Special Education

INTERNAL PD: Register Now for "Unlocking Potential: Innovative Approaches to Teaching Math to Diverse High School Learners," June 13-14

  • Wed, May 22 2024  •
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS/Academic Achievement and Inclusive Practices team is working with the Academic Standards Mathematics team to offer meaningful professional learning to high school math teachers across the state.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Register for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference!

  • Tue, May 14 2024  •
    • IDEA Conference
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is excited to announce the opening of registration for Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference: Expect, Engage, Achieve.

National Presenters

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Reserve Your Spots for Teach Camp today!

  • Mon, May 13 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Teach Camp registration is filling up fast! It is hard to believe that we will launch Teach Camp for the fifth year this summer!

View the self-efficacy infographic, which includes the definition of self-efficacy and student impacts resulting from instruction. For any questions, email Pattie Noonan.

  • Thu, May 9 2024  •
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS, in collaboration with the University of Kansas Research Collaboration, is offering the College and Career Competencies Project, a free, one-year professional development series.

Data Management Alert: FY2024 Special Education Data Dashboard

  • Thu, May 9 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) opens today, May 8, 2024. SEDD is a comprehensive platform for Public Education Agencies (PEAs) to securely access federally mandated special education and statewide public data with redaction features. Through this application, PEAs enter, review, and certify special education data required under Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

OPERATIONS INFO: FY 25 Special Education Program Approval Application Opens on May 8, 2024

  • Tue, May 7 2024  •
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS Special Education Program Approval System for the 2024–2025 school year opens on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. ESS plans to have all Private Special Education Schools, Emotional Disabilities-Public (ED-P) programs, and Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs) that wish to operate for the fiscal year 2025 reviewed and approved by June 15, 2024.

INTERNAL PD INFO: Free Professional Learning Series, "Sparking Curiosity with Problem Solving: Raising Student Voice"

  • Tue, May 7 2024  •
    • Updates

The ADE/ESS/Academic Achievement and Inclusive Practices team is excited to announce a free, virtual, professional learning opportunity for educators and administrators: “Sparking Curiosity with Problem-Solving: Raising Student Voice.” Come learn about a professional learning series for the 2024–2025 school year that offers in-person training and on-site coaching. This presentation is designed for general and special education teachers and administrators.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY24 AzEDS and SEDD Reporting for Secure Care Facilities

  • Mon, May 6 2024  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

Pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 618, Public Education Agencies (PEAs), including secure care facilities, must report exit and discipline information for students with disabilities in addition to SPED participation. 

RECRUITMENT & RETENTION INFO: Registration for the 2024–2025 Special Education New Director Symposium is now open!

  • Fri, May 3 2024  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that registration for the 2024 Special Education New Director Symposium (SENDS) is now open!