Student Rights vs. Job Security?

[disanders]

I am in dire need of help/advice. When do teachers decide that their district or school is not following the law, the IEP, or making any attempt at providing the accommodations promised to a student? This is my school's first year in full inclusion, and to me it seems to be failing miserably. The general ed teachers are failing sp.ed students with no attempt at making modifications, and the sped department is doing nothing about it. I am tired of sitting at IEP meetings where we promise myriad accommodations, then slink away and allow the regular ed teacher to fail the students. Parents who protest are labeled as "pain in the asses," and sped teachers who protest are called "pushovers." I don't want to get my district in trouble, but I am tired of watching kids fail. I have been to my department head, my supervisor, and my principal-where do I go now?:confused:

[Sefirot]

I am going through the exact same thing. My sped teacher is going a bit slow in the whole modification dept. It’s difficult for me to address both general and inclusive students considering a number of the included bunch can't read. This is a problem in itself, because the district here in Chicago just wants to promote the students regardless. So, yes, they have objectives they need to meet, but goodness... reading should take precedence. We had someone from the district come and speak on the inclusion program. When asked as to any evaluation to assess the success of inclusion, she said based on the teachers' response, it's going well.

[Unregistered]

Call PA (Parent Adovacy) or give the number to your parents. The district is required by law to give these students a free and appropriate education.

I don't have the number at home, but I will visit this forum again and post it.

[Chocolate_New_Orleans]

I love it whenever 1st year teachers (or at the very least, very young ones in the beginning of their careers) think they should be the code-enforcement police and think everything is going to be instantly right.

And what's even worse, is the teacher that is complaining, probably should pay more attention to their own affairs before they should air the dirty laundry of others.

The thing you have to ask yourself, am I going to help more kids by getting myself fired in my first 5 years by thinking I can get everything fixed instantly, or by sticking around and working with the system and slowly try to fix the problems