My 6th grade son has always struggled. He has been dx ADD, LD, has hearing difficulties, and does receive resource room. We have tried to work with the school creating the best IEP possible and make them held accountable for showing his progress, although I have only received one report and I was not impressed.
Here is the thing. The supervisor of special services sent out a two page questionare to the parents..asking us our opinions on the special ed services we are receiving. Our son being who he is, must have accidentally taken two questionares.He brought home his questionare and one that was sent to his special ed teacher from her boss (the special ed supervisor) asking her a different version of questions …about how she felt about how the system is running.
The beautiful thing is..all of her answers were filled in. The very bad thing is…everything I thought to be true …is much worse than what I had thought.
Is staff meeting regularly to problem sove issues? “No-catch as catch can.”
Have scheduling issues been addressed? “Poorly- for students and teachers”
Have pupil/teachers ratios and class sizes been addressed? “There is no way there should be more than 3-5 incl. students in a regular class-12+ is crazy!”,
Are parents of children without disibilities participating in spec. Ed service delivery options? “No, Parents are not doing their jobs!!”, Does building staff concur that children without disbilites are benefiting from participating in programs with students with disbilities? “No, The special ed students slow down the pace of the regular ed program /teacher/curriculum”
Are you a special ed teacher? “yes”
I know this was written by my son’s spec ed teacher because she writes me notes weekly and the handwritng is a perfect match.
Any suggestions as to what , how , or if, I should use this information with the best interest of my child in mind?
Mo
Re: What should I do?
I agree. Even though the answers may concern you, take comfort in the fact that your sp. ed. teacher is being frank and honest in her comments. Her complaints may help the system to improve.
Re: What should I do?
Sadly there’s no way to use this. School is a slow changing process and this would only hurt your son’s teacher. No newspaper would publish it without the teacher’s approval (and she’ll never give it)
The good news is she didn’t hold back and told her supervisor the truth. Maybe change will come from taht.
I think you should mail it back anonymously and pretend you never saw it. It wasn’t intended for your eyes.