This 2-part workshop will include two 3-hour presentations from agency professionals who will focus on (1) Assessing Executive Functioning and Implications for College and Career Readiness and (2) Secondary Transition: From School to Adult Services in Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult Programs, and Post-Secondary Education. The format for the sessions will be short-format lecture with open discussion, ongoing question and answer sessions throughout, and include interactive opportunities to review relevant assessments and resources. All materials for this training will be provided.

You must have taken TBI 101 prior to this workshop.

Who Should Attend: Administrators; Directors of Special Education; Elementary/Secondary Principals; School Counselors; Speech/Language Pathologists; Parents, Foster Parents, Guardians; Secure Care Staff; General Education Teachers — all grade levels; Special Education Teachers and Paraprofessionals; School Psychologists; School Nurses and Health Asistants; Occupational and Physical Therapists; Other Community Agency Staff working w/Children; Support Personnel (bus drivers, clerical staff)
Contact: Jeannette Zemeida @ 602-542-3855

All special education census data is due in SAIS by 5:00 p.m. The final SPED07 report will be based on the data in SAIS as of 5:00 p.m. on this date.*

* PEAs whose final counts do not reconcile will be notified and asked to complete the non-reconciliation portion of the census process by

May 8, 2015.

The online planning resource and tool, AzCIS, is provided for K-12 Arizona educators to use for college and career readiness and for students to build and maintain their ECAPs.

Review the list below for the locations, times, and sessions.

• Select the one(s) that meet your needs.
• The cost is only $50 per participant.
• Follow the directions to register.
• You will receive more detailed information once you have registered.

Training Dates, Times, Locations, Sessions:

Tucson Area @ Marana High School Computer Lab
February 23, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Middle School Users
February 23, 2015 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. High School Intermediate Users

Tucson Area @ Rincon High School Computer Lab T-8
February 24, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. High School Intermediate Users
February 24, 2015 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. High School Advanced Users

Phoenix @ West-MEC in Glendale
February 25, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. High School Intermediate Users
February 25, 2015 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. High School Advanced Users
February 26, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. High School Intermediate Users
February 26, 2015 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. Middle School Users
February 27, 2015 7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. High School Intermediate Users
February 27, 2015 12:00 noon – 3:30 p.m. High School Advanced Users

Who Should Attend: The Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services is offering a variety of workshop-trainings for AzCIS intermediate or advanced users in middle school or high school.
***These workshops are not designed for beginning users.

This interactive workshop assists participants in applying information from previous secondary transition training(s) conducted by our ADE/ESS transition specialists to specific students’ needs. The expectation is that participants attending this training will come with a foundation of Indicator 13 knowledge. After a quick review of Indicator 13 components (with specific best practices examples), specialists will assist participants in reviewing their IEPs to answer four key questions designed to improve transition plans.

Who Should Attend: School Administrators, Special Education Directors, Special Educators, General Educators, Parents, Youth/Young Adults, and Community Services Providers
Contact: Jeannette Zemeida @ 602-542-3855

Location: ADE Tucson

400 W. Congress, Room 158

Tucson, AZ 85701

Date and Time:  Friday, February 13 @ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Click here to register on the Events Registration page.

This interactive and practical training is designed for those who oversee or administer the Post School Outcomes (PSO) Survey. The PSO Survey, conducted one year after students exit high school, is required to be completed by districts and charter schools who serve students with disabilities ages 16 and over each year between June 1st and September 30th. Upon completion of the training participants will understand requirements for the PSO Survey and how to incorporate suggested tips and techniques to insure that data collection is meaningful and results obtained are useful.

Who Should Attend: School Staff new to Post School Outcomes
Contact: Jeannette Zemeida @ 602-542-3855

Location:  Flowing Wells School District

Preschool Building

4605 N. La Cholla Blvd.

Tucson, AZ

Date and Time: February 10, 2015 @ 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Click here to register at the Events Registration page.

In this full-day session, participants will learn prevention and de-escalation techniques, as well as the importance of understanding their own emotional states in avoiding power struggles. Participants will have the opportunity to connect and apply these techniques through case studies, role play activities, and real-life discussions and examples and will learn how to make connections to their own emotional reactions and how these reactions relate to their students’ responses. This session is for any school staff members who want to be proficient at de-escalating and avoiding power struggles with students.

Presenters: Kerri Brown, Ph.D., and Donna Morelli, education consultants for the Capital Region Education Council in Hartford, Connecticut

February 4, 2015

Event times: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Event location:
Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street, Room 312
Phoenix, AZ 85007

Registration fee: $115

Register at http://www.ade.az.gov/onlineregistration/EventLocationSelection.asp?EventID=3914

In a continuation of the special education child count training series offered by ESS Data Management, we are pleased to present webinars and workshops geared towards the second phase of the annual special education census process, reconciliation, as well as the opportunity for participants to advance their knowledge on how to resolve SAIS integrity failures related to special education participation data. Please see the attached flyer for details; registration is required for each session. Note that the Detour to Solutions session requires a working knowledge of special education data in SAIS. In the spring, ESS Data Management will close out the training series with webinar sessions that focus on the final phase of the annual special education census process, non-reconciliation.

Special Education Census Reconciliation & Detour to Solutions Trainings

Please contact ESS Data Management with questions.

ESS Data Management
Arizona Department of Education
Exceptional Student Services
ESSDataMgmt@azed.gov