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students report to the Union Street school teachers provide instruction in is the flexible role of the consultant
School each day. USS elementary small group classes for some subjects teachers and consultant teacher
students, grades 1st through 4th, as well as consultant teacher services assistants. For example, USS middle
depending on their schedules and for students in HMS and for those 1st school consultant teachers of the deaf
academic readiness, take small- through 4th grade deaf students at- teach a few small group instructed
group instructed classes in USS, tending academic classes in one of the classes. They also have multiple
and/or are transported via mini-bus local Hackensack elementary schools. responsibilities including providing a
with educational interpreters back Time for consultation is built into the mandatory Study Skills period for all
and forth daily to a local Hackensack USS consultant teachers’ schedules; mainstream deaf students scheduled
elementary school. they create their own weekly sched- in one or more mainstream subject
USS middle school students and ules for consult planning time. courses, 1st-8th grade, modifying
educational interpreters walk back and and/or making accommodations
forth to the Hackensack Middle School The Consultant Teacher Model for student work and sharing these
throughout the day. Academic courses for Elementary and Middle with general education teachers,
provided for middle school students School Students maintaining consistent communication
within USS are departmentalized Accountability and program “safety with all general education teachers,
and the USS middle school student/ nets” are important characteristics and preparing written bi-monthly
teacher schedules mirror the Day 1/ of the Consultant Teacher Model in consultant teacher observations.
Day 2 schedule of the Hackensack USS. A key element in this process These student updates are shared
Middle School (HMS). USS middle electronically with the USS classroom

Figure 1: Sample Schedule for a Consultant Teacher (HMS runs on “Day 1”; “Day 2” schedule
Teacher Name_________________________________ Week of: _______________
P Time M T W Th F
HR 8:12-8:30 Consult: (same) (same) (same) (same)
Interpreters,
Middle School
Team, Speech
Teachers, &/or
Dr. Reed
1 8:30-9:05 Prep Study Skills - 2nd Consult- See Study Skills - 2nd Prep
D1 Math, SS/SC; 5th teachers HMS: Math, SS/SC; 5th
Math NJ and JS Math
1 8:30-9:05 Study Skills - 8th Prep Study Skills - 8th Prep Study Skills - 8th LA, Math
D2 LA, Math LA, Math
2 9:26-10:16 LA 6th, 7th , 8th LA 6th, 7th , 8th LA 6th, 7th , 8th LA 6th, 7th , 8th LA 6th, 7th , 8th
(my class)
3 10:19-11:09 Consult Modify Test 8th Prep Consult HMS Meet with Dr. Reed re:
Elementary Pre-Algebra- Social Studies mainstream recommendations
Teacher (MM) email HMS teacher (MJ) - for next year
call-don’t email Teacher (JH) email and send
this week modified test

4 11:12-12:02 Lunch L L L L
5 12:05-12:55 LA 5th - (my LA 5th - (my LA 5th - (my LA 5th - (my class) LA 5th - (my class)
class) class) class)
6 12:58-1:48 Pre-Algebra 8 Pre-Algebra 8 Pre-Algebra 8 Pre-Algebra 8 (my Pre-Algebra 8 (my class)
(my class) (my class) (my class) class)
7 1:51-2:42 Study Skills 4th Consult: Study Skills 4th Consult- Test Social Study Skills 4th SS/SC
D1 SS/SC Modifications for SS/SC Studies 6th: See
JS, FB and JJ re: teacher JS at HMS
4th SC
7 1:51-2:42 Study Skills 5th Study Skills 4th Study Skills 5th Study Skills 4th SS/ Visit elementary school: remind
D2 Math SS/SC/Math Math SC/Math Dr. Reed I will be out of building-
need cover for Study Skills 4th
2:50 Bus Duty Bus Duty Bus Duty Bus Duty Bus Duty

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