Maybe the PP in the quote is from the suburbs or otherwise a school district with a variety of schools. Yu Ying, like most of the desirable DC charters, is its own LEA so they have to find ways for kids to succeed with Chinese.

Anonymous wrote:well she would be right. you don't put chinese learning goals in an iep. you put literacy goals that transcend both languages. there is absolutely no mandate that foreign language goals be addressed in ieps...only access goals.

Not so. An immersion program is like any other school program - not doing so violates Federal anti-discrimination laws. Think about it - your child has, say, dyslexia (which doesn't magically disappear in another language). An immersion program requires you to read in both languages. You're entitled to support and, if there is a need, goals - a language like Mandarin has unique characteristics that need to be addressed for a child with a disability.

Anonymous wrote:Only Mandarin is allowed in the Chinese classrooms so she was the only SpEd teacher who could provide in class support during Chinese days.

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Then Yu Ying will need to provide another Mandarin speaking SPED teacher, or change their policy. An internal rule like "Only Mandarin in the classroom" doesn't take priority over federal law.

I saw on the portal about the new SPED teacher assigned to one second grade class. I wish we had a Mandarin-speaking SPED teacher in our grade, too. My child definitely needs more support in the Chinese class than in the English class.

My child was allowed to use English on Chinese class when needed last year.

Still not sure who my child's case manager will be. This was not in the info on class assignments, not sure how we will find out. I need to email teachers or the new SPED coordinator I guess.

Yes, they pull out and do special ed in English during the Chinese days in place of Chinese goals or Chinese special ed for many students in all but the bubble year class... who happens to get the best Chinese teacher in the school AGAIN. Too bad there aren't more Chinese sped teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Have not heard anything but the school is in the middle of construction. I wish they would let us know who is my child's case manager since the bilingual SP Ed teacher who was, left. I am really hoping they find more mandarin speaking staff too.

Guess we'll find out soon enough...

That's impressive that Yu Ying had a bilingual special ed teacher.. We're in NoVA and immersion programs here do not have bilingual special ed teachers to work on language arts issues...

Yes, she will be sorely missed since her presence in the classroom made it two teachers instead of one. Only Mandarin is allowed in the Chinese classrooms so she was the only SpEd teacher who could provide in class support during Chinese days.

My child has no academic issues, he is above grade level across the board, and his IEP does not address academics but he needs help with issues like starting a task and packing up... not sure how the school is going to fulfill his ~20 hrs SpEd support without her.

Then Yu Ying will need to provide another Mandarin speaking SPED teacher, or change their policy. An internal rule like "Only Mandarin in the classroom" doesn't take priority over federal law.

They have pull-out services in English as necessary.

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Anonymous wrote:Have not heard anything but the school is in the middle of construction. I wish they would let us know who is my child's case manager since the bilingual SP Ed teacher who was, left. I am really hoping they find more mandarin speaking staff too.

Guess we'll find out soon enough...

That's impressive that Yu Ying had a bilingual special ed teacher.. We're in NoVA and immersion programs here do not have bilingual special ed teachers to work on language arts issues...

Yes, she will be sorely missed since her presence in the classroom made it two teachers instead of one. Only Mandarin is allowed in the Chinese classrooms so she was the only SpEd teacher who could provide in class support during Chinese days.

My child has no academic issues, he is above grade level across the board, and his IEP does not address academics but he needs help with issues like starting a task and packing up... not sure how the school is going to fulfill his ~20 hrs SpEd support without her.

Then Yu Ying will need to provide another Mandarin speaking SPED teacher, or change their policy. An internal rule like "Only Mandarin in the classroom" doesn't take priority over federal law.

Anonymous wrote:They only started doing IEPs with Chinese learning goals within the last year or two so they probably staffed based on which grade had the highest concentration of needs. But I do believe that there will be another Chinese special ed teacher this year

I just found out who the new bilingual Sp Ed teacher is going to be and am sooooo excited! The very best preK teacher, IMHO, who is a native Mandarin speaker finished her MA in Sp Ed and is going to be the new Chinese special ed teacher. She was also my DS's preK lead teacher and the one who suggested that my child needs an evaluation and responsible for getting my kid all the help so I am absolutely thrilled and happy that he will have her again!

Anonymous wrote:well she would be right. you don't put chinese learning goals in an iep. you put literacy goals that transcend both languages. there is absolutely no mandate that foreign language goals be addressed in ieps...only access goals.

Could you explain what you mean by "literacy goals that transcend both languages" with an example? I'm not sure what you mean by this. The curriculum is taught 50% in Mandarin and 50% in English so a child will not be able to "access the curriculum" if they cannot operate equally well in both languages.

Currently, DC has no academic goals in his IEP but only social communication goals which applies in both English and Mandarin classrooms.

When the curriculum is bilingual and their are literacy issues in both languages then the goals need to be stated for both languages.

well she would be right. you don't put chinese learning goals in an iep. you put literacy goals that transcend both languages. there is absolutely no mandate that foreign language goals be addressed in ieps...only access goals.