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A caseload of 18 students across four grade levels. Annual reviews stacking up in March. A junior who just turned 16, which means every goal now needs a transition connection — and you're still not sure you're writing those correctly. Oh, and the science teacher just emailed asking what an "observable, measurable goal" even looks like for her class. Sound familiar? Secondary SPED is a different animal. The goal areas are broader, the stakes around transition are real, and most of the IEP resourc

It's 9 PM on a Sunday. The IEP meeting is Tuesday. You open ChatGPT, type "write an IEP goal for a 3rd grader struggling with reading fluency," and get back: "The student will improve their reading skills as measured by teacher observation."You stare at it. You know that goal wouldn't survive five minutes in a team meeting. So you delete it, try again with a longer prompt, get something slightly less terrible, and eventually give up and write the whole thing from scratch anyway. That's not an A