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Roles and Responsibilities for Special Education Services School Personnel
RESPONSIBILITIES |
WHEN TO CONTACT |
| Principal | |
| ˇ Member of IEP Team Meeting as administrator ˇ Ensures implementation of services ˇ Ensures implementation of Goals and Objectives ˇ Supervises on-site special education personnel ˇ Classroom assignments |
ˇ Not able to resolve special education concerns
after talking with school special education personnel ˇ School issues unrelated to special education |
| Psychologist | |
| ˇ Co-develops assessment plan with
RSP ˇ Conducts assessments as per plan ˇ Member of IEP Team as appropriate ˇ Provides services as identified on IEP, such as counseling services, social skills training, etc. ˇ Develops behavior plans |
ˇ Questions about assessments ˇ Questions about implementation of specific services - counseling and social skills ˇ Questions about implementation of behavior plan |
| Resource Specialist (RSP) Teacher | |
| ˇ CO-develops assessment plan with psychologist ˇ Conducts assessments as per plan ˇ Member of IEP Team as appropriate ˇ Coordinates scheduling of IEP meeting for RSP students and initials ˇ Teacher of Record for RSP students ˇ Collaborates with general education teachers ˇ Implements goals and objectives as per IEP ˇ Provides progress reports towards goals and objective |
ˇ Referral for special education assessment
(initial) ˇ Questions about assessment processˇ Questions about date and time of upcoming IEP meeting ˇ Request for an additional IEP meetingˇ Questions about implementation of accommodations/modifications in general education setting ˇ Questions about Parents/Guardian Rights |
| Special Day Class Teacher | |
| ˇ Member of IEP Team as appropriate ˇ Coordinate IEP meetings for assigned students ˇ Teacher of Record for day class students ˇ Responsible for differentiated curriculum and instructional strategies ˇ Implements goals and objectives as per IEP ˇ Provides progress reports towards goals and objectives ˇ Collaborates with general education teacher regarding mainstreamed students ˇ Responsible for aides assigned to classroom |
ˇ Questions about curriculum and/or
instructional strategies ˇ Questions about goals and objectives ˇ Questions about mainstreaming ˇ Questions about aidesˇ Request for an additional IEP meeting ˇ Questions about Parents/Guardian Rights |
| Itinerant Staff (Speech, OT, PT, APE) | |
| ˇ Member of IEP Team as appropriate ˇ Conducts assessments as per Assessment Plan ˇ Implements goals and objectives as per IEP ˇ Provides progress reports towards goals and objectives |
ˇ Questions about goals and objectives ˇ Questions about services |