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I am a special ed teacher. I started in the middle of last school year after transferring from another district. Right away, I was concerned with ALL the special ed kids being removed from the inclusion classrooms about twice per week for tests and quizzes. The Gen Ed teachers I work with told me that I needed to remove them to read the tests to them. After doing this for about a week, I finally got enough courage up to talk to my supervisor about this. Basically, I was concerned that this practice went against IDEA laws, specifically Least Restrictive Environment, which clearly states students should only be removed from inclusion classes if supplemental aids and services cannot be provided in class. My issue was these services could be provided in class - modified tests, clarify directions, even read test aloud if that was in their IEP. Plus, it totally osticized the kids and I felt bad. Long story short, director of special services got involved and made the practice immediately sto...See More
haha Not much you can really do about it. She is your boss and has a lot of power over you (depending on the school/district). It's nice that her bosses are looking out for you for now, but long term they will likely get fatigued with the whole situation. If the principal shows no sign of moving on anytime soon, you may want to consider your other optio...See More
Apr 19, 2018


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