Special Education Blog

IDEA CONFERENCE INFO: Arizona’s 2022 IDEA Conference: Exciting Updates!

  • Wed, Jun 29 2022  •
    • Updates

Special Education Stakeholders,

Arizona’s 2022 IDEA Conference, Rise Up: Reimagining and Transforming Educational Practices, is only a few months away. We hope to see you September 7–9, 2022 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix.

ADE/ESS is excited to announce the conference’s Premier and National Speakers, including Carol Kosnitsky, Dr. Erik Carter, Dr. Phil Strain, and Sarah Ward. Please see the conference flyer to learn more about these speakers, additional national presenters, and other exciting conference events.

Registration for the 2022 IDEA Conference is still open.

EXTERNAL PD INFO: Professional Learning for Paraeducators, Teachers, and Administrators

  • Thu, Jun 9 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Administrators,

Starting in August 2022, the National Resource Center for Paraeducators (NRCP) and the Center for Technical Assistance for Excellence in Special Education (TAESE) have organized a year of monthly, low-cost, professional development webinars for paraeducators, teachers, administrators, etc.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates Webinar Registration for Wednesday June 15th

  • Mon, Jun 6 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT 

Special Education Data Updates Webinar Wednesday, June 15th   

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, June 15th from 2pm – 3pm.

Vendor/Exhibitor Application is Now Open for Arizona’s 2022 IDEA Conference

  • Thu, Jun 2 2022  •
    • IDEA Conference

ADE/ESS is excited to share the Vendor/Exhibitor Application for Arizona’s 2022 IDEA Conference

MONITORING UPDATE: Release of Updated Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps

  • Wed, Jun 1 2022  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

ESS/Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) is proud to announce the release of the SY 2022–2023 Programmatic Monitoring Guide Steps. Additionally, is the release memo indicating some of the recent updates. The guide steps are a technical assistance document created to aid PEAs in understanding the requirements specific to programmatic monitoring. Legal compliance, as it relates to a state complaint or due process, may be more extensive. Examples included are intended to provide additional clarification and understanding on how to apply a compliance lens to a student’s evaluation or IEP. These examples should not be taken directly and added to a unique student’s IEP or evaluation, because each student is unique and has his/her own set of circumstances that must be addressed through his/her individual evaluation and IEP.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Reserve your spots for Teach Camp before registration closes!

  • Tue, May 31 2022

Special Education Administrators,

Registration for Teach Camp is closing soon, so be sure to register your new special education teachers for Teach Camp today!

Teach Camp is a year-long support system that includes professional learning specifically designed for beginning special educators. The goal of Teach Camp is to increase the 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 OPPORTUNITY: Math Virtual Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Wed, May 25 2022  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Special Education Directors,

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

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: NEW Special Education Data Dashboard

  • Wed, May 18 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

NEW Special Education Data Dashboard

The NEW Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) opens on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (today). The purpose of this application is to provide a one-stop shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely view their special education data as well as a redacted statewide view. By viewing relevant data in one place, PEAs can see how it all ties together and ultimately, how it all culminates into the indicators outlined in the State Performance Plan (SPP) / Annual Performance Report (APR).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY22 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts only opens on 5/18/22

  • Wed, May 18 2022  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

FY22 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts only opens on 5/18/22

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004 requires that each public education agency (PEA) maintain its records and provide to the State information related to parentally placed private elementary and secondary school student covered under §§ 300.130 through 300.144.

The application will open on 5/18/22 and close for submissions on 8/3/22.

Youth and Family Scholarship Opportunity for Arizona’s 2022 IDEA Conference

  • Tue, May 17 2022  •
    • IDEA Conference

In partnership with Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, ADE/ESS is excited to be able to once again offer free registration for Arizona youth and their families.