A software program I know I will use is one called "Easy IEP". I first heard about this program while doing an observation in a Special Education class. The teacher graciously showed me the components and shared how much easier it made her life since she began using it.
According to the website marketing this program, Easy IEP cuts down on the time spent my educators on paperwork by 25-40%. This is a tremendous decrease, allowing that much more time for teachers to spend on planning for and assisting their students.
I am not currently teaching, but want to teach Reading Resource for students with learning disabiliies. Each of my students will have an IEP, or possibly a 504 plan, that will take up valuable classroom time to create, edit and evaluate. Some of the features that are particularly beneficial are the 24/7 monitoring (allowing me to work from home), state of the art reporting with graphics and data analysis, and the abilitity to convert paper documents into electronic files.
The Tennessee Education System (the state in which I live and work) uses this in every county, making it easy to access students records as they change school systems back and forth. I definantly plan to use this program to help keep track of my student's records and become more familiar with IEPs as I begin my teaching career.
As far as instructional objectives, and goals, this program is better equiped to meet legal mandates, but is good to help to establish the objectives and goals for each individuals progress. This is a tremendously wonderful program.
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