Individual Education Plans are done twice a year in the Maltese educational system - at the beginning of the year, which means in November and at the end, that is, in May.
As from this year, these individual education plans have started to be written online. More emphasis has been added to life skills and to the emotional and social needs of the child. IEPs have become shorter but more incisive. The targets are chosen from a pre-defined list. Although with this new way, it is quicker for the LSE to do the IEP, it is also a hassle when the child does not fit into one of the targets already written down in the pre-defined list.
I have17 special needs cases in my year 9 group and it has been my duty to meet the parents and to discuss, along with the learning support educator, the individual educational plan, now commonly known as provision mapping. In some of the cases, where the LSE is on a one to one basis, the inclusion coordinator is also present.
These past three weeks have been full with these IEPs. Sometimes, I had one, at other times two a day. Needless to say, these IEPs have been a tiring process, draining me of a lot of energy. Alas, I am not yet done. Some of the parents cancelled their child's IEP due to sickness and so I still have another two to do. With next week being the last week before school closes down for the Christmas holidays, it is very unlikely that these remaining two will be done next week.
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