Thursday, October 21, 2010

Principal Interview, Round 2

I interviewed our assistant principal and asked her the two most challenging issues she dealt with regards to special education or with student 504's. With regard to IEP's she expressed her concern regarding teacher compliance with modifications/accomodations. She felt that this had to be constantly monitored and enforced by administration.  Regarding 504's the challenge was often parents requested 504's in an attempt to gain testing accomodations for the EOG purely on the basis that the child experiences test anxiety. She felt that they were looking for seperate settings most of the time. Most of the time the student's condition did not warrant the changes and it would give the child an unfair advantage over the classmates

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  1. I had my AP tell me the same thing about the 504 plans. It seems like all students now need to be place on 504 instead of taking responsibility for their work. How many students had 504 plans or any other plans when you were in school? I can only remember the Special Ed students. Go figure? What's wrong with this picture?

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