04-26-2009, 06:13 PM
1) A resource teacher is a pull out situation. They do not teach in what is considered a regular/mainstream classroom. They often only have very few students (8-10 in the middle schools), but the many I have experience with, use this time slated for re-teaching, reinforcing the classroom curriculum, or to help with homework are in fact NOT using this "resource time" appropriately. Some others here can add personal experiences to support this. Some resource teachers are also inclusion teachers. They are in teamed with classroom/mainstream teachers. They are in classrooms with a specific number of IEP'd students to help with curriculum and classroom management if necessary. They should circulate and help all students in the classroom with special attention to the IEP'd students without bringing special, undesirerable attention to targeted students. Is this done?? Not from what I've seen.
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