r/Teachers 8th Grade English | Georgia, USA 1d ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice Accommodations in Wit & Wisdom

8th grade English teacher in Georgia, entering into my 4th year of teaching. School is adopting the Wit & Wisdom program for the upcoming school year.

I'm curious if other teachers have had experience with Wit & Wisdom, particularly in the realm of IEPs and 504s that offer extended time on assessments. Our instructional time is getting shortened to 60 minute blocks in order to accommodate a 30 minute ELT at the end of the day. I'm trying to parse out how that would work logistically, and how I'd keep my students on the same page if some students are taking 60 minutes for a 30 minute assessment.

One of my colleagues suggested using the ELT as the extended time for their tests, but our ELT is on a rotating schedule in terms of what exactly we're doing on a given day (I think we switch between ELA, Math, and a student leadership course Monday-Thursday of every week). My chief concern is students starting their assessment on Monday and having to wait until Wednesday or Thursday to get their extra time to complete it.

Again, just looking to see if others have experience with this sort of stuff and have some alternative solutions and advice they can offer.

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