School personnel assigned to each Integrated Co-Teaching class must minimally include a special education teacher and a general education teacher. In New York City, the special education teacher must be certified/licensed and appointed in special education and the general education teacher must be certified/licensed and appointed under a an appropriate general education or content area license. Two teachers, one general education and one special education, must be present for all periods of ICT instruction required by students’ IEPs.
If both teachers in an ICT class are certified in general education and do not hold special education teaching certificates, the teacher should file a special education complaint. A UFT Liaison will be in contact the member within 48 hours of filing the complaint to discuss the matter further.
For more information, see the UFT's Q&A on the Issues column about ICT/Co-Teaching classes.