My Exploration of Legal and Ethical Principles for Special Education Director by Suzanne Rose https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax Suzanne Rose Angelo State University Legal and Ethical Principles (EDG-6305-DF1) en-us 2019-01-13 16:48:02 UTC 2019-01-19 22:37:37 UTC hello@padlet.com Professional Perspective srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320065442 Upon completion of a Master of Education in Administration I plan to become a Director in Special Education. I taught Special Education for 5 years and have been and Educational Diagnostician for the past two years. ]]> 2019-01-13 16:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320065442 Exploration Option 1- Current Professionals Perspectives srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320066954 *Currently I have had to re-create a more detailed confidentiality statement for all ARD meetings to remind parents, teachers and administration of the privacy of these meetings and to prevent from speaking other student's names.
*Regularly monitor special education timeline for annual ARDS, Re-Evaluation and Initial Evaluation. With four different schools it is easy for someone to miss a timeline without proper monitoring. 
*Recently held a training for each Campus Administration on STAARL Alt. policies and requirements, as there were a lot of principals recommending STAAR Alt for students who did not meet the requirements.
*Currently we may be facing legal issues with a 1st grade students parents. Due to some disagreements, we have had to involve our lawyer in a few ARD meetings, to ensure we are doing what is best for the student. ]]> 2019-01-13 17:09:35 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320066954 Exploration Option- 3 Article 1 srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067253 By Christina A. Samuels
January 8, 2019

Samuels, (2019), writes an article pointing the flaws in special education why it is broken. The articles explores the lack of RTI and identifying special education students, lack of funds to support special education needs, reason general education teacher should be teaching special education and whether or not parents are receiving their rights in special education.
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December 5, 2018
This articles shows evidence of how the population of special education teacher has been decreasing throughout the years. The articles shows data to show why special education teachers are decreasing and what ways we can alleviate the situation.
]]> 2019-01-13 17:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067268 Step 3: Pick one of the legal and ethical issues you identified during your Step 2 exploration. Write 1-2 sentences about the topic you selected and why. (1-2 sentences). srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067337 During my exploration of legal and ethical issues in special education, I found the topic over the shortage of special education teachers appealing, as I have seen this issue personally.
The small charter school I work at is constantly battling to find and keep special education teachers due to lack of money and incentives. ]]> 2019-01-13 17:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067337 Researching Shortage of Special Education Teachers srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067351 In my search under the Angelo State University Library, I found an article that examined long-term trends in the demand, supply, and shortage of special education teachers for 16 school years, from 1987/1988 through 2002/2003. ]]> 2019-01-13 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067351 Researching Shortage of Special Education Teachers srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067404 When I performed my internet search I found an interesting topic by Billingsley & McLeskey (2008), who present evidence that the showed the lack
of well-qualified special education teachers, the instability of special education teachers in teaching positions and inadequate work conditions contribute to the research-to-practice gap. file:///Users/Admin/Downloads/How_Does_the_Quality_and_Stability_of_th.pdf]]> 2019-01-13 17:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/320067404 Special Education Regulations srose110 https://padlet.com/srose110/r7kdfmztuax/wish/321026133 The issues I found interesting is the topic on the decreasing number of special education teachers. Federal law requires that students with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restricted environment (LRE). Some of these environments are in a co-teach classroom with both special education and general education teachers and some require special education teacher with the assistance of an aide.

This issue poses a threat to my future as a director in special education because the number of students in special education grow every year. Although IDEA does not contain specific requirements for caseload and/or class size, the lack of special education teachers would make it difficult to provide the education for students according to their Individualized Education Plan (IEP). According to Texas Administrative Code 89.63 (2018),

“The instructional arrangement/setting is for providing special education and related services to a student in the regular classroom in accordance with the student's IEP. Qualified special education personnel must be involved in the implementation of the student's IEP through the provision of direct, indirect and/or support services to the student, and/or the student's regular classroom teacher(s) necessary to enrich the regular classroom and enable student success”.

As a Director in Special Education I would need to utilize my funds and resources to find special education teachers. I will also need to learn leadership strategies, people skills, and incentives to be able to keep those special education teachers.  

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