Anonymous wrote:Team co-teaching SPED and push in is largely ineffective. It hurts students who need a quieter setting and less distractions of the large class size.

I wish more parents of special needs students were more vocal to the board of education.

Amen. Mainstreaming everyone is not working for anyone.

It’s higher than BOE - Maryland state mandate is 70% of students with IEPs mainstreamed for all or part of the day.

I wish decision were made about kids not arbitrary stats.

Anonymous wrote:I just accepted a Special Education Teaching job yesterday

Thank you and welcome! I hope you’re in a supportive position. MCPS is lucky to have you!

Anonymous wrote:Do any teachers on this site think the new team approach will help in placing students quicker? Or is it just smoke and mirrors?

Can you explain the new team approach you reference?

I just accepted a Special Education Teaching job yesterday

I am seeing many SpEd positions on the career site at the moment. At least a hundred .

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Anonymous wrote:Share feedback with the MCPS Programs Analysis team. So far, they have provided no info on special ed programs, so it wouldn't surprise me if they are overlooking SpEd programs. They need to hear about that and start including it in their program analysis.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fCkz2b1rVr60QIatOoSPXCLD7f1YlRRDCn3VbHrBx-o/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1

No, that's not what the programs analysis is about.

Share your feedback, and let the Program Analysis team decide for themselves if its important.

Proposing six regions is from Program Analysis, not the boundary study. It would be a rude awakening to find out that you no longer have access to a SpEd placement because it is not within your specific region.

"The analysis includes middle and high school application regional and countywide magnet and lottery-based programs, Career and Technical Education programs, as well as access to Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and Dual Enrollment courses."

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/academic-programs-analysis/

That is not how special education works. If an IEP team determines a need for services then they are obligated by law to provide the services, even if it is out of “your specific region”

That being said as a parent, I would want to know if the location of my child’s school was changing and would like to give feedback on that too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Share feedback with the MCPS Programs Analysis team. So far, they have provided no info on special ed programs, so it wouldn't surprise me if they are overlooking SpEd programs. They need to hear about that and start including it in their program analysis.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fCkz2b1rVr60QIatOoSPXCLD7f1YlRRDCn3VbHrBx-o/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1

No, that's not what the programs analysis is about.

Share your feedback, and let the Program Analysis team decide for themselves if its important.

Proposing six regions is from Program Analysis, not the boundary study. It would be a rude awakening to find out that you no longer have access to a SpEd placement because it is not within your specific region.

Team co-teaching SPED and push in is largely ineffective. It hurts students who need a quieter setting and less distractions of the large class size.

I wish more parents of special needs students were more vocal to the board of education.

Do any teachers on this site think the new team approach will help in placing students quicker? Or is it just smoke and mirrors?