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That's screwed up and I see where your coming from.

 

From what you have told I feel you've done your part...

I think it was wrong of her to ask you to just change his grade and he passed so I don't see what her big problem is?

 

Anyways... best of luck towards that... I'm sure it'll be favorable in your hands however.

 

Keep us posted!

Not that I'm a teacher, but might I offer the following suggestions:

 

1. Make sure you have proper backing at the meeting, i.e. principal or union rep.

2. Pull as much documentation together as you can find. i.e. show work that was handed in late or where you made it easier to achieve better marks.

3. Make sure the parent understands what you have done and attempted to do for their child. (Who know what little Johnny has been telling them.)

4. And for the future, make sure you know what the expectations are for IEP and have your side documented.

Parents always put their nose in things where it doesn't belong, especially partaining to school work. You did an excellent job, keep it up.

We had the meeting today and it looks like I'm in the clear, because I was right in saying that there are no modifications listed on his IEP. Apparently there were supposed to be some, but whoever wrote it up left them off for some reason. The IEP, as it is currently written, clearly states that there are no modifications necessary for the child. I may have saved the school a lawsuit, though, because I actually did modifications for him since I was aware he neaded them. I placed him close to the front of the class, I gave him extra time on assignments, and I allowed him to redo missed questions on assignments and tests for half credit. Those are the three modifications that were listed on his IEP last year (which I had never seen, de = good guesser). Plus I had the emails that I sent to the mother and her responses printed out showing that she admitted that he wasn't coming to after school tutoring and that he was showing no effort on his work. Plus I have proof that he has shown adequate yearly progress, since his pretest score was a 24 percent and his posttest score was a 40 percent, and he has a passing grade in my class.

 

Noone bothered to thank me for going so far out of my way for this child, but at the end of the meeting they did admit that they place ALL the special ed mainstreamed kids with me because I'm the only teacher at the school who doesn't just sit them in the corner, ignore them, and give them a passing grade. I really bothers me that they will admit that I do a better job of teaching these kids than any other teacher at the school, despite the fact that I'm only a second year teacher and I still kinda suck, but because I have some standards and won't just change a kid's grade when asked to I get in trouble. Teaching sucks. The more you care and the more you work, the harder the job is and the less respect you get. I really hate it right now. It's hard knowing that I gave up a lucrative career where I was highly respected and appreciated to work my ass off for no pay and no respect. I honesty don't know how much longer I can do this. It is really just too hard.