I'm doing the VGLA this year and will probably end up doing 15 binders. The funny thing this year is our district is pushing the "team" approach. The classroom teacher, administrators, ESOL and special education are all supposed to be working together gathering information on each student. I was told the VGLA binder or folder should be kept in the general education room as this was where most of the material would be collected. WHO IS KIDDING WHO? The general ed teachers I work with have 24 or more students and they are certainly not going to stop and say oh goodness, I need to document Math SOL 4.2 a for JD so let me make sure he's answered these questions and I'll keep this worksheet. Then, we'll move onto Math SOL 4.2 c. Of course, when count down time comes around who is everyone going to come running to to see that the binder is complete and ready to be turned in --- the special education teacher. Yet, I'm being pressured to let go of the control. I don't want to put in more unpaid time - Teaching special ed is already like working 2 jobs. First you teach, then the second full-time job for which you aren't paid is writing and holding IEP meetings, adapting curriculum, preparing specialized curriculum, meeting with parents and now tediously collecting and documenting each and every strand of a curriculum for which a student is unable to show progress via a SOL test. OR, lets face it. Doing a VGLA for students who fail the SOL. We have to do something to correct those failing scores - the VGLA is the only option at this point.