Special Education Blog

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY21 ESS October 1 Data Collection UPDATE

  • Mon, Dec 14 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

ESS Data Management has released two new training videos. These training videos focuses on Phase II: Reconciliation so individuals can pick and choose the relevant training videos that meets their needs.

As a friendly reminder, please continue checking the SPED07 report on a regular basis during this time, even if your PEA’s counts reconcile early in the process. Please ensure Phase II: Reconciliation is completed in AzEDS by Friday, January 15, 2021 at 5:00 P.M.  Note there is no submission action for Phase II. Ensuring your Verification and SPED07 counts reconcile on January 15th will indicate completion.

EXTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Opportunity to Partner with an OSEP-Funded Technical Assistance Center

  • Tue, Dec 8 2020  •
    • Training
    • Updates

Are you looking for ways to shift the focus from compliance alone to educational programming designed for student progress toward meeting challenging goals? Are you interested in learning more about an opportunity to partner with an Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)-funded technical assistance center that provides information, resources, tools, and services to support local education agencies from kindergarten through secondary transition?

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for the 2021 Arizona Education Virtual Job Fair is now open!

  • Wed, Dec 2 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that registration for the Arizona Education Virtual Job Fair is now open! Join us online on Saturday, February 27, 2021. Registration is open to Arizona public school districts and charter schools on a first-come, first-served basis.

OSEP INFO: Celebrate the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's 45th Anniversary!

  • Tue, Dec 1 2020  •
    • Updates

November 29, 2020, marked the 45th anniversary of President Gerald Ford signing the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) into law. The 1990 amendment to Public Law 94-142 changed the law’s name to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: December IDEA Conference Sessions Now Available

  • Mon, Nov 30 2020  •
    • Updates

Please join ADE/ESS for these exciting IDEA Conference session offerings

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Upcoming Math Webinar—Exploring Integers

  • Mon, Nov 30 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

In this free webinar, we will explore multiple representations to build conceptual understanding of operations with integers. We will apply and extend previous understandings of operations with whole numbers to create zero-sum pairs.  Additionally, we will demonstrate how to develop grit and creative problem-solving with accessible low-floor/high-ceiling tasks.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New AzEDS Portal Report: SPED99 – SPED Orphan Data Report

  • Tue, Nov 24 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The SPED99 – SPED Orphan Data Report is a new report now available in the AzEDS Portal.  This report will aid PEAs in finding special education (SPED) data in AzEDS that may have had the corresponding enrollment data removed.  When enrollment data is deleted for a given student but the SPED data remains in AzEDS, this is defined as orphan data.  Often this orphan data can result in errors for your PEA or other PEAs, that is unseen in your INTEG15 report, since the enrollment data is not present. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: SPED07 Report Now Available

  • Tue, Nov 24 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The SPED07 report is now available within the October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application for Phase II: Reconciliation. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: October 1 Verification Count for students attending ASDB sites.

  • Mon, Nov 16 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Further clarification is being provided regarding students attending ASDB sites and the ESS October 1 Data Collection. 

 Regardless if a student attends an ASDB site or a site within your PEA, you would include the student in your Phase I Verification Count if the student was provided services on October 1st. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: Early Childhood Special Education Summit 2021 - Save the Date!

  • Wed, Oct 28 2020  •
    • Updates

ESS/Early Childhood Special Education is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Early Childhood Special Education Summit on February 11—12, 2021, to be conducted as a virtual event. This year, the conference is sponsored by ADE/ESS, in collaboration with Arizona’s Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) within the Arizona Department of Economic Security.