Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

I was just wondering if there are set iep to general student ratios in a cotaught class. My old school seemed to make the classes fairly balanced, but my new school not so much.

Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

There's supposed to be. Our building had 29 in one of the inclusion classes, but had two teachers. I was a leave in a class with ten diagnosed ADHD children out of 22 students. So it varied in our district. We said there was a limit but from what I understood it was often not followed.

Message edited 8/29/2014 6:28:18 PM.

Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

I'm not necessarily talking about class size. I'm more referring to the percentage of special ed students. For example, I have 12 students with ieps, 4 students with 504s, and 3 general ed students (who are most likely students whose parents refuse to classify them). I just feel like it does a disservice to them to not have them in a truly least restrictive environment. In the other schools I taught at, classes were much more balanced and I felt like it made the students with disabilities more likely to challenge themselves and thrive.

Message edited 8/29/2014 7:53:29 PM.

Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

In NYC I thought it was 60% gen Ed 40% spec. Ed

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Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

It depends. 6:1, supposedly, but then they have 504's sandwiched in there because they're not IEP, (but come on they still require services.) I ended up with 11 to 13 at any time in a class of 30 sometimes.
Other times, it was legit 6. Always a co teacher btw.

Message edited 8/30/2014 12:25:11 AM.

Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

Sorry if that sounded like jibberish. It's late.

Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

Thanks. The class breakdown is 63% special ed, 47% general ed. I just want it to be fair for the students where it is actually the least restrictive environment. This is a "cotaught" class.

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Inclusion/cotaught class student ratios

Sorry I meant 37%. Pressed the wrong number!

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I'm teaching ICT in nyc this year...just checked my roster....6 special Ed and 25 General Ed. Can they do that? I'm the gen Ed teacher.

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There is no law or regulation on inclusion/cotaught classes. The only regulation is that Resource room students are not allowed to be in the class.