Student- teacher ratio in Albuquerque ps resource rm

Submitted by an LD OnLine user on

Hi all,

Just had an interview at a Albuquerque Public school for a resource
room position. I moved here from Illinois. So naturally I asked re:
student teacher ratio.

Well apparently they are taking like 19 kids at a time! This is
resource?! I was just floored. I did a resource rm years ago.
I had 3-4 kids at a time. I just about said that that’s what
I thought the ratio should be with normal kids. Maybe I heard
wrong, like how many kids thru the day, but no I asked about
that and it is something like 64 +.

Yikes! I guess I am going to go charter or private.
Actually was going to do a tutoring practice but thought a couple
years f-t pay would be nice. Maybe I will change that idea.

—des

Submitted by Janis on Fri, 08/08/2003 - 5:23 PM

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Well, des, look at it this way. You can be absolutely sure they aren’t teaching LD kids ANYTHING in a situation like that, so your private practice should do quite well.
NO WAY would I enter a situation with a caseload that high.
Janis

Submitted by des on Sat, 08/09/2003 - 5:01 AM

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[quote=”Janis”]Well, des, look at it this way. You can be absolutely sure they aren’t teaching LD kids ANYTHING in a situation like that, so your private practice should do quite well.
NO WAY would I enter a situation with a caseload that high.
Janis[/quote]

Me neither Janis!
Teaching wouldn’t even be an issue, it would be ADHD crowd control :-}
BTW, talked to a few private schools. They commented that they usually don’t get kids til around the 1-3 months into the term when the kids start melting down or bombing out.

—des

Submitted by des on Sat, 08/09/2003 - 6:31 PM

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There aren’t that many private schools that will take ld kids around here. There are quite a few private prep type schools and you wouldn’t believe the no. of Montessori schools that go all the way up to 6th grade (some beyond). I imagine some take special needs kids but as you know they have their own system. The Southwest really goes for things like Montessori, martial arts, acupuncture, etc. There are a handful of what are public charter schoools. They basically told me that they don’t know the needs of the kids til a bit later (seems like some of that would be included in the info but they are required to take special needs kids— just not keep them as I hear). Curious system anyway.

I can’t imagine how the kids do here, but apparently not very well. I have heard that the literacy rate here is quite appallling. This is a poor state and it seems they are just going to perpetuate that condition.

—des

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