How should we incorporate special education and English language learner teachers and staff in home groups?
There are two options. One is to treat each of these groups as separate departments so that you have a home group of only special education teachers/staff and one of only EL teachers/staff. A second model is to integrate these people within the more traditional subject-area home groups (English, mathematics, counselors) as most closely corresponds to their teaching assignment. Either arrangement is acceptable. As a slight variation, you might even consider looking at RS teachers differently from SD teachers. The guiding thought out to be what seems a workable and reasonably natural fit as the groups work to come to a common understanding of what is happening schoolwide. Whichever you choose, it should be reflective of you school’s culture – either what it is now or what you’re working toward.
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