Teacher Satisfaction
Children are supervised by classroom teachers. When difficulties arise, teachers have a range of resources in the school that provide insight and guidance. Consultation is provided by social workers, guidance counselors, nurses and psychologists; each is available to review concerns.
The Federal law since the 1970's has required all schools to provide a consistent procedure which includes each of these faculty members for identifying difficulties. First, concerns are shared with both parents; the process for altering the instructional program is referred to a diagnostic team that reviews the accumulated data. Support can be identified for the student and the classroom teacher.
The mutidisciplinary decision makers form a team in the school, review the concerns and the assessment data. The results is reviewng begins. One member of the team is assigned the planning process depending upon the identified needs of the student. Typically it is the special education teacher who meets with the parent and designs the program; however, the assignment may go to another member of the team depending upon the identified concerns.
The school psychologist is responsible for bringing current research to the eyes of the faculty. The folloing is an example of a current topic that has some recent research published. The quality of the data is one of the issues that the school psychologist evaluates.
The classroom teacher is at the center of many discussions: Recently a survey was conducted in Palo Alto to determine the impact of "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB). The results were published: Please join us in a discusion after reading the article let us know what you think:
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