My first...

...504 plan review meeting.

Students here with specific needs can be put on a 504 plan, which provides accommodations that must be made for them. When the review of this plan is due, a meeting is called where subject teachers and Guidance meet with the student in question and his/ her parents.

Teachers must provide a print out of all the students assignments and grades to date and be prepared to provide feedback, respond to the parents' questions and suggest grades which the student can 'make up'. This then leads into discussion of any changes necessary for the student to ensure the 504 plan is still relevant to them.

My first meeting of this nature was an interesting experience, not least because I did not expect the student to be in the room, witnessing and participating in the discussions; though as it is about them I can see the logic in it, especially as High School students here are older. It was also interesting to hear what other subject teachers had to say about that student; there were striking similarities!