Our school was just give two huge recognitions by the
Arizona Department of Education. In addition to our school receiving the 2104
Charter School of the Year, the Exceptional Student Services folks (the head
honchos) came out to meet with my boss Liza, our other elementary special
education teacher, the principal, and me. They came out to tell us that we were
considered a “High Flyer” in regards to our special education students’
performance.
At our school, the entire team meets and discusses IEP
goals, but it is only the special education director that writes the IEPs. We
do it this way so that the special education teachers can spend the majority of
their time with the students and not doing paperwork. After many conversations
with the team from ADE, they concluded that this was a huge part of our success
story.
This is AMAZING!! It is easy to see when you visit your school, that it is above the rest! That is interesting to have the director write the plans. Unfortunately, not all schools have that advantage.
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