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Our cap is 20/21. After that you will get help from a sped teacher who has a small caseload but works at a different school within the district. I’d call your union rep. Caseload caps are part of the union contract for both sped teachers and gen Ed teachers.
That’s crappy. Our union president was a 4th grade classroom teacher for ever and was very aware of elementary issues. I’m a social worker and worked w her when she was a teacher so I felt like I always had her ear. In reality all union members had her ear. She was very good, and very skilled but retired in June 24.
Push for it in your next negotiations. It’s better for the students and is a proactive move. No cap is ridiculous and can be a legal liability if ieps aren’t written in time or can’t be followed bc of time constraints. . You deserve a cap and so do your students, imo
Good luck!
Regular elementary teachers' class sizes are capped at 25, but some still end up with 28 if there aren't enough kids to create an additional 25-student class. Special Ed teachers have class sizes based on the special need. Autism has 5-7 students, mild/moderate learning disability is 10-14 -- 15-20 if they have a paraprofessional.
It should be less than 30. 10-15 is most likely optimal but most Sped teachers I know are between 20-30. I can't believe some in your district are managing 50+. That's wild
We divide our up so we are equal with hopefully no more than 20-21 on each caseload. Student advisor takes care of 30 days and initials. Then we help her with her caseload when needed.
6 for me- because I am both the classroom teacher and the special ed teacher in my program. It is hard enough to plan, prep, and teach the general classroom as a whole. Add in being the sped case manager for the students with IEP’s, testing new students who are referred through parents and early intervention- and it is all just way too much. I just got a new kiddo added to my class/caseload, putting me at 8 students with IEP’s and 16 students all together. It’s too much.
I have 9 because I teach 6 classes. The largest number in our school is 13 right now.