Dr. Elizabeth Frank has been the head psychologist for nearly 7 years at Manhattan Charter School, which is located in the Lower East Side. Dr. Frank sums up her title as being a related service provider for mandated students and a psychologist for the other students. Students are from various backgrounds; majority of the students live in the neighborhood and qualify for free or reduced price lunch. The school is a general education setting, with a population of about 250 students.
1. When are you called upon to assess a student? Why?
Students with IEP are assessed, as well as those without an IEP with the principle 's recommendation. There would be many reasons why the principle would call in Dr. Frank to assess a student without …show more content…
Information from assessments informs instruction depends on the IEP, mandated report. For older students Mrs. Loperena- Padilla would look for 30 percent participation, 25 percent of homework, while the remaining 45 percent would be for projects, quizzes, and test. The work the student gives would be used for a percentile grade. For the younger students, K-5, the point system would be use, where five is the student being far above in subject manner and one means the student is performing poorly.
4. What types of assessments do you find most useful as a teacher?
Mrs. Loperena- Padilla stated a valid point: all assessment are only as good as the child is that particular day at that moment. No assessment is perfect, it is a tool, there are so many variables a teacher must consider and it is important to be flexible. She prefers to spread out the assessment.
She takes a look at the emotion, health condition and psychological assessment.
5. What is your role regarding assessment in IEP meetings?
Mrs. Loperena- Padilla role in IEP meetings generally is to provide the student 's strengths and progress on the current IEP. Mrs. Loperena- Padilla provides strategies for the effectively teach-ing of a student and can suggest accommodations or modifications so the student can successful-ly go back to