Last year, school wanted to mainstream my 6th grade daughter for two advanced (7th) classes-english and science. Grades in regular classes were poor, and school thought it was because she was bored. My daughter’s iep states that all completed hw.quizzes/tests are to be copied and mailed home to us. The reason for this is because we doubted school’s claim, believe there are unresolved ld issues, and because daughter is sometimes totally unorganized and sometimes noncompliant with bringing hw home, we wanted to be able to guage how she was doing in these classes.
School now says it is too difficult for teachers to copy completed hw/et al because the class size is 25+ and that class time is 45 mins long???? And say the only way we can receive it is via child. Does this sound illegal/unrealistic to you? At her iep last year, we were guaranteed that the teachers could do this, was the only way we would allow the advanced classes, and it was put into her iep as such. Can school be brought to bear on this since its on iep?
Help please!
Re: school says its too much work
I live in New Jeersey and from what I understand from my son’s advocate if it is in the iep it has to be done or you can go to due process to make them do it.
Lisa
Re: school says its too much work
Indeed anything in an IEP is binding, however I agree with them that this is an unreasonable demand, copying every assignment, homework paper, test and quiz. A teacher would need a clerk to do this much work. You could call an IEP team and meet over this issue. It is always nice to at least consider the practiciality of a teacher who teaches 150 students per day doing this much in one case.
It was easy for last year’s IEP team to commit this year’s teachers to this task; they did not have to carry it out all year long.
Can you use e-mail? Can you make a monthly visit to look over her work? Teacher can save her work in a file and show it to you, or send it to office and you can meet w/guidance counselor to view?
Re: school says its too much work
Where is the Case Manager in all this? Is the case manager the person you are having problems with? This person should be overseeing the IEP. I would go this route before calling a Due Process.
Re: school says its too much work
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IEP_guide/links
if it is on the iep, it is a violation if not implemented, from what i read.
Re: school says its too much work
Dear ntongan:
I’m just a college student majoring in Special Education, but the instructors beat us over the head with the laws and legislation that govern the field of Special Education. The IEP is a legal contract. It cannot be changed unless an IEP meeting is held. You, or any other member of your daughter’s IEP team, can request a review. You didn’t say if the refusal to follow the directives in the IEP comes from your child’s teacher or principal. Start with the teacher; remind him/her that the homework/quizzes are to be mailed home per IEP directive. Next, speak with the principal. If that doesn’t work, call your school district’s Director of Special Education and explain the situation. If that doesn’t work, you may have to contact your state’s Department of Education, Special Education department. If you don’t already have a copy, go to the web site of the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) at www.nichcy.org and download some of their wonderfully informative papers. Two really good ones are: “The Education of Children and Youth with Special Needs: What do the laws say?” and “Questions Often Asked by Parents About Special Education Services”. This site has so much to offer. Your best defense is to KNOW THE LAW as it pertains to your daughter and special education. It might be very difficult for your daughter’s teachers to provide the copies of hw/etc. that are promised. Teaching is not an easy task, but that isn’t the point. The point is that your daughter’s IEP states that you will be provided with copies of homework and tests. That cannot be changed by the school unless an IEP meeting is held and the IEP is revised. Get informed and GOOD LUCK!
Re: school says its too much work
I live in New Jeersey and from what I understand from my son’s advocate if it is in the iep it has to be done or you can go to due process to make them do it.
Lisa
Re: school says its too much work
Indeed anything in an IEP is binding, however I agree with them that this is an unreasonable demand, copying every assignment, homework paper, test and quiz. A teacher would need a clerk to do this much work. You could call an IEP team and meet over this issue. It is always nice to at least consider the practiciality of a teacher who teaches 150 students per day doing this much in one case.
It was easy for last year’s IEP team to commit this year’s teachers to this task; they did not have to carry it out all year long.
Can you use e-mail? Can you make a monthly visit to look over her work? Teacher can save her work in a file and show it to you, or send it to office and you can meet w/guidance counselor to view?
Re: school says its too much work
Where is the Case Manager in all this? Is the case manager the person you are having problems with? This person should be overseeing the IEP. I would go this route before calling a Due Process.
Re: school says its too much work
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IEP_guide/links
if it is on the iep, it is a violation if not implemented, from what i read.
Dear ntongan:
I’m just a college student majoring in Special Education, but the instructors beat us over the head with the laws and legislation that govern the field of Special Education. The IEP is a legal contract. It cannot be changed unless an IEP meeting is held. You, or any other member of your daughter’s IEP team, can request a review. You didn’t say if the refusal to follow the directives in the IEP comes from your child’s teacher or principal. Start with the teacher; remind him/her that the homework/quizzes are to be mailed home per IEP directive. Next, speak with the principal. If that doesn’t work, call your school district’s Director of Special Education and explain the situation. If that doesn’t work, you may have to contact your state’s Department of Education, Special Education department. If you don’t already have a copy, go to the web site of the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) at www.nichcy.org and download some of their wonderfully informative papers. Two really good ones are: “The Education of Children and Youth with Special Needs: What do the laws say?” and “Questions Often Asked by Parents About Special Education Services”. This site has so much to offer. Your best defense is to KNOW THE LAW as it pertains to your daughter and special education. It might be very difficult for your daughter’s teachers to provide the copies of hw/etc. that are promised. Teaching is not an easy task, but that isn’t the point. The point is that your daughter’s IEP states that you will be provided with copies of homework and tests. That cannot be changed by the school unless an IEP meeting is held and the IEP is revised. Get informed and GOOD LUCK!