Roles and Responsibilities of Staff in Inclusive Preschool ...
Roles and responsibilities of staff in inclusive preschool classes
|Early childhood |Head Start/VPI teacher |Assistant |
|special education teacher | | |
|Collaborates with general education staff to define roles. |Collaborates with special education staff |Collaborates with special and general education staff to define |
| |to define roles. |roles. |
|Attends weekly team meeting with Head Start/VPI teacher and |Attends weekly team meeting with ECSE teacher and related |Attends weekly team meeting with Head Start/VPI/ECSE teachers |
|related service staff to plan and discuss issues related to all |service staff to plan |and related service staff to plan and discuss issues related to |
|students: |and discuss issues related to all students: |all students: |
|Comes to meetings prepared. |1. Comes to meetings prepared. |Comes to meetings prepared. |
|Encourages others to share concerns. |Encourages others to share concerns. |Identifies concerns without implicating people. |
|Identifies concerns without implicating people. |Identifies concerns without implicating people. |Shares ideas and seeks consensus. |
|Shares ideas and seeks consensus. |Shares ideas and seeks consensus. | |
|Records on team meeting notes who is to do what and by when. |Records on team meeting notes who is to do what and by when. | |
|Reviews past meeting notes |Reviews past meeting notes | |
|to ensure tasks are done. |to ensure tasks are done. | |
|Provides information to the Head Start/VPI staff about |Provides information to the ECSE staff about curricula and Head |Follows weekly schedule provided by |
|disabilities, the special education process, confidentiality |Start/VPI process and approaches. |the ECSE, Head Start and VPI teachers. |
|and individual student IEPs. | | |
|Plans weekly lessons with Head Start/VPI teachers and identifies|Plans weekly lesson with the ECSE teacher (using theme and |Participates in the instruction of all students using large and |
|accommodations and modification, co-teaching method |developmentally appropriate activities) for each routine across |small groups |
|to be used, and which ECSE staff (teacher |the day. |and individual instruction. |
|or assistant) will be in the classroom. | | |
|Plans with Head Start/VPI teachers regarding adaptations to |Plans with ECSE teacher regarding adaptations to schedule, |Provides suggestions to the Head Start/VPI and ECSE teachers |
|schedule, lesson plans, room arrangements and materials. |lesson plans, |regarding lesson plans. |
| |room arrangements and materials. | |
|Provides large group, small group and individual instruction to |Provides large group, small group and individual instruction to |Participates in the instruction of all students. |
|all students. |all students. | |
|Uses teaching strategies to teach the children with and without |Uses teaching strategies to teach the children with and without |Implements teaching strategies developed by ECSE, Head Start and|
|disabilities during natural classroom routines. |disabilities during natural classroom routines. |VPI teachers |
| | |for children with and without disabilities during natural |
| | |classroom routines. |
|Provides and receives feedback from |Provides and receives feedback from ECSE teacher about use of |Keeps other staff informed on known likes, dislikes, interests |
|the Head Start/VPI teacher about use |teaching strategies. |and abilities of students. |
|of teaching strategies. | | |
|Documents progress of students through teacher observations, |Documents progress of students through teacher observations, |Assists in documenting progress of students through teacher |
|anecdotal notes |anecdotal notes |observations, anecdotal notes or other means, and uses |
|or other means, and uses information to determine instructional |or other means, and uses information to determine instructional |information to determine instructional needs of children. |
|needs of children. |needs of children. | |
|Participates in collaborative meetings to: |Participates in collaborative meetings to: |Assists in implementing IEPs and BIPs within the general |
|Make decisions about teaching IEP objectives and how progress |Make decisions about teaching IEP objectives within the Head |education setting. |
|will |Start/VPI curriculum. | |
|be recorded on objectives. |Assist in developing IEPs and Behavioral Intervention Plans | |
|Develop IEPs and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIP). |(BIP). | |
|Develops data collection procedures for IEPs/BIPs and other |Plans with ECSE teacher regarding lesson plans and materials for|Assists in collecting data on the progress of students (e.g., |
|guides to use in the classroom. |instruction and behavior. |IEPs, BIPs, skill areas). |
|Coordinates with Head Start/VPI teacher to communicate with |Coordinates with ECSE teacher to communicate with families of | |
|families of students |students | |
|in class. |in class. | |
|Holds joint parent-teacher conferences with Head Start/VPI |Holds joint parent-teacher conferences with ECSE teacher. | |
|teachers. | | |
|Collaborates with the Head Start/VPI teacher to develop and |Collaborates with the ECSE teacher |Collaborates with the Head Start/VPI/ECSE teachers to develop |
|implement activities to promote friendships among students with |to develop and implement activities |and implement activities to promote friendships among students |
|and without disabilities. |to promote friendships among students |with |
| |with and without disabilities. |and without disabilities. |
|Coordinates with the Head Start/VPI teacher concerning progress |Coordinates with the ECSE teacher concerning progress | |
|reports/assessments that will |reports/assessments that will be implemented. | |
|be implemented. | | |
|Maintains the ECSE children’s cumulative records and |Maintains the Head Start/VPI children’s cumulative records and |Assists in maintaining the children’s cumulative records and |
|daily/weekly achievements |daily/weekly achievements in appropriate forms. |daily/weekly achievements in appropriate forms. |
|in appropriate forms. | | |
|Shares weekly schedule with assistant regarding class | |Provides support to preschoolers with disabilities in resource |
|assignments and roles. Supervises and assists the assistant to | |classes as needed. |
|work within the Head Start/VPI classes. | | |
|Participates in all staff development activities provided for | | |
|the Head Start/VPI teachers. | | |
|Keeps all staff informed of medical needs of students with | | |
|disabilities. | | |
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