Special Education & Co-Teaching Sample Clauses

Special Education & Co-Teaching. Definition A. Every effort will be made to schedule all Special Education Team related meetings during the instructional day for all teachers not covered by Appendix A-3, B-1. B. The Committee shall provide in-service courses, as needed, for teachers responsible for implementing the educational plans for special needs children. C. The Committee shall provide training opportunities on inclusion issues and opportunities for teachers involved in co-teaching to meet and discuss best practices. D. In addition to preparation time defined in Article V, the Committee shall make every effort to provide guaranteed common planning time specifically designated for facilitating the joint planning by co-teachers and the staff working with inclusion students. When IEP meetings displace common planning time for co-teachers, common planning time will be replaced within a reasonable time period, generally within two school weeks. E. The committee shall provide planning time to co-teaching teams outside the school day and before or during the school year with compensation at the curriculum rate, up to a maximum 10 hours. F. Every effort will be made to provide resources and to distribute workloads equitably so that special educators have sufficient time to complete their duties. G. If a special educator or co-teacher believes that his or her workload is excessive, he or she may request a meeting with his or her principal. In the event that the principal and the special educator/co-teacher determine that the workload is excessive, they will discuss options to address the educator’s workload. These options include, but are not limited to, temporary relief from non-teaching duties, release time in the professional day and/or professional assistance to complete mandated requirements. H. When a special education co-teacher is absent, every effort will be made to provide additional resources to the co-teaching classroom. I. When principals assign co-teachers, every effort will be made to ask for volunteers first. J. Every effort will be made to provide co-teaching teams with a schedule that aligns prep periods. K. Every effort shall be made to avoid assigning co-teachers responsibilities that divert from planning or instructional co-teach times.
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Special Education & Co-Teaching. Co-teaching shall be counted as a preparation period for the special education teacher when the special education teacher works with a teacher in a regular classroom as follows:
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Special Education & Co-Teaching a. Co-teaching pull outs for IEPs, meetings, tests (not including tests given in the co-taught class during the same hour), student concerns, and other school related issues which may pull the co-teacher out of the classroom shall minimized as much as possible. b. Co-teaching hours shall count as special education hours, when working on IEP goals in the co- taught class. c. Co-teaching classrooms shall be limited in terms of the number of students with IEPs and 504s. The ratio currently used shall be 1/3 students with disabilities/At-Risk to 2/3 students without disabilities/At-Risk. d. Co-teachers shall be provided additional training and planning time over the summer and during the school year for new and continuing co-teaching relationships. e. Co-teaching should not interfere with the needed support of students on a special education teacher’s case load who are not in the co-taught class. All attempts shall be made to limit the special education teacher’s case load to fifteen (15) students per trimester. If not possible, then staffing and caseload numbers must be considered to provide the best possible education for all students. f. Co-teaching should not replace the services students may still need in an LRC classroom. Students in co-taught classes should also receive LRC support if the IEP goals cannot all be met in co-taught environment. These determinations are made amongst all team members (including parents) through an IEP or IEP Amendment. g. Co-teachers shall choose which students would best function in a co-taught environment. Co- teaching is not the best learning environment for every student. Students with a learning disability in the content area shall be given priority.
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