Exploring Individual Education Plans In a High School Setting

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Abstract	Abstract The purpose of this study was to discover the factors that influence the meaningful use of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for teachers at the high school level. While there is substantial research regarding the effectiveness of IEP documents at the elementary school level, the volume of research at the high school level in respect to the IEP is not commensurate. My research explored the elements that prevent educators from developing a useful IEP document and uncovered the factors that influence the meaningful use of this document at the high school level. Findings from this qualitative research indicated that the 10 teachers who I interviewed provided varied understandings of the purpose of an IEP as well as extremely limited to no participation in its development. Additionally, there was a great deal of frustration from the teachers regarding the purpose, development and usage of the IEP... .
Persons	Persons Author (aut): Crawford, Jodi Thesis advisor (ths): Kitchenham, Andrew Degree committee member (dgc): Fraser, Tina Degree committee member (dgc): Olsen, Margaret
Degree Name	Degree Name Master of Education (MEd)
Department	Department Education-Special Education
DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.24124/2016/1226
Collection(s)	Collection(s) Graduate Research Projects

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Date Created/Date Issued	2016
Publisher	University of Northern British Columbia
Issuance	monographic

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Keywords	Keywords Education Plans IEP

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Extent	Extent Number of pages in document: 80
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Language	Language English

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