Context
I work in the department of Exceptional Student Service, otherwise known as special education. I am a teacher, case manager, and facilitator to both my students and parents. I teach in the middle school setting grades sixth thru eighth on the Dine/Navajo Nation in the Window Rock Unified School District. The population of my school and district is at least 98% Navajo students with the 2% for non-Dine/Navajo students. Our middle school enrolls over 500 students each year with 65 of students having an identified exceptionality or disability at my middle school.
I teach students who have a range of exceptionalities such as learning disabilities, autism, emotional disabilities, intellectual disabilities, other health impairments, speech-language impairment, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Each student holds a current Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that states the academic, learning style, language, and behavioral strengths and target areas of each of my students in reading, writing, and math. Each IEP provides supports through accommodations and modifications to address the learning modalities and learning goals of each student through the process of an IEP team meeting, where student, parent, teachers, administrators, and support staff are present for the benefit of the student.
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