SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES Clause Samples
SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide seven (7) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. Student management days will not be taken on Monday or Friday without prior approval of the building principal.
B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school.
C. Each elementary resource teacher shall be provided with forty-five (45) consecutive minutes per day for case management time. This is in addition to plan time of 50 minutes per day, and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. Activities include but are not limited to: •IEP Planning and Development •Testing/Assessment of students •Monitoring of Students •Communication with teachers, administrators, parents, school psychologist, para-educator, counselors and other relevant individuals about students •Planning with teachers on implementation of specially designed instruction (adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Instruction must be designed, supervised, monitored, and evaluated by a certified special education staff member) •Progress reports •Transition Planning and Assessment •Teaching students either in a pull-out setting or push-into general education classroom •Clerical work on IEP’s
D. Each Psychologist will be provided with an additional twenty-five (25) days and each SLP will be provided an additional seventeen (17) days at per diem pay. Each LAC teacher will be provided with an additional three (3) days of pay at per diem in order to complete required state assessments.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide eight (8) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. Student management days will not be taken on Monday or Friday without prior approval of the building principal.
B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty
SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. To meet the needs of the Special Education program in working with Spanish- speaking students and their parents, the first option for translation lies within each school building. When the staff within the building is unable to accommodate translation needs, a staff member from the Special Education office will provide assistance with prior notice. Assistance would include oral translation at IEP meetings and other parent meetings; written translation of IEP documents and notifications; scheduling IEP meetings and other parent meetings; and assisting with testing of Spanish speaking students.
B. The District shall provide up to seven (7) days student management time for each Special Education teacher or SLP. Fractions of days may be utilized.This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired to teach the classes during the release day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their seven days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days.