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INTERNAL VIRTUAL PD: Free Assistive Technology JOT

  • Wed, Mar 5 2025  •
    • Assistive Technology
    • Updates

Join the ADE/ESS Assistive Technology Team for our spring series, Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT). In these quick 30-minute sessions, we will highlight a single assistive technology tool or strategy that you can use to support your students.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Space is limited! Register for PSM/Secondary Transition In-Person Training

  • Wed, Mar 5 2025  •
    • Transition News
    • Updates

On October 21, 2024, the Arizona State Board of Education (SBE) approved a board rule change that impacts Individualized Education Program (IEP) requirements, specifically secondary transition services.

Horne statement on Primavera Online School charter being revoked

  • Tue, Mar 4 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following statement after the State Board for Charter Schools served a notice of intent to revoke the charter for American Virtual Academy, which does business as Primavera Online School.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar

  • Fri, Feb 28 2025  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next live Special Education Data Updates webinar on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 pm.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Boost Student Confidence and Perseverance with Free Training for K–12 Districts and Charters

  • Tue, Feb 25 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Do your students doubt their abilities when they experience challenges? Do they understand how to put forth effort and make progress toward their goals? Self-efficacy instruction can increase students’ belief in themselves and develop their ability to persist through learning challenges. 

Horne calls for “radical efforts” to combat disastrous absenteeism problem

  • Mon, Feb 24 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne says the disastrous rate of chronic absences among public school students requires “radical efforts” on the part of local schools to tackle the problem.

FY 2025 February Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

  • Mon, Feb 24 2025  •
    • Budget Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

FY 2025 February Expenditure Report (BUDG-25)

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Recruiting at CEC for You!

  • Fri, Feb 21 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS Recruitment and Retention team is staffing a recruitment booth at the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) annual convention from March 11–15, 2025, as part of our recruiting efforts on behalf of all Arizona PEAs. Each year, CEC draws thousands of preservice special education students, teachers, and related service providers.  

  

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: FREE Virtual Series on Universal Design for Learning

  • Fri, Feb 21 2025  •
    • Training
    • Updates

There is still time to register for this spring’s virtual series on Universal Design for Learning.

Horne praises federal government for opposition to DEI programs

  • Tue, Feb 18 2025  •
    • News

PHOENIX – State schools chief Tom Horne is praising a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education to educators nationwide warning that DEI racial discrimination by educational institutions imperils federal funding and constitutes civil rights violations.