tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post7152037570867218632..comments2023-07-20T03:10:07.458-05:00Comments on Bluebird's Classroom: Aide? What Aide?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-88327205760930524032006-10-25T17:28:00.000-05:002006-10-25T17:28:00.000-05:00Our school has one CTT class that gets a special e...Our school has one CTT class that gets a special education teacher to follow them from class to class. (Our kids stay together all day in a group, but they move from classroom to classroom for different subjects) <br /><br />As for the rest of the 7th grade, well, it's just hit and miss whether or not you have a lot of IEPs or not. My homeroom has only 3 kids that need modifications but I have one class where there are, take a seat here, 3 kids for whom this is their first year in a mainstream class, 2 students with an ED classification, 9 students with IEPs, and one young lady who just moved here over the summer and can't yet communicate in English. There are 33 kids in that class, with just me. It's been an interesting few months, but so far we mostly seem to be managing...Ms M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01177165075261002057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-57924974950773856952006-10-20T22:30:00.000-05:002006-10-20T22:30:00.000-05:00I've never worked in any building that had aides. ...I've never worked in any building that had aides. Never. And I've taught both here, in My Beloved South, and Up North as well.<br /><br />Whatever.<br /><br />And yes, we did get to go to lunch. Downtown even. We hit a local brew pub that's known for excellent food. Too bad we couldn't sample the brews. Regardless, it was delightful.Mrs. Bluebirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283080212189118357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-83278808908036641302006-10-20T15:50:00.000-05:002006-10-20T15:50:00.000-05:00We have a Mrs. Standard- and that will be the focu...We have a Mrs. Standard- and that will be the focus of our inservice on Oct. 30. We are to discuss not only "standards", but also "benchmarks". This, in spite of the fact that no one has been able to adequately define either for me. <br />And don't you love the "how to work with your aide" spiel? Like that ever happens. Budget crunch? Fire the aides. It's always like that. <br />I hope you at least got to go out to lunch.Mrs. Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17730747441676219265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193762.post-66922956812661770372006-10-20T14:36:00.000-05:002006-10-20T14:36:00.000-05:00Boy, am I familiar with inclusion. I can feel your...Boy, am I familiar with inclusion. I can feel your pain.<br /><br />When I was student-teaching, we had 5 special needs kids in a class of 30 fourth-graders. The teacher I worked with was a 6'5, former New York Policeman. He also happened to have an autistic son, which was why the admin decided to "dump" these kids on him. He has experience, right? One of the kids was bipolar, another had abandonment issues...it was an interesting student teaching experience, that's for sure,<br /><br />And we also had no aide.<br /><br />Now, as a parent of an autistic son myself, my son is in a self-contained classroom at a regular pre-K school, with an aide. I know that he couldn't function in a mainstreamed classroom at this point, and I wouldn't want him in there and not be able to learn.<br /><br />But he's doing really well in school and loves it. He's also grown a lot since August. <br /><br />Annie;)SifaSevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976532274641614061noreply@blogger.com