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MONITORING INFO: Revised Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps for SY 2021–2022

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2021—2022 Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps. Please see the following memo for additional information. All PEAs are encouraged to review the revised Guide Steps to ensure current special education practices are aligned with the requirements. 

EXTERNAL PD INFO: STAR Autism Support Summer Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

ADE/ESS and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer resources and professional learning opportunities to support your staff with free summer Virtual Professional Development. 

MONITORING INFO: Programmatic Monitoring Alert for Preschool Transition

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Please see the Programmatic Monitoring Alert regarding necessary changes to programmatic monitoring of the preschool transition process, developed in response to findings issued by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the resulting corrective action assigned to ADE/ESS. These updates are directly related to the transition of children from Early Intervention (Part C) to School Age (Part B).

INTERNAL PD INFO: Register Your New Special Education Teachers for Teach Camp!

  • Thu, May 27 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Teach Camp is a year-long support system that includes professional learning specifically designed for beginning special education teachers. The goal of Teach Camp is to increase retention of special educators by providing our newest special education teachers with the tools they need to survive and thrive during their first years in the classroom.

INTERNAL PD INFO: 2021 IDEA Conference Call for Proposals Due June 2

  • Thu, May 20 2021  •
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to request proposals for Arizona’s 2021 IDEA Conference, Renewal: Resilience to Results.

This year’s conference will be held via an on-line platform, and will feature over 75 professional learning opportunities addressing legal issues, special education compliance, preschool and secondary transition, social/emotional learning, and new this year, a content strand for related service providers.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Demystifying ESS Programmatic Monitoring

  • Thu, May 20 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Please join us on Monday, June 7 from 1:00 p.m.–2:15 p.m. for “Demystifying ESS Programmatic Monitoring,” a collaborative presentation between ADE/ESS and the Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP).

Together, leaders from ESS Program Supporting and Monitoring and AASP will provide clarification on some commonly misunderstood evaluation topics and share some tricks of the trade. This content is geared for evaluators and authors of evaluations, but all practitioners can benefit.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: New Integrity Rule for FY21 -10134

  • Mon, May 17 2021  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

A new integrity rule for FY 2021 will be introduced into the integrity process on SPED data shortly.  This new rule is a continuation of our effort to further validate SPED reporting to ensure clean data for the state.   

Integrity Rule -10134 

This rule will validate any students enrolled at an Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) to have a corresponding SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) reported. 

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: June Math Office Hours

  • Mon, May 17 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

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

 

June Math Office Hours

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. Participants can earn one hour of professional development credit for each session attended.

SB 1139 - Classroom Site Fund

  • Fri, May 14 2021  •
    • Budget Hot Topics

Over the past year, several changes have been applied to the Classroom Site Fund (CSF) resulting in expanded allowances and additional monies for the fund.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: The Neurosequential Model Training for Educators and School Counselors/Social Workers/School Psychologists

  • Tue, May 11 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce additional training opportunities for Arizona’s schools with The Neurosequential Model Network led by Dr. Bruce Perry. The trainings will assist schools in dealing with trauma and its effects on students. There are two training programs available to schools.