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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