonymous wrote:Unlike elementary schools with specialized programs (resource, non cat, EAC, ID/IDS etc), secondary schools split students into 1 of 2 tracks. Either SOL or VAAP.
I think all parents with kids in team taught classes should ask to observe, you’d be very surprised. (My experience is with Irving MS specifically, but I’m sure most middle schools look similar)
A big part of the special ed teacher's job is to modify the gen ed materials as needed for each child -- that's what it means to provide specialized instruction.
They’re spending the majority of their time DEALING WITH BEHAVIORS.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 20:18
Subject: Question regarding SPED
You would think! But we haven’t seen that. They won’t even write guidelines on the worksheets.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please explain your last comment. Aren’t team taught 50% SpED and 50% GenEd? How can the teaching material be altered if GenEd is mixed in there?Anonymous wrote:Unlike elementary schools with specialized programs (resource, non cat, EAC, ID/IDS etc), secondary schools split students into 1 of 2 tracks. Either SOL or VAAP.
I think all parents with kids in team taught classes should ask to observe, you’d be very surprised. (My experience is with Irving MS specifically, but I’m sure most middle schools look similar)
A big part of the special ed teacher's job is to modify the gen ed materials as needed for each child -- that's what it means to provide specialized instruction.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 17:56
Subject: Question regarding SPED
Anonymous wrote:Please explain your last comment. Aren’t team taught 50% SpED and 50% GenEd? How can the teaching material be altered if GenEd is mixed in there?Anonymous wrote:Unlike elementary schools with specialized programs (resource, non cat, EAC, ID/IDS etc), secondary schools split students into 1 of 2 tracks. Either SOL or VAAP.
I think all parents with kids in team taught classes should ask to observe, you’d be very surprised. (My experience is with Irving MS specifically, but I’m sure most middle schools look similar)
A big part of the special ed teacher's job is to modify the gen ed materials as needed for each child -- that's what it means to provide specialized instruction.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 15:41
Subject: Question regarding SPED
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Please explain your last comment. Aren’t team taught 50% SpED and 50% GenEd? How can the teaching material be altered if GenEd is mixed in there?Anonymous wrote:Unlike elementary schools with specialized programs (resource, non cat, EAC, ID/IDS etc), secondary schools split students into 1 of 2 tracks. Either SOL or VAAP.
I think all parents with kids in team taught classes should ask to observe, you’d be very surprised. (My experience is with Irving MS specifically, but I’m sure most middle schools look similar)
I've seen the 50/50 model in Special Ed preschool and language immersion settings. For high school co-taught inclusion classes, the ratio is closer to 25 Special Ed/75 gen ed. To your teaching material question, there are several ways to do it, depending on how skillful/able the two teachers are. Also, this is the subject of debate in education circles. [/quot
Maybe once in a while, but it’s often a a net 50/50 split.
Anonymous
08/29/2025 10:12
Subject: Question regarding SPED
The team taught my DC had for English in HS was definitely 50/50 or less. The SPED can’t have more than 12 and they usually had 24 students.