Admin gave me 40 kids with ieps and 504s. What do I even do
For starters, I teach high school and it is my 3rd year teaching. I have roughly on average 8 kids with accomidations per class, with one class being 11 kids but I have a para in that class.
I was worried at first because of the amount of kids and accomidations but my admin have been looped in and told me that I do not have to attend all of the meetings cause if I did I would not have a break at all.
Ive been going to meetings either once or twice a week (the other teachers rarely show up...) and I am exhausted. I just got a new kid on my workload and was informed that they have a 504. When I looked into it, they havent updated the 504 since the kid was in elementary school, meaning the accomidations are for elementary kids.
I was invited to the 504 meeting (would be 3 that week and two in that day) and I declined the invite. I then received an email saying that I was required to make a write up (i was fine with doing that) and that I need to meet with the parents separately because they are requesting all core teachers be there. I respect that decision but also idk.
When I initially talked to admin they told me to not go to all of the meetings and to go to half since I have 40 kids on my workload compared to the 15 I had last year. I emailed admin asking for guidance and what I should do and there is no response. I dont want to go out of my way to schedule a separate meeting with the parents so I have to suck it up and go to two meetings in the same day.
I know legally I have to be there, im not arguing that. The old school i worked at 2 years ago required teachers to attend at least 3, making the workload a bit bearable. What do I even do here? Everyone i have talked too has agreeded that this is not sustainable