What
is your most stressful part of the IEP for you to deal with or work on? Do you
have someone on your campus that you can go to for assistance and support in
writing the IEP?
I make accommodations and modifications in the classroom that universally help everyone in the classroom. Notes and modified for SEI to benefit, assignments are created with various degrees of reading levels, and deadlines for assignments are adjusted based on students observations and pace of the classroom. That being said, changing the standards of what a student needs to master is difficult. Fortunately for me, the campus has a Special Education instructor and, since we are a small school, communicating with her is easy. One of the problems is that the IEP's given to us, though helpful, are not specific to each class. When I grade assignments I need to where the standard for that SPED student should be at. Not all students with IEPs need this done, but the rare few that do need to be have been difficult. For example, I had a student that stated that standards needed to be modified, so when I taught a lesson, I had no idea what I should considered to pass. Did he need to be able to calculate the answer correctly, identify the type of problem it is and set it up, or only master the terminology from the lesson? In this case, I was advised to modify an exam to have the student be able to identify the purpose of the information and master the terminology in the lesson.
I make accommodations and modifications in the classroom that universally help everyone in the classroom. Notes and modified for SEI to benefit, assignments are created with various degrees of reading levels, and deadlines for assignments are adjusted based on students observations and pace of the classroom. That being said, changing the standards of what a student needs to master is difficult. Fortunately for me, the campus has a Special Education instructor and, since we are a small school, communicating with her is easy. One of the problems is that the IEP's given to us, though helpful, are not specific to each class. When I grade assignments I need to where the standard for that SPED student should be at. Not all students with IEPs need this done, but the rare few that do need to be have been difficult. For example, I had a student that stated that standards needed to be modified, so when I taught a lesson, I had no idea what I should considered to pass. Did he need to be able to calculate the answer correctly, identify the type of problem it is and set it up, or only master the terminology from the lesson? In this case, I was advised to modify an exam to have the student be able to identify the purpose of the information and master the terminology in the lesson.
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