Special Education Directors,The Arizona Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ArSHA) will be holding its annual convention in Phoenix on March 31–April 1. There will be hundreds of Speech-Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Technicians, and Speech-Language Pathology Assistants attending this event. The Arizona Department of Education sponsors the public school strand at the convention to support high-quality, relevant professional learning for school-based speech personnel. This year’s sponsored topics include remediation of speech sound disorders and developmental language disorders, assistive technology (AT), augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and supporting students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing.

As a result of the unforeseen weather conditions in most of Northern Arizona, we would like to issue additional guidance on updating your AzEDS Instructional Calendars.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, March 15th   The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will host the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, March 15th, from 2pm – 3pm. This session will cover a variety of data topics that will include (subject to change):   Reminders Trending topics Top 3 Integrity Errors Q&A 

Special Education Directors,The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) will hold its annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 1–4. Thousands of special educators and related service providers will attend this event. It also will draw large numbers of students enrolled in special education teacher preparation programs.

BUDG-25 reports for all school districts have been posted to the School Finance website.

The new CTEDADM15 report is now available to Career Technical Education Districts.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-941, teacher experience data should have been transmitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction by October 15th at 4:30 p.m.

AzEDS Vendor Meeting Februrary 14, 2023. Emphasis on Firearms Data Collection and Program Evaluation Model (21st CCLC Teacher Survey).

Greetings,Writing better goals and effectively monitoring student progress towards those goals are foundational skills for Related Service Providers. Positive student outcomes can only be achieved when school-based therapists are able to do both consistently. Good data on good goals leads to effective interventions and allows therapists to write better progress reports in less time. And we know that “time spent on paperwork” is a leading cause of therapist burnout. For all of these reasons, we are very excited about the next presentation in our series of Related Service Provider Seminars: Creating Goals that Are Easy to Monitor and a Stress-Free Companion Monitoring Tool with Carlo Vialu, PT, MBA, and Peggy Morris, OTD, OTR/L, BCP. This workshop is designed for Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists and will convey ASHA, APTA, and AOTA CEUs. Please share with your staff.Creating Goals That Are Easy to Monitor and A Stress-Free Companion Monitoring Tool

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