I have requested a team for my ld sixth grade son for next year. Although, I have requested a team the district has decided regardless of requests to put all LD students on one team. Team - a group of teachers that work together with half of a grade level.
I do not want my son to have a particular math teacher with a very high failure rate in her class. My sons strength is in math and I do not want to have his confidence hindered.
What suggestions can you give me. I have documentation from the special education teacher that this would be a decision with her, the teachers, and parents. But, I feel this is not the case and the administration is making the calls.
I would love to hear from anyone that could turn on the light in this area for me.
Appreciate all your help…
Re: Teacher request
It is not uncommon to group LD students with certain teachers in middle school in order to facilitate providing support. I know our middle school has inclusion teams where most of the identified students are placed. Is this the situation in your school? One alternative I can think of is to decline the school’s special education services and have your son placed on consult instead. This presumes that he does not require the support of a sp ed teacher. OR have him placed in regular classroom (without support) and have a resource room period scheduled, if that is an option.
Beth
Re: Teacher request
Beth -
Thank you, in our district they have allowed students be moved from one team to another for a specific reason. My son has no support in his regular ed classes (except for me at home). He attends resource room for language arts only.
I will be advocating for my son. Actually I have sent a E-mail to his resource room teacher and she forwarded to the administration. I will be sending an e-mail to the administration if I don’t hear something by this coming Friday. Our district is under restructuring so it’s complete madness in every building.
I just told them straight out, I will look for other educational opportunities if this request is not honored. I will school of choice him.
That should be interesting since I work in the district as a para-pro. But, the job is second to what his needs are, that is the reason I accepted the position in the first place. I would not be positive community feed back if I need to school of choice him.
One word….Advocate! Your child does not need a person who is unwilling to teach. Go to the school counselor and tell them that your son does not deserve to be this threatened. If that doesn’t work, go to the teacher in question and before any school starts have a clear, precise understanding that he/she will be held accountable for all consequences. It is their job to teach and that will not be accomplished if your son’s instruction overwhelms him. Have the teacher say one nice, encouraging thing to him each time he/she has your son. Have rewards for your son as he passes tests, quizes, homework assignments….anything to make him feel its all worth the effort with such a challenging teacher. Good luck!