Special Education teacher failed to invite other Special Ed teacher?

Question

As a teacher who has taught in an area for a while now, i have built rapport with parents however i was asked by my school system to take on a new position; which i did. The new teacher in my position has made it known tht she is not interested in the students by trying to send them to the high school early or into other classrooms for a large part of the day. One of the parents asked me to attend a meeting with her as she did not want to send her son to high school a year early. He is 13 years old and most students turn 15 during their Freshman year. His teacaher held a meeting without inviting me but told the parent that she had invited me to attend the meeting- the parents/grandparent actually said she did not know what to do she thought they were trying to get rid of her son so she signed. my question is should I or can I tell my supervisor that the teacaher failed to invite me although she told the grandparent she had. It looked like i did not care engouh to show up.

Answer 1

I DEFINITELY think you should put a stop to her.  She is one of those teachers who does not care about the students individually or as a whole.  She is also the reason that a lot of students drop out.  Why would you put special education children in situations like high school before they're ready?  I don't see why only you see what's going on.  She needs to be investigated and all the children she's pushed through the cracks need to be interviewed along with their parents.

Answer 2

try to be diplomatic-

say-you did not receive the invitaion or notificationi of teh meeting team

(imply that the other teacher may have sent it-but you did not get it)

the other teacher may be misguided-thinkingh that pushing them is the right thing to do-

Many students do start high school at 13, but turn 14 with the first month or 2-

Answer 3

If the parent is in disagreement, all she has to do is sign that she does not agree.  I can tell you in my sons IEP meetings I run them and I am in control of who is there.  If the appropriate people are not present I ask that the meeting be held at a later date because an important part of the team is missing.  I have never had an issue with my district.  I make it clear who is to be present and I make it clear it is MY child and I am there for HIM and to ensure that they are meeting HIS needs.

Answer 4

YES, report this- also tell the parents/grandparents your side of the story, they NEED to know.

Answer 5

I'm assuming the meeting that was held was an IEP meeting.  So there were formal decisions made about the child's future for the upcoming year.  If you genuinely feel that the decisions that were made for the child are not in his best interest, you can contact the parent.  If the parent feels the same way, you should have the parent request an amendment to that IEP meeting which you missed.  Not only can you address whether or not the child should go to high school a year early, but you can make sure you are there.  Any changes made in the amendment will supersede the original IEP.

As far as the other teacher failing to notify you, you should simply let her know that you didn't get the meeting notification and would have liked to have been there.  Also let her know that in the future, you'd like to be notified about meetings so that you could attend.