Section R. 340.1749 - Teacher consultant with a student caseload; responsibilitiesRule 49.
(1) The teacher consultant for special education with a student caseload shall do 1 or more of the following:(a) Provide instructional services to students receiving instruction in special education programs. Instructional services are supportive of the special education teacher. A teacher consultant shall not grade, give credit for, or teach a general education or a special education subject, class, or course.(b) Provide instructional services to a student with a disability in a general education classroom. Instructional services are supportive of the general education teacher. The teacher consultant shall not grade, give credit for, or teach a general education subject, class, or course.(c) Provide consultation to education personnel on behalf of students with disabilities on the consultant's caseload.(d) Evaluate students suspected of being a student with a disability.(2) The teacher consultant shall carry an active caseload of not more than 25 students with disabilities. All students served under this rule shall be counted as part of the caseload. In establishing the caseload, consideration shall be given to time for all of the following:(a) Instructional services.(c) Consultation with special and general education personnel.(3) The teacher consultant shall not serve in supervisory or administrative roles and perform the function of a teacher consultant simultaneously.Mich. Admin. Code R. 340.1749
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