Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
- What students do you teach?
- What students have Individual Education Plans?
- Where do you teach the students?
- How can you be in all these places at once?
What students do you teach?
I teach students who have Individual Education Plans (IEPs). Since I often
teach in my students' regular education classrooms, I am also able to help
other students, even if they do not have an IEP.
What students have Individual Education Plans?
Students who have been given a special education diagnosis which qualifies
them for special educational services. Some examples are specific learning
disability, speech and language delay, and attention deficit disorder (ADD)as
well as many others.
Where do you teach the students?
It depends on the student's need on any particular day and/or time. Sometimes
I see them in my resource classroom either one-on-one or with a few other
students. Often I work with them in their regular education classroom,
helping them with the material being presented by their classroom teacher.
Occasionally, I team-teach with the regular classroom teacher, helping create
the optimal learning situation for all the students.
How can you be in all these places at once?
I can't! I go where I am most needed depending on the day and time. Also, I
am very lucky to work with two very able teaching assistants, Mrs. Marilyn
Barnum in first grade, and Mrs. Darlene Garippo in kindergarten. The students
are very fortunate to have these caring, talented woman working with them!
