Today I subbed in a small special ed. class with only 12 students. There were 2 full-time special education teachers in the room and myself, functioning as an assistant. The whole class was together at the beginning of the day and for an assembly. For the remainder of the day, groups of 2 to 3 children traveled together throughout the building. I understand that this is the nature of individual education plans but, it left me questioning the need for my presence in the classroom.