Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Additional Remediation Jamal's teachers, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Sims are concerned that Jamal is not able to keep up with the requirements in ninth grade, particularly with the increased emphasis of literary analysis concepts in literature. The curriculum map lends itself to the middle of the school year. Mrs. Jones, the inclusion teacher, knows that the student has an IEP and reads four levels below the ninth grade expected Lexile. Academically, both teachers collaborate to try and determined what is causing the problem and reasons he is not grasping the concepts after 8 weeks of ongoing short stories, literary terms review, concept application, and previewing the stories. They are concerned that Jamal's poor performance on weekly in-class quizzes and two tests are due to unknown factors. The only subject he is doing well in is Study Skills and Weight Training. Behaviorally, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Sims report that Jamal seems to be avoiding some tasks and often appears to be off-task or daydreaming. He has used all his hall passes and more in this class period. What else can both the special education and general education teachers do to gather data and support Jamal's learning needs? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It is clear that Jamal is not doing well in any of his core classes. I agree that a meeting needs to be held with all of his teachers. I know that many schools are doing more inclusion, but Jamal may need to have his IEP amended to small group for some or all of his core classes.