Why do some teacher in special ed follow the IEP and others dont?

Question

Why do some teacher in special ed follow the IEP and others dont?

Answer 1

The teachers would have you believe that the child copes quite well without an IEP and is meeting the few specific targets that have been set on it. The real reason is why should they?? The school gets no extra money for a child on an IEP (unlike a statement) and also if they can say at the termly review the child is nearly or is reaching their targets it means they don't have to do all the extra paper work that goes with a child who is failing. In short it is just laziness by the teacher.

Answer 2

Because some teachers care and others don't. They like to follow their own agenda. Too bad for them the IEP is a binding contract and not following it is a federal offense. Start a complaint with the DOE.

Answer 3

If the child has an IEP, the teacher and other service providers are legally bound by law to follow what is in the child's IEP.

Answer 4

They aren't lazy at my school. We have 4 SpEd programs on campus and all of us work our butts off. Now let's talk about the equipment and supplies. Every order I have put in for software, audiological equipment, voice output, tape recorder, small camera and Sped material is either lost at the district level, ordered 6 to 10 weeks after I order it, or I am told there isn't any money for the equipment. There aren't enough copies of the text books yet every year I am promised the school will order. I have an entire file drawer of all the copies I have made of my requests, and orders. Two years ago I ordered a document camera and it just arrived.

People tell me write it in on the IEP and the school district has to get it. I make myself obnoxious nagging people for this equipment.

I am also a resource teacher and I have12 teachers whom I beg, nag and plead with daily for materials so I can modify them as per IEP. I continually recieve tests and assignment grades where the kid has fluncked because the teacher failed to inform me of an upcoming test and just gave it to the student w/o considering the IEP. I meet with each teacher in the beginning of each semester to review modifications and adaptations yet every time I go into the classroom I see some violation of the IEP. I try my best to follow the iep but I can't do it alone- I'd appreciate the principal, district and regular ed teachers to help!

Answer 5

Just Plain Laziness On the teacher's Part

  I know that for a fact cause when i was in school i had to do my classess by special ed

Beyond that i was home schooled

Answer 6

I think it is due to the fact that they do not want to differentiate instruction. They want to teach whole group all of the time. If they taught to the IEP goals, then they would have to have several groups. This is very prevalent in special education today. It is just plain wrong, not to mention against the law. The IEP is a legal document and to ignore is really terrible.