Discussion
As present or future educators, we are or will frequently participate in many types of school meetings. Many of these meetings are related to student assessment. These meetings in which a team discusses and makes important decisions to support the educational performance of their students can include teacher/parent conferences, teacher planning meetings, school leadership meetings, MTSS/RTI meetings, 504 meetings, special education eligibility meetings, IEP meetings, etc. Many times, these meetings evaluate current student performance and strategies for improving assessment scores. Such meetings can be challenging when unfamiliar terms, documents, procedures, and staff roles are not sufficiently familiar to a participant(s).
For this Discussion, create in your mind one of the types of meetings listed above. Generate a clear mental picture of the meeting’s setting, purpose, and attendees (e.g., teacher, parent, administrator, school psychologist, therapist, service provider, etc.).
Assume yourself to be one of the attendees; determine what your role in this meeting would be. You will complete this exercise twice in this Discussion for two different types of meetings.
For each Discussion, you will post one thread of 500-600 words. For each thread, you must support your assertions with at least two scholarly citations in current APA format.
References for replies are not required except where appropriate. Any scholarly journal article cited must have been published within the last five years. Other acceptable sources include the course textbook and the Bible.
