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Special Ed resource

by Kathy

Sep 29, 2015

I am coming out of retirement for the rest of the year. Actually, I did apply for a .5 resource position in a building that has a high special ed population. The position is for bilingual resource, but they are unable to find a bilingual special ed teacher. They do have a bilingual teacher who works with the bilingual students, but she does not have special ed certification. I would be responsible for monitoring through observation and consultation with the bilingual teacher, doing the paperwork, etc. I would also have some students for math instruction as it is given in English. I have been subbing, but in limited buildings (my choice) and there aren't a lot of jobs available. I have worked in my old building 4 times and will miss that. I do not want to work 5 full days, but need to do something to keep me busy. I love teaching special ed, so am looking forward to the new challenge. A friend is the one who recommended me to her principal and special ed supervisor and asked me to consi...See More

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Kathy....changed my mind I have heard nothing but horrible things about the new and "improved" IEP system. The upgrade has no drop down menus for goals/objectives. Parts of it don't work so teachers have to put some stuff in the old IEP AND the new IEP so the IEP will be fully complete. An IEP that used to take 45 minutes to write is now taking 5 hours. I don't ...See More I have heard nothing but horrible things about the new and "improved" IEP system. The upgrade has no drop down menus for goals/objectives. Parts of it don't work so teachers have to put some stuff in the old IEP AND the new IEP so the IEP will be fully complete. An IEP that used to take 45 minutes to write is now taking 5 hours. I don't want to write lesson plans and individual lesson plans. I don't want to go to conferences, after school meetings, etc. Today I subbed at my old school for the second day in a row (two different classrooms). A friend of mine begged me to please not take the resource position as they all wanted me to be a sub there. I talked with the secretary and told her that come November I would love to be the team sub. That would put me there 1/2 to 1 full day per week on top of any other sub jobs that come up. I called Human Resources and rescinded my application. I need to talk with the Human Resources person assigned to the school I was going to just to make sure that the job doesn't go through. My friend at that school had been so excited that I was going there to work. She is disappointed but understands. She actually told me a few days ago that she probably wouldn't come out of retirement to take the position. I feel a tad bit guilty, but know it's not right for me. My stomach was getting more upset and my blood pressure was rising. I am feeling better now. Kathy

On 9/29/15, Kathy wrote: > I am coming out of retirement for the rest of the year. > Actually, I did apply for a .5 resource position in a > building that has a high special ed population. The > position is for bilingual resource, but they are unable > to find a bilingual special ed teacher. They do have a > bilingual teacher who works with the bilingual students, > but she does not have special ed certification. I would > be responsible for monitoring through observation and > consultation with the bilingual teacher, doing the > paperwork, etc. I would also have some students for math > instruction as it is given in English. I have been > subbing, but in limited buildings (my choice) and there > aren't a lot of jobs available. I have worked in my old > building 4 times and will miss that. I do not want to > work 5 full days, but need to do something to keep me > busy. I love teaching special ed, so am looking forward > to the new challenge. A friend is the one who recommended > me to her principal and special ed supervisor and asked > me to consider the position. I am going in on Friday to > meet the principal and observe my friend for a little > while. I will also see the classroom that I may have. > I've been warned that it is ugly. My one and only concern > is how many days I have left before this impacts my > retirement. I need to go into Human Resources and get > that straightened out. I am planning on working all day > Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 1/2 day on Thursdays. I know > that they want someone there half days Monday through > Friday. However, with so many days off on Mondays and > Fridays for holidays and institute days, it only makes > sense to do the Tuesday, Wednesday, half day Thursday > schedule. > Kathy

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