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Best Practices: CTE Teachers Role in ARD Meetings
- Who can I ask to find out who the diagnostician is for my campus?
- What can I do if I believe that a student with special needs has been inappropriately placed in my class? Who can I talk to about the student’s progress or lack of progress in my class?
- How can I help make sure that students placed in my class have the appropriate basic skills?
- Where can I find information on the student’s present levels of performance (PLOPS)?
- Where can I find information about what modifications or accommodations I am supposed to implement for a student?
- Where can I find out about Indicators 13 and 14? How does indicator 13 or 14 affect me?
Who can I ask to find out who the diagnostician is for my campus?
Ask the school counselor or the campus principal and/or student’s special education representative.
What can I do if I believe that a student with special needs has been inappropriately placed in my class? Who can I talk to about the student’s progress or lack of progress in my class?
First, look for the ARD packet and the signature page within that packet. This page will inform you about who attended the ARD, represented CTE and who the student’s representatives are. Next, speak to the student’s special education representative to determine why your class was recommended as an appropriate course of study. In addition, seek assistance from the special education representative (sometimes referred to as the tracking teacher or case manager). This teacher can assist you with the development of accommodations/modifications that were recommended by the ARD. If despite continued collaboration and documentation of efforts, at the end of six weeks the student is not making satisfactory progress call an ARD based on your district’s policies.
How can I help make sure that students placed in my class have the appropriate basic skills?
Prepare a basic skills inventory listing those that are necessary for success in your classroom. Ensure that the ARD committee receives this list in addition to your program inventory so that they may be educated about what you offer and expect from your students. Stay abreast of upcoming ARD committees and ensure that you attend as many as possible or if a representative goes on your behalf that they are well-informed about what your expectation are. Contact the CTE representative to obtain a copy of all pertinent documents.
Where can I find information on the student’s present levels of performance (PLOPS)?
If upon contacting the CTE representative you do not receive all pertinent documents, you can locate this document in the student’s ARD packet. These packets are contained within the district’s original special education folder but often a copy is retained by the student’s special education teacher.
Where can I find information about what modifications or accommodations I am supposed to implement for a student?
If a student is going to be placed in your classroom you should receive a copy of their accommodations/modifications sheet and an IEP if it is appropriate. Also contact the special education teacher for additional information as well as continue collaboration over the semesters to help ensure the student’s progress.
Where can I find out about Indicators 13 and 14? How does indicator 13 or 14 affect me?
Refer to our webcast and the CTSP resources.
For additional answers to FAQs regarding ARDs and IEPs please refer to http://ctsp.tamu.edu/faq.php?Category=21#cat
Last updated: 11 August, 2008
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