A self-contained elementary special education teacher struggles to balance IEP goals, grade-level standards, state assessments, and required curricula across multiple grade levels in one classroom, feeling overwhelmed and unable to cover everything adequately.

Workarounds Described

• Rotates grade-level lesson focus daily and scaffolds/adapts for the rest of the group
• Identifies overlapping standards and scaffolds lessons manually
• Uses rotations for IEP goal work, computer-based work, and adapted grade-level content
• Documents exposure to grade-level content manually

Implied Software Gaps

• Tool to automatically identify overlapping standards across grade levels and subjects
• Platform to map IEP goals to grade-level standards and track progress
• Scheduler that accounts for interruptions and individual student needs
• Documentation system for standard exposure and differentiation

SPED Curriculum Orchestrator

A planning and tracking platform that helps self-contained special education teachers align IEP goals with grade-level standards, generate differentiated lesson plans, and manage assessment schedules. It automates the identification of overlapping standards across grade levels, suggests priority standards, and creates a realistic instructional calendar that accounts for interruptions and individual student needs.