Role
of the Special Education Teacher:
The role of the special education teacher is crucial in this program.
The special education teacher is to set up the program, organize the assignments,
select the peer tutors, train peer tutors, arrange class schedules for
students with disabilities to be in inclusive classes, collaborate with
the regular education teachers as to expectations of peer tutor and the
special education student, coordinate the schedules of both the special
education and regular education students, supervise all interactions,
meet with the peer tutors on a regular basis, complete observations of
the peer tutors in a variety of settings, collect and grade assignments,
determine grades, and fine tune peer tutoring program as problems arise.
Especially when students with disabilities are included in regular education
classes with the support of peer tutors, meetings between special and
regular education teachers are very important and should occur several
times a week. Such meetings do not need to be long. The special education
teacher needs to pay close attention to any problems that are occurring
in the regular education classroom.
The special education teacher is, of course, not primarily responsible
for discipline within the regular education classroom, unless it pertains
to peer tutor behavior that reflects on the peer tutoring program or assistance
to the regular education teacher with appropriate discipline procedures
for the student with a disability. The special education teacher is also
to direct the role of the para-educator with the peer tutors.
Roles and Responsibilities
Role of the Student with a Disability
Role of the Special Education Teacher
Role of the Regular Education Teacher
Role of Administrator/ Counselor