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DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY24 Statement of Assurances required by all PEAs opens on 4/3/23

  • Mon, Mar 20 2023  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT 

FY23 Statement of Assurances required by all PEAs opens on 4/3/23

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), the representative body for Special Education for Arizona, Exceptional Student Services, is required to obtain assurances from Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to attest that they are meeting the requirements under state and federal statute for special education in the state of Arizona.

It is a requirement for all entities defined as PEAs regardless if they get federal funds or not.

All PEAs must submit the IDEA Statement of Assurances (SOA) through the ESS Portal of ADEConnect.

The application will open on 4/3/23 and close for submissions on 6/15/23.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Multi-Tier Behavior Supports (MTBS) Year 1

  • Mon, Mar 20 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors:

Are you concerned about the current rate of suspensions and expulsions at your school or district? Do you feel students are losing valuable class time due to disruptions and other behavior problems? Are teachers struggling to be successful with classroom management? Are administrators spending too much time dealing with discipline issues?  If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you might find the solution in Multi-Tier Behavior Supports.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Expanding Expression Training (EET) for SLPs, SLTs and SLPAs

  • Mon, Mar 20 2023  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Greetings,

The ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the 2023 Seminar for School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists: Expanding​ ​Expression​ ​Training: ​ A​ ​Multi-Sensory​ ​Approach​ ​for​ ​Improved​ ​Writing,​ ​Oral Expression,​ ​and​ ​Comprehension​ Across​ ​the​ ​Curriculum with Sara​ ​L.​ ​Smith,​ ​MS,​ ​CCC-SLP​ ​​(and founder​ ​of​ ​EET). The intended audience for this seminar is Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Technicians, and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants.

FY 2023 FRPL Add-on Payment

  • Mon, Mar 13 2023  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics
    • Payment Hot Topics

School Finance has manually calculated initial add-on payments for the new FRPL Group B weight.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Nominate Outstanding Individuals for Arizona’s Secondary Transition Services Awards

  • Mon, Mar 13 2023  •
    • Transition News
    • Updates

Special Education Stakeholders,

Nominations are now being accepted for this year’s Arizona Secondary Transition Services Awards!

On behalf of the Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services, and other partnering agencies, you are invited to submit your nominations for this year's Secondary Transition Services Awards, which will be presented at Arizona's 2023 IDEA Conference.

Nominate Outstanding Individuals for Arizona’s Secondary Transition Services Awards

  • Fri, Mar 10 2023

On behalf of the Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services, and other partnering agencies, you are invited to submit your nominations for this year's Secondary Transition Services Awards, which will be presented at Arizona's 2023 IDEA Conference. 

Reminder: Deadline is March 22 for 2023 IDEA Conference Call for Proposals

  • Fri, Mar 10 2023  •
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is requesting proposals that represent your creative and research-based work. Session proposals are due Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LAUNCHES “EMPOWER HOTLINE”

  • Thu, Mar 9 2023  •
    • News Releases

Department of Education Launches "Empower Hotline"

INTERNAL PD INFO: Reminder: Deadline is March 22 for 2023 IDEA Conference Call for Proposals

  • Wed, Mar 8 2023  •
    • Updates

Special Education Stakeholders,

Arizona’s 2023 IDEA Conference: Creating Connections and Strengthening Systems, will be held in person from August 21–23, 2023 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix.

ADE/ESS is requesting proposals that represent your creative and research-based work. The conference will feature numerous professional learning opportunities, including IDEA legal issues, instructional practices, national trends and hot topics, special education compliance, preschool and secondary transition, and content for related service providers.

March Data Capture Reminder

  • Wed, Mar 8 2023  •
    • Data Hot Topics

March's data capture for the April 21st payment is 3/15/23 at 5pm.