Exceptional Student Services Blog

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Create your own Grow Your Own program!

  • Thu, Sep 22 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ADE/ESS is acutely aware of the shortage of qualified special education teachers and related service providers across Arizona. ESS has multiple activities and programs to support PEAs to confront this shortage every school year. The ESS Recruitment and Retention team has created Developing a Grow Your Own Program: A Guide for Special Education Administrators as a reference as you consider developing and implementing a Grow Your Own program as part of your own recruitment and retention efforts.

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Assistive Technology Integration for All Students with Kelli Suding

  • Thu, Sep 22 2022  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology Upcoming Events
    • Assistive Technology

Special Education Directors,

The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to announce the 2022–2023 National Presenter Series with Kelli Suding, MEd. This workshop is designed for special educators and related service providers.

“Assistive Technology Integration for All Students”

Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Time: 8:30 a.m.−3:30 p.m.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT - Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Discipline Data Collection (DDC) Application Opening September 14

  • Wed, Sep 14 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Discipline Data Collection (DDC) Application Opening September 14

The ESS DDC application will open for fiscal year (FY) 2023 incident entry on September 14, 2022.

There are no significant changes to the DDC application this school year. ESS requires all Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to manually enter or bulk upload discipline data incidents into the DDC application. The XML Schema for PEAs choosing the bulk upload option is unchanged.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY23 ESS October 1 Parentally Placed Private School Students Training Webinar

  • Tue, Sep 13 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

FY23 ESS October 1 Parentally Placed Private School Students Training Webinar 

ESS Data Management will host a training webinar for the ESS October 1 Parentally Placed Private School Students on September 28, 2022, from 10:00 am – 11:00 am.

This webinar is intended for School Districts with geographic boundaries ONLY. (Charter schools are not responsible for private school count or required for proportionate share.)

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

  • Wed, Sep 7 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Project EASEL, in partnership with ADE, would like to invite you to tune into the Exploring Strategies for Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) 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. 

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

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

Please share the following literacy professional learning opportunities with general and special education teachers.

The following virtual sessions are being offered via Zoom and are free to attend. 

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION INFO: Teacher Attrition Survey Opens November 1, 2022

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ESS collects data each year through the Teacher Attrition Survey to make informed decisions about recruitment and retention efforts in Arizona. Participation in the survey is mandatory for all public education agencies in Arizona.

For the past few years, the survey has opened in February and closed in May of each fiscal year. This school year, the Teacher Attrition Survey will open on November 1, 2022, and close on January 31, 2023.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar Registration for Wednesday September 21st

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT       

Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, September 21st 

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, September 21st from 2pm – 3pm.

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: SELECT Needs Assessment

  • Tue, Sep 6 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Administrators,

Special Education Learning Experiences for Competency in Teaching (SELECT) is a federally funded program sponsored by the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services and is offered through the Institute for Human Development at Northern Arizona University. SELECT courses are recommended for special and general education teachers, administrators, related service personnel, paraeducators, and other interested individuals.

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