Teachers Should Familiarize Themselves With A Child's IEP

I agree, teachers should familiarize themselves with a child’s IEP in order to meet the educational needs of students with disabilities. IEPs are very helpful to understand what accommodation these students may have. The accommodation does make a difference in the students’ performance and I usually have to reference back to them on a regular basis to ensure that I am meeting their needs. Teachers do have an added workload with inclusion which makes our jobs challenging. We have to create lesson plans that tap into everyone’s learning needs. Differentiated instruction once was a struggle to me, but I am getting better at it every year. We are always growing professionally and with schools moving toward inclusion I believe we will continue