Reply #133: You said you don't teach the child

[proud2BlibKansan]

so I still don't understand why you were involved. Our IEP teams are only made up of teachers who actually work with the child. We don't pull in next year's teachers. We are actually working at minimizing the number of teachers on an IEP team. A gang conference with a parent and 6 or 7 or more teachers is very intimidating for the parent and our district is working hard to avoid that. Our team is made up of the case manager (current special ed teacher), one regular ed teacher, an administrator and any other resource teachers who work with the child, like speech/language therapist or counselor. Most of my IEP reviews are attended by the parent, the principal, a reg ed teacher and me and that's it. Also, not all attending stay for the whole meeting. And no one cancels classes to attend an IEP review. If it is a sticky situation and we feel we need all members present for the entire conference, it is scheduled for after school. But that rarely happens.