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Inclusion
By teachinwright

THis is my 5th year doing inclusion. My class is normally "more" full than others but half the day I have help from the SPED teacher. The other half of the day about four of my kids are pulled for a couple hours into a SPED
room, so this reduced my class size. The first couple of years I felt abused as they stacked my class with either gifted or sped students. I had to have two sets of lesson plans for everything! The inclusion teachers revolted and they made a change so that it would be more evenly divided up. The admin never let me go over my official limit (28)in my homeroom, but if a student from another

class needed sped services throughout the year they were pulled into my room which at one point had me at 32 kids for a couple of classes! Yes it was frustrating and there are times that I swear I won't do it the next year but teaching has never been so rewarding!!! I have had such sweet classes. So, yes! I feel your pain! Your Sped teacher will help you with all the IEPs and such and you'll learn sooo much. I am a much better, understanding teacher because I have had to have a "whatever it takes" attitude with these classes. I honestly don't think you'll regret it, but demand support if you need it. I do sometimes feel my admin doesn't know how much more it takes to be that inclusion teacher and sometimes I don't feel appreciated. But hang in there, God has called on you to do this for a reason girl!