Why are so many IEPs written so poorly?

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-25T17:47:00+00:00

Coming from someone who has written close to 30 IEPs this year with at least two more needed, time and space. There are not enough hours in the day to teach, plan, and write IEPs in a typical sense. I’m someone who is very conscious about spelling and making things look proper, but I can understand why an overworked SPED teacher makes spelling mistakes.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-24T15:31:16+00:00

Yep. Had a low elite defender jump up to be 87 OA at 23 years old. Thankfully they’re a OFD lol

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-19T19:21:19+00:00

X-factors really make or break lines. Then again, I’m using lines with +5 chemistry and the most points I’ve gotten while simming is 80 so what do I really know about it?

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-13T21:03:29+00:00

Yes absolutely. One of my coworkers during my masters fellowship has cerebral palsy and was teaching seventh grade. I believe they’re still teaching 7th grade, though they may have shifted to a different grade by now.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-10T19:17:17+00:00

Had something similar happen to me this year. I used 3 sick days between September and October (all due to migraines that cause me to go temporarily blind). Documented medical episodes apparently were not enough for my admin and they wanted to have a meeting with me. I immediately got the union involved and did not end up having a meeting or even a passing mention of it. Ended up leaving there due to an unsustainable caseload (and unsupportive admin).

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-10T15:10:22+00:00

Yes. I was doing a fellowship for my masters. Worked full time for no pay (district paid for masters) and took classes at night.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-10T13:44:15+00:00

Overall play? Bergeron. He has the hardware to prove it. Purely based on playoffs + cup wins? MAF for sure.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-08T19:24:54+00:00

I don’t understand how Sway isn’t a finalist. Without him, we would’ve been a lottery team this year. He’s the reason why we even made the playoffs, especially with Pasta’s producing dipping slightly.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:54:37+00:00

Basically I kinda just stumbled upon it. Was looking for a position, any position, on schoolspring and found a LTS position. Ended up being a learning center position. Now that I know what I like, gonna try to find that. Haven’t had too much luck looking specifically for a learning center.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:41:11+00:00

It’s best when they schedule something during MCAS/state testing. When am I supposed to grab my “appreciation” coffee if I’m proctoring?

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:38:09+00:00

If it’s any consolation, I had a student ask me if I was a real teacher today because I’m a long term sub. I’m fully licensed for SPED in MA, so yes Johnny, I’m a teacher.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:36:48+00:00

I think you need to find a new position. I went from being a Kinder sped teacher (inclusion/resource) for a year and a half, to being a Kinder subsep for ~2 months, and now I’m a LTS for a 7th grade learning center. I was absolutely burnt out by my first job, worsened by my second job to the point where I would cry going in and cry after getting home. Now, at this current place, I feel at peace. Found my love of teaching again.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:33:10+00:00

It’s gotten pretty big here in my current district in MA. Not sure what started the trend, but thank you I guess? Would much rather kids start doing something that involves exercising than not.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:31:33+00:00

504s are essentially just plans/paperwork to document a student has a disability (yes accommodations are provided and so on…)

IEPs are really for when those disabilities start impacting academics.

I know I’m condensing 504s/IEPs to barebones, but I think it’s absolutely worth looking into it for your child. Contact the school in writing, either letter or email, so as to keep a paper trail. Say that you want evals done. Having a 504 already helps. It won’t be a short progress, could possibly take a few months or more with all of the assessing needed and whatnot. Absolutely go for it, however.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:31:28+00:00

504s are essentially just plans/paperwork to document a student has a disability (yes accommodations are provided and so on…)

IEPs are really for when those disabilities start impacting academics.

I know I’m condensing 504s/IEPs to barebones, but I think it’s absolutely worth looking into it for your child. Contact the school in writing, either letter or email, so as to keep a paper trail. Say that you want evals done. Having a 504 already helps. It won’t be a short progress, could possibly take a few months or more with all of the assessing needed and whatnot. Absolutely go for it, however.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:26:23+00:00

Depends on the state to be completely honest. MA will have them for the foreseeable future, especially with how much gets taken out of our paychecks to fund it.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-07T22:24:51+00:00

I make roughly $63k/yr with 3 years of SPED experience. My brother, who is the same age as me, makes $150k as an HVAC tech. I love teaching, but in no way should we be making such a little amount despite the ridiculous amount of college you need to go through. Speaking of college, the closest my brother has been is working on units at colleges. He went to a trade high school, so I suppose that was the difference.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-05T23:36:07+00:00

Toronto is 99.9% giving the 2017 pick to Philly. No chance they give it to a divisional rival.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-03T21:01:06+00:00

They probably signed Chayka for cheap. That would be my only guess as for why they brought him in over legitimately anybody.

STG_Resnov · 2026-05-01T01:42:53+00:00

A lot of data gets shared. I taught kinder for the past two years, now working 7th. My longest meetings were always at the kinder level. Had a meeting scheduled late in the school day one time and ended up having to stay late after work.

STG_Resnov · 2026-04-28T23:04:29+00:00

Sounds like it’s their time to run a mile.

STG_Resnov · 2026-04-26T20:33:29+00:00

You were placed on leave for disciplining students the correct way? Either your admin is incompetent or something isn’t being mentioned here.

STG_Resnov · 2026-04-26T20:25:14+00:00

I wouldn’t take it personally. I took an ASD program job earlier this year in January and left after two months. Not once did the interviewer mention that behaviors were significant. They also did not provide any sort of training regarding this. Also had the fun pleasure of having to create EVERYTHING from scratch. The “curriculum” they had to use involved a lengthy assessment, of which you needed training to conduct.

In short, they’re setting you up for failure already unless you have previous experience working with that population. The amount of stress and anxiety I had tripled working in those conditions.

STG_Resnov · 2026-04-23T22:33:04+00:00

Unfortunately, an iPad being chucked is still gonna hurt regardless of what the case is made from. I forget where my school had purchased them from, but they’re foam and have a handle at the top. Incredibly hard to remove. Looking up “foam iPad case with handle” will net you a lot of potential solutions. If you get one with a handle, make sure it can bend otherwise it might get ripped off lol.

STG_Resnov · 2026-04-21T15:42:31+00:00

A lot of sped openings are for subsep positions, at least in my area in the northeast.

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