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
be skilled in conducting the survey and inputting responses
know 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

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.

We are excited to announce an interagency collaboration to develop an effective pathway for introducing the changes from English Braille American Edition (EBAE) to Unified English Braille (UEB). The approaching changes to the Braille Code require that those it impacts and those responsible for addressing those changes gather to plan for its implementation. We want to work as a community and to support the implementation of UEB and are inviting stakeholders to participate in an initial meeting on January 12, 2015 from 9:00-4:00 that will be held at the Arizona Department of Education Building, Room 312, 1535 W. Jefferson, Phoenix, AZ. A second, follow up meeting has been scheduled for February 9th, 2015 at the Flinn Foundation on 1802 N Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ if necessary to finalize recommendations made, and invite additional participants. To help us to strategically plan for the needs identified by the group, we have invited a meeting facilitator to help us collaborate effectively.

Some of the questions to be addressed at this meeting are:

• What is the initiative that is bringing about these changes?
• Who will these changes impact?
• What actions need to be taken as a result of decisions made?
• What additional stakeholders need to be included?

Lunch will not be provided, however time will be allotted to order in, or to go to nearby restaurants.

Event Locations: Arizona Department of Education Building, Room 312, 1535 W. Jefferson, Phoenix, AZ

Dates and Times: Session 1 January 12, 2015 Session 2 Feb. 9th 2015

Registration Deadline: January 1st, 2015

Registration questions please contact Abby Sanchez 602-364-3026 or [email protected].

Please bring a laptop, tablet or braille notetaker if you need access to written material during the day. Also, indicate if you need materials in an alternative format and the format you prefer (large print, braille, electronic files, ASL interpreter, other).

Who Should Attend: Invitees
Contact: Suzanne Perry @ 602-542-2185

Let us show you the right way…

If you are new to this process or if your PEA has previously been unable to successfully reconcile your October 1 SPED census count in SAIS because of inaccurate verification letter count reporting, then this Part 1 session is for you!

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.