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Suicide Prevention Trainings Available!

  • Fri, Sep 2 2022
22 Suicide Awareness Month

Want to learn more about how to prevent suicide?

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

  • Thu, Sep 1 2022
22 Suicide Awareness Month

September is Suicide Prevention Month. To learn more about local resources, keep reading!

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Assistive Technology (AT) Consideration and Assessment Made Easy with Penny Reed Workshop

  • Thu, Aug 25 2022  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Special Education Directors,

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to announce the start of the 2022–23 National Presenter Series with Penny Reed, PhD. This workshop is designed for special educators and related service providers.

Assistive Technology Consideration and Assessment Made Easy

Date: September 20, 2022

Time: 8:00 a.m.−3:30 p.m.

Fee: $19 (working lunch, lunch will be provided)

Where: Pendergast Community Center

Address: 10550 W Mariposa St, Phoenix, AZ 85037

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New AzEDS SPED Integrity Rule -40079 for FY23

  • Tue, Aug 23 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT     

New AzEDS SPED Integrity Rule -40079 for FY23

A new Integrity Rule -40079 will be introduced into the integrity process on FY23 SPED data shortly. This update is a continuation of our effort to ensure clean data for the state. A new one-sheet Integrity Tool is available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips, and the rule has been added to our SPED Integrity Rules Reference document and the FY23 ESS Data Reporting Updates document.

Integrity Rule -40079

This rule will validate the reported Resident School ID is a site of the District of Residence (DOR).

Except in cases if the student is attending a Union or High School District and the DOR is an Elementary District without a High School, then the Resident School ID should be a site within the District of Attendance.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Fall 2022 ADE ESS Math Professional Learning Offerings

  • Tue, Aug 23 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please share the following math professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.

The following virtual sessions are being offered via Zoom and are free to attend.  Click the session link to view the session description and to pre-register.

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Free Professional Learning for Paraeducators

  • Mon, Aug 22 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

 In collaboration with the Paraprofessional Resource & Research Center and the CEEDAR Center, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has developed Effective and High-Leverage Practices for Paraeducators, a free, on-demand, eLearning program for paraeducators.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: 2022–2023 Project EASEL Professional Learning Series: Exploring Strategies for Social Emotional Learning

  • Mon, Aug 15 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Administrators,

Project EASEL, in partnership with ADE, would like to invite you to tune into the Exploring Strategies for Social Emotional Learning fall and spring professional learning series. We plan to share a variety of information and strategies that will support your understanding and implementation of assertiveness, self-efficacy, and self-regulation. 

Registration is required for each session. Please view the this flyer with details of upcoming sessions and registration links. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays at 3:00 p.m.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT) Fall Series

  • Mon, Aug 15 2022  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Dear Educators and Therapists,

Are you overwhelmed by PD? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Please join the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services/Assistive Technology Team for our fall series titled “Assistive Technology: Just One Thing (JOT).”

These fast, 30-minute sessions will showcase just one organizational or assistive technology tool or strategy that you can use in your classroom or teacher/therapist life. Are mornings or afternoons better for you? No worries; each JOT will be presented on Wednesdays at lunchtime and after school. Choose the time that works for you. The first sessions will take place on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, from 11:30 a.m.−12:00 p.m. and again from 3:00−3:30 p.m. The topic will be Get GO-ing with Graphic Organizers.

2022 CTED Guidance (DRAFT)

  • Fri, Aug 12 2022  •
    • Data Hot Topics
    • Hot Topics

The Arizona Department of Education is currently updating systems to implement current law as it pertains to Career and Technical Education Districts (CTEDs) and is sharing this draft guidance document.

ESSER Newsletter - August 2022

  • Wed, Aug 10 2022

Updated Safe Return to In-Person learning webpage, new opportunities through our ARP School and Community Grantees, and more!