Comments on: 7 Tips for Constructive IEP Meetings https://teach4theheart.com/iep-meeting-tips/ support & community for Christian teachers Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:47:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 By: Alexx Seipp https://teach4theheart.com/iep-meeting-tips/#comments/58419 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:47:36 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=18549#comment-58419 In reply to Shana Voss.

Hi Shana, I’m so sorry that came across that way. Special education teachers and case managers should definitely know the law. That sentence was meant for general education teachers, who don’t always participate as much in IEP meetings because they don’t know the law as well as special education teachers. But they still have a lot to contribute by knowing their student! I can completely relate to what you are saying as a parent who has had children on an IEP. I have had to point out certain aspects of the law to case managers before, too.

]]> By: Shana Voss https://teach4theheart.com/iep-meeting-tips/#comments/58418 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:34:51 +0000 https://teach4theheart.com/?p=18549#comment-58418 “You don’t need to know every aspect of special education law, you just need to know your student.” I take great offense to this. If you are a special education teacher and you are writing a legal document, you absolutely should know what you are doing! I am a parent. Because teachers and administrators don’t know the law, I’ve had to take it upon myself to learn the law and then educate the educators. I’ve had to educate them on how to teach my child. I’ve had to show document after document on the ways they are not following basic federal and state laws. It’s upsetting and appalling. I have heard every single excuse as to why teachers don’t know laws. I’m tired of the excuses. If you don’t know the laws, you shouldn’t be writing the legal documents that supposedly uphold them. Please stop encouraging teachers to not know special education laws.

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