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ADE Title IV-A Team Delivers Year End Report

  • Wed, Sep 16 2020

Discover topical information about Arts and Physical Education, the formation of ADE Digital Learning, and more! 

Introducing the Reimagine Education with Title IV-A Podcast

  • Mon, Sep 14 2020

The entire ADE Title IV-A Team is proud to announce the launch of the Reimagine Education with Title IV-A Podcast. These 15-30 minute podcasts celebrate creative educational programming taking place in Arizona schools.  

PD INFO: Math Office Hours for Special Education Teachers, September 2020

  • Thu, Sep 10 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE Math Team has scheduled office hours to allow educators to meet together to network, problem-solve, and develop solutions to allow all Arizona teachers and students to continue to feel supported and to be successful. 

Grade-band meetings are provided for all math teachers, including special education teachers! These grade-band meetings will include opportunities for networking, problem solving, and sharing different implementation models. Office hours are one hour long with an additional 30 minutes at the end for a Q & A session.

PD INFO: Literacy Office Hours for Special Education Teachers Fall 2020, starting Tuesday, 9/15!

  • Thu, Sep 10 2020  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

As the new school year begins and special educators are challenged to meet their students’ needs, we are excited to announce that we are continuing to offer virtual Literacy Office Hours for Special Education Teachers.

These virtual meetups are a chance for special educators across Arizona to learn from each other, celebrate successes, and share literacy resources to increase the learning outcomes for all students with disabilities. Join our virtual meet-ups and connect with your colleagues to learn from wherever you are in our state.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY20 Annual Data Collection (ADC) – Final Submission

  • Wed, Sep 9 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

This is a friendly reminder that the FY20 ESS Annual Data Collection application is available and accessible to PEAs. Be aware, there are two separate due dates involved in this data collection reporting requirement. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: The 2020 IDEA Virtual Conference Is Here! Kick Off Sessions Start Next Week, September 1 and 3

  • Mon, Aug 31 2020  •
    • Transition News
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS is pleased to present the opening of registration for Arizona’s 2020 IDEA Conference, Converging Ideas: Connections for Student Success! We are excited that the IDEA Virtual Conference is here and we are ready to open professional and personal development for this school year with rich and relevant learning opportunities. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New AzEDS Portal Report: SPED74 - SPED Exit Report

  • Thu, Aug 27 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The SPED74 – SPED Exit Report is a new report now available in the AzEDS Portal. This post-integrity report will populate students for your PEA who are ages 13 – 22 based on the Calculated Age for Exit. The SPED74 report is to aid in the determination of validating exit data for the ESS Annual Data Collection (ADC). This report will be available for FY21 data and forward only. 

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New SPED Integrity Rule -40078

  • Thu, Aug 27 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Effective Fiscal Year 2021, a new integrity rule will be implemented for SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Exit Code SPED05 (Moved, known to be continuing).

Integrity Rule -40078: Exit code SPED05 is invalid with continuing site enrollment.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: RESCHEDULED FY20 ESS Discipline Data Training Webinar

  • Mon, Aug 24 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, ESS Data Management has rescheduled the Discipline Data Collection (DDC) training webinar from August 25 to September 2, 2020, from 10am - 11am.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Integrity Error -10003 Deactivation

  • Thu, Aug 20 2020  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Due to changes in reporting to Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) sites in FY21, Integrity Error -10003 will be deactivated.  Any PEA currently failing this rule should disregard.