SEC Meeting

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SEC Meeting

• February 23, 2007

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April 9

• Purchase Order Cutoff Date for the District
• Have all orders in BEFORE Spring Break
• Talk with Supervisor if you will need funds after
  that date.

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Forms

• Notice of Team Meeting
• Homebound Form

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Revised Ntc. Team Mtg Form
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Notice of Team MeetingRevised Text
A member if the IEP team may be excused from
attendance at the meeting, in whole or in part,
if the district and the parent(s) agree that
their attendance is not necessary because their
area of the curriculum or related services is not
being modified or discussed in the meeting.
However, you and the district may excuse a member
from attendance, in whole or in part, when their
area of the curriculum or related services are
involved, if 1) the parent and district agree in
writing to the excusal, and 2) the excused member
submits, in writing to the parent and the rest of
the IEP team, input into the development of the
IEP prior to the meeting. You may invite other
people to the meeting that have knowledge or
special expertise regarding your child, including
related services staff as appropriate. If you
have questions, please contact me. Name Positio
n Telephone
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Transportation Forms

• Please have parents fill out
• Transportation Forms for NEXT YEAR
• at your spring conferences and/or IEP
• meetings.
• Send the forms to Nilcan Kalpak at ESC after they
  are completed
• Thank you!

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Non-Public Handbook

• Procedure to report assessment hours when student
  doesnt qualify
• Enter date of evaluation report on Input Form
  next to does not qualify.
• Put assessment hours on Input Form.
• Claim any time involved except travel time (this
  includes phone calls, writing and meeting with
  family
• Send completed Input Form to Robin Johnson at OGE

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Homebound

• Slight modifications in request form
• Reference to significant change form replaced
  with Prior Written Notice of Services Form
• Format changes in reason for homebound

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from our friends at MDE

• Co-morbid or co-existing conditions are possible
  and occur
• This includes EBD, ASD and DCD
• Team decision on criteria
• Team must base decision on data and results of a
  comprehensive evaluation

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from our friends at MDE

• In some cases if criteria met in 2 or more
  disability areas, consider eligibility under
  Severe Mulitple Impairment (SMI)
• ESCE
• Language of DD and ASD do not reflect
  exclusionary rule out
• May be possible to meet eligibilty in both
• If ASD was met, what would the benefit of DD
  eligibility be over ASD

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Evaluation Timeline

• Begin with the last Evaluation Report minus 31
  school days
• Day 1 The day after permission is received
• Day 10 Schedule Eligibility Determination
  meeting by Day 25
• Day 15 NOTM sent out
• Day 25 Draft ER and Eligibility. Meeting held
• Day 30 ER is mailed
• Day 31 The ER is in the parents hands

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IEP Timeline

• The annual IEP is due one calendar year from the
  last IEP Meeting Date
• Monitoring looks at this date to determine
  compliance
• IEP Meeting Date (Day 1)
• Day (school) 11 new IEP is sent out
• Start Date on page 2 Add 15 calendar days to the
  date the IEP is sent out

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Elementary Academic Instruction for Students with
EBD

• Primary Instruction should occur in general
  education setting
• Providing additional remediation and practice can
  occur in the special education setting within the
  framework of the students emotional/behavioral
  needs

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Elementary Academic Instruction for Students with
EBD

• Academic goals are not written. The instruction
  is within emotional/behavioral framework
• Page 2 of IEP reflects EBD and Curriculum support

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BREAK
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ESY

• March 2nd Case Manager Lists to be verified,
  corrected and sent back to Jane Wiecher at ESC by
  March 2nd.
• March 15th ESY Program Proposals and ESY
  Transportation forms sent to IEP Managers. They
  are to be reviewed and approved with parents at
  conferences or over the phone.
• ESY Postings are in the FirstClass Special Ed.
  conferences. April 10th is the application
  deadline.

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ESY

• Summer Blast is not a component of ESY
• If parents choose to have kids participate in
  Summer Blast, Summer Spectrum, or other summer
  programming, they can do so, but that is outside
  of our ESY programming. We do not make
  arrangements between programs for ESY to be met
  through other programs. We also do not provide
  staff or transportation for other programs.

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Discussion

• When do we look at Center based Services?
• DCD students and LRE

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IEP Update

• A very preliminary peek at the Navigational
  Tools of the new IEP Database
• There are three Navigation Tabs

Tab 1 points to students demographic
information, including non-custodial parent
info. Tab 2 points to caseload and forms Tab
3 points to search engine.
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First TabDemographic Info.
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Second TabForms
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Third TabSearch
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Technology

• If you have use for any of the following for
  either special ed students or staff, contact
• Judy Kersten.
• Slot-load iMacs

Keyboard and mousecan use with iBook
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Handouts

• HTC Checklist
• Non-Public Handbook

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Next SEC Meeting

• March 23, 2007
• At ESC
• Treats by
• Hillcrest and Washburn

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High School Team FacilitatorsMinnesotas
Summary of Performance

• SOP required
• Under re-authorization of IDEA
• When graduating or exceeding age of eligibility

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High School Team FacilitatorsMinnesotas
Summary of Performance

• SOP must include
• Academic achievement
• Functional performance
• Recommendations on how to assist student in
  meeting postsecondary goals

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High School Team FacilitatorsMinnesotas
Summary of Performance

• Completion of SOP is dependent on post secondary
  goal
• Student may need when applying for Higher
  Education or state agency
• Must be completed for each student

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High School Team FacilitatorsTeam Taught Classes

• What classes will be team taught next year?
• Teachers --- Paraprofessionals
• Essential Standards How does it work?