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  • RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for the 2025–2026 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for the 2025–2026 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!

  • Mon, May 12 2025  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
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ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that registration for the 2025–2026 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!

The purpose of this professional learning opportunity is to prepare new special education directors for the practical operation of a special education system. Topics covered in SENDS include compliance and legal requirements, fiscal issues, assessment, general supervision, and ADE supports and resources.

Eligibility
New special education directors directly employed by Arizona public education agencies in their first or second year of being a special education director (including any previous positions) in the fall of 2025 are eligible to attend SENDS.

Registration
The $100 registration fee for SENDS includes:

  • Registration for the in-person kick-off session on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, at 100 N. 15th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007 
  • Follow-up webinars scheduled during the 2025–26 school year 
  • A one-year membership to the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and CEC’s Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) special interest division

Registration is open until Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Travel Reimbursement
Funding is available for travel costs for districts and charter organizations that are traveling 51 miles or more from the school district or charter office to 100 N. 15th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85007.  Reimbursements will be made to the district or charter organization, not the special education director, via the Arizona Procurement Portal. Please note that APP registration and an additional completed State Procurement Office Form will be required.  Information regarding travel reimbursement from eligible PEAs will be provided once registration is completed.  To be considered for travel reimbursement for SENDS, the initial registration form must be completed by August 15.

Register for the Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) training!

If you have questions about SENDS, please email the ESS Recruitment and Retention Inbox.

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