Teaching · Special Education

A year of knowing a student, in one page for the next teacher.

Write down what works, what goes badly, where each goal stands and which supports the student uses every day. The summary is the page the new teacher reads first, with the next review date and what is still to pass on.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the New special education teacher kit, $39 for 31 items.

The handoff

One record per student and move. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each move, what works, goals and progress, daily supports and services, key dates, and the handoff steps, in one page for the new teacher.
Who it is for
Special education teachers and case managers handing a student to a new teacher, building or case manager, and the general education teachers who receive the student.
Format
Browser form. Several saved handoffs; printed as the one page for the new teacher, or as a blank form; CSV with one row per handoff or the goals table; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
this yearnext year
Drawn for this page. What a teacher learned over a year about a student is worth a page in the next teacher’s hands before the first day.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the handoff date.
  2. Note the move, the plan and the next review dates.
  3. Write what works and what tends to go badly, in the student’s day.
  4. List each goal with where the student is now, and the supports used every day.
  5. Work the handoff steps and give the new teacher the printed page.

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What the handoff is for

Why a handoff

The IEP lists services and accommodations, but not the small things a teacher learns over a year: the quiet hello that settles a morning, the task that always goes badly. A one-page handoff carries them forward so the student does not have to start over.

What the law expects

Each teacher and provider responsible for a student’s IEP must have access to it and be told of their specific responsibilities, including accommodations and supports. When a student moves to a new district, the new school provides services comparable to the IEP until it adopts or develops one.

What this organizer is not

It does not change the IEP or 504 plan, which govern services. Share it only with staff who work with the student.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.323(d) (the IEP is accessible to each teacher and provider, who is informed of specific responsibilities).
  2. 34 CFR 300.323(e) and (f) (students who transfer within or between states mid-year).
  3. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 34 CFR Part 104.
  4. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR 99.31(a)(1) (school officials with legitimate educational interest).

The example student is made up. The handoff supports the IEP or 504 plan; it does not change it. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.