NEW SPED SECTION NUMBERING GUIDANCE
Scheduling for Students with Disabilities - Spring, 2022 Recommendations
As the Department of Specialized Instruction and Inclusion continues to embed resources and professional development opportunities regarding inclusive practices, including how and where students with disabilities are educated, the following recommendations are being provided to all building administrators as master schedules are developed.
It is the intent of the Department, in collaboration with the entire Academic Services team, that students with disabilities are afforded opportunities to be educated with their typical peers as often as possible (based upon the school schedule) and appropriate (based upon their learning needs).
Students with disabilities will be educated in the general education setting (with or without accommodations) or in a co-taught/inclusionary setting within minimal “pull-out” services.
In order to have consistency in our coding system for SPED courses, please begin using the following numbering system for the 2022-2023 schedules (note: course numbers are already set in Infinite Campus): Below are the section numbers that should be used to differentiate between the student populations in each course.
Please note: we will no longer be using “E” courses, except for APE courses (that is the only exception).
Section # | Student Group | Notes |
100 | Inclusion Course | Gen ed & special ed students on one roster, with one gen ed teacher and one intervention specialist assigned to the course |
200 | CHIP Resource Room | Hearing Impaired |
300 | TDH Resource Room | Transitional Developmentally Handicapped |
400 | Tutor Resource Room | Students who receive 1 period of special education services per day with a tutor, and are scheduled into gen ed courses the remainder of the day |
500 | Cross-Categorical Resource Room | Includes special education students across all high-incidence disabilities, including ED. Cross-categorical RRs should have an instructional assistant assigned if there are ED students on the roster |
600 | High-Incidence Resource Room | Includes special education students across all high-incidence disabilities, with the exception of ED |
700 | MD Resource Room | Low-incidence students are assigned to the multiple disabilities room for special education services |
800 | ED Resource Room | Includes only students with the ED designation, and requires an instructional assistant |