We'll Be Back!

Like many of you, CEC's RTI Blog is taking a break for the summer. But stay tuned for its return in August! Our host for that month will be Dr. Patti Ralabate, a special and gifted education policy analyst with the National Education Association (NEA).

CEC wishes you a safe and relaxing summer.

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I am a special education teacher in Georgia. The place where I work has severly disappointed me. The lack of discipline in this school is one of the causes the enrollment has gone down. The special education department, well what can I say. One big joke where I am the only teacher who produced results with my K-2 class on the state test yet I am being treated the worst. The other teachers had severe behavioral problems and retentions. Now I am given the same this year and my success has been speaded to the other teachers. The parents are very angry that I am not teaching their children. The principal has made some bad decisions in this area. He has also treated me terrible and I have no faith or confidence in him anymore. He treats me like I don't know anything and is very disrepectful to me in front of the students. I tried to transfer and that was blocked. The class I am given is on a 1st and 2nd grade level but I am expected to teach them on grade level which 5th grade all because of a state test. They know these kids are not going to past the state test. Futhermore, even with their grades I can't give them anything lower than a C. They have not pass a state test since 1st grade. I am expected to perform with these students and how can I with the lack of support all around. I love teaching but I am slowly wondering why I spent close to $50,000 to get a masters in special education. I am dreading going to work everyday. I need some solid advice on what to do because the daily harassment from parents where the administration does nothing, the co-workers who think the situation I was given is funny, and total lack of seriousness in education is getting to me.

[Anna Baker (CEC Staff)]

Hi there -- Thank you for reading CEC's RTI blog. You may want to consider posting this comment to CEC's blog for new teachers at http://cecblog.typepad.com. That way, fellow special educators can more easily give you advice. We wish you the best.