Here's the big question for special education: Is it legal to have students and teachers quarantined and not provide special education services? Well, technically no. The IEP team signed a legal contract that said, a specific person will provide specific services, in a specific place, and during a specified time. However, legal precedent shows us … Continue reading How To Legally Protect Yourself and District From Special Education Litigation During Social Distancing and Quarantine
It's not really surprising at this point that teachers in the U.S. (and probably the whole world) are working to adapt to teaching 100% remote. Even online schools are having to adapt. Even those public schools have staffed offices and meetings that occur in person. This has become especially tricky for special education teachers. How … Continue reading 10+ Ways to Provide Special Education (And Regular) Services During Social Distancing and Quarantine
I have been asked why I am still publishing goal banks based on the Common Core Curriculum and I am going to answer that question. Plus, I am going to give you a good idea of where the common core curriculum is at today. To be quite frank, although they were proclaimed "dead" by Betsy … Continue reading Although Proclaimed “Dead” By Betsy Devos, Here’s Why The Common Core Lives On
Math goals are often tricky to line up with the Common Core Standards (which aren't endorsed by the department of Ed anymore but are still used by almost every curriculum). Meeting a low skill level to an upper grade level can take a lot of thought. Hopefully these examples can give you some new ideas, … Continue reading 4th Grade Math IEP Goal Bank Based On The Common Core Standards
Hopefully this is not the first IEP goal bank of mine that you are reading! However, if it is, here's a few pointers to help you use this goal bank. First, these goals are not using any specific data to create them. (That type of goal bank will be coming later. Follow me so that … Continue reading 4th Grade Reading IEP Goal Bank Based On The Common Core Standards
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Writing goals can really fall under a large spectrum of needs, abilities, and types of goals. This specific reference is to help teachers with students who have high levels of communication and can at least form letters and words. Another article will be written on general writing goal banks. However, these goals still try to … Continue reading 3rd Grade IEP Writing Goal Bank Based On The Common Core Standards
I typically spread the publishing date for these IEP goal banks out from each other, but I recently had a special request for fifth grade. For 4th grade and up, I am adding a new aspect of my goal banks. In addition to example goals, I am going to add at least one lower skill … Continue reading 5th Grade Reading IEP Goal Bank Based On The Common Core Standards
Below are all of the 2nd grade reading standards and example goals written below them. Here is my advice on using my example goals: First, the common core standards are only used as just that, a standard. Whether or not they are appropriate for a typically developing student is up to you to determine. However, … Continue reading 2nd Grade Reading IEP Goal Bank Based On The Common Core Standards