Re: My son's not so good teacher

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First of all thanks for reading..ok my boy had a special ed pre-school then was given the ok to go to regular class with RSP and speech in kinder we got the worst teacher ever (like the one right now). I was at the principals the 1st day of school we had meetings and they keep bringing up him being smart and I had him tested for the advance learners program GATE he passed he change to a better class better teacher 40 years experience she helped me get and Aid because he needed one-he has been in the program kinder , 1st, 2nd,now 3rd and will continue until 5th when he gets tested again. He has made great improvement thanks to the team. He was just diagnose this july right before going to 3rd grade. He was MD and Speech and now he is Autism/Aspergers and speech. During kinder and 1rst grade he had the same Aid then the school change

her in 2nd grade so we would not become dependent of one person. She was just there to remind him of stuff and keep him focus and maybe take him out for a walk or a drink of water if he needed a brake from a bad situation so he wouldn't have a melt down. In second grade he would have 2 different aids during the first 6 months , all of his aids from k to 2nd grade would just keep on eye on him and help the teachers like a teachers aid they where not glued to him or anything like that.Since his second grade teacher was so good ( I told her she reminds me of Grace) he did great in class and we tried the rest of the year with no aids and my son was fine. The teacher was great and had control of the class, very organized and structure. She is also the head teacher for the GATE program at school.The principal told me he wanted to try 3rd grade with out the aid but by now had had done my research on the 3rd grade teacher and I knew

she was no Grace I told the principal that I still wanted and aid for him just like before to have some one there just in case he needed the extra 5 minutes of someone to explain something or whatever. But he was like Lets just try.So now 3rd grade sucks and this is actually the best school for my son right now the thing is last year we where nascar racing doing great and now we are back to riding bikes. cause we don't know what she really wants and she wont talk to parents. I know that I must go to the principal and he needs to give me back my aid so my son can get someone to tell him what to do or he has to make his teacher put everything on writing for him and I mean everything thats what she is there for. The other parents thing is that I'm glad that my son has an IEP to help him but they dont and we are part of the class just like them so we all as a group are not happy with her. I cant be

like good luck you guys thanks to the IEP are problems are solved.Again thanks for reading.From: r_woman2 <me2ruth@...>Subject: ( ) Re: My son's not so good teacherm Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 8:16 PM

> How do I get started?

Well, this depends on where you are at and what you want. Is your child currently in special ed? Does he have a 504? Or are you starting from ground zero?

One thing I can say from what you have said so far is that you need to separate the issue of complaining about the teacher from the request for an aide. In both cases, you will want to put together your case in writing. The complaint about the teacher should probably start with the principal. Where the request for an aide goes depends on where you are at as far as services go.

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> I know that I must go to the principal and he needs to give me back my aid so

my son can get someone to tell him what to do or he has to make his teacher put

everything on writing for him and I mean everything thats what she is there for.

Thing is, you can't base your request on how good a job the teacher is doing.

The request must be based on your son's needs. If your son did fine last year

with no aide, then the problem may be that either his accommodations are not

right or the current teacher is not following them--not that he needs an aide.

In any case, you must establish need. You have stated pretty well how an aide

would help, how they have helped in the past. The question is, at this point,

does he really need an aide to do these things, or does the teacher need to do

her job better? Or maybe some of both? Only you can answer that.

Whatever you do--make sure you put the request in writing. You really don't

just want to go to a verbal meeting with the principal, with or without the

other parents. Whether you go it alone or go with the other parents--you all

need to get your complaint down in writing and formally submit it. It is too

easy to ignore things that are not in writing or pretend they never happened.

Depending on how aggressive you want/need to be, it wouldn't hurt to copy the

letter to the principal's boss--the school board--and also to your school

district's special ed directors. You will probably get a lot more results that

way. If you get caught by surprise and end up in a verbal meeting before

submitting anything in writing, write up a summary of the meeting and submit

that to all the participants and bosses. That will also get your complaint into

writing.