min 50 words.My mentor teacher is very good at handling conflicts. We attend a lot of meetings…

min 50 words.My mentor teacher is very good at handling conflicts. We attend a lot of meetings for tiered students and SPED students both behavior and academic. My assigned school currently struggles with adult togetherness, meaning there is a lot of conflict through various grade levels and a lack of structured routines in some areas. Due to this, my mentor teacher is having to break the news to teachers that they don’t have the data needed to move onto the next level, or that she cannot provide certain supports until the tier 1 supports are being provided. We had an IEP this week where a student was being referred to a BASE program (an individual behavioral program) and mom was not happy about it. My mentor teacher did well acknowledging moms concerns and listening to her. Sometimes just showing that you are there to listen and really showing you are listening is the best tool. When parents are upset, most of the time it is because they feel like they are not being listened too. There are times where the parent has disagreed with the teams choice, in this she simply reminds the parents of their rights. But if the team determines something is necessary, that is how it will be unless the parent begins the auditing process.
She does well pushing the IEPs along on her end quickly to ensure that when the parents have stories they’d like to share, or concerns, there is plenty of time to do that. She is calm and respectful, but knows when as the case manager she may need to step in to say it’s time to move on. comment as you see fit