Sunday, October 28, 2012
Identify the Problem
After reading the chapter and contemplating what keeps me up at night, I have focused on a dilemma I face with being able to make progress with the students I see for speech and language services. Having over 60 students on my caseload, I struggle with feeling like I am able to make a difference when I am only able to see each student for 2 - 20 minute sessions per week. These sessions are typically in groups of 2-3 students, so at most, each student is really only getting 10 or less minutes of individualized instruction. With such limited time with each student, it is very difficult to see progress on their IEP goals when it comes time to review the goals each year. This in turn leads to fewer students being dismissed from speech/language services, which in turn leads to continually higher caseloads.
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I can feel the frustration.... In a perfect world, what would your caseload, schedule and time with each student look like? Maybe if we start from there, we can brainstorm ways to hit some of the best practices.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same in a class of 28 kinders, how am I supposed to focus on the needs when there is such a wide range of skills. Most students get it but what about those few who need individual, one-on-one help with skills they are lacking. I found today after testing for the past three weeks that I have a few students who I could have used that time on to help with what they needed instead of testing which most of the info I knew already. It is a crazy rat race and the question is who gets the cheese?
ReplyDeleteI also feel the same frustration as Jenna with attempting to provide effective specially designed instruction to students with very diverse learning and behavioral needs. After reading Chapter 2 in The Data Toolkit, I spent time trying to identify the problem(s) that are creating the most difficulty in providing quality specially designed instruction. The data confirms several specific issues and now I am at the stage of trying to figure out what to do about it.
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