Program Support & Monitoring

Hot Topics 

Hot Topics are communications that are sent to Special Education Directors in response to a large volume of calls or emails from education stakeholders on a particular topic. The intent is to provide consistent information to the special education field on a given topic, and also provide applicable statute(s).

July 2023

IDEA and ESA Evaluations

April 2023

FAQ: Preschool Transition Requirements

July 2020

In-Person Special Education Services Under the Governor’s Executive Orders

Executive Order 2020-44 Related to "School Days" and Special Education Timelines

Electronic Signatures

Extended School Year (ESY) and Compensatory Educational Services (Comp Ed) 

November 2019

FAPE for Students in Group Homes

October 2019

Specific Learning Disability Eligibility Criteria

July 2019

English Learners

March 2018

Frequency and Duration

Monitoring Alerts

Monitoring Alerts are communications sent to Special Education Directors regarding changes to ADE’s special education programmatic monitoring system and/or components included in the system. These are issued prior to the change, when possible, or at the time of the change when advance notice is unable to be provided due to unforeseen circumstances.

May 2021

Preschool Transition (In-by-3) Programmatic Monitoring Changes 

March 2018

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) by Non-Special Education Providers

March 2017

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and Reporting Progress on Transition Services

February 2017

State General Supervision and Monitoring System Changes

August 2016

Implementation of National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) Checklist B

Legal Resources

Law Requirements

• OSEP Guidance on State General Supervision
• OSEP Q and A on Parentally Privately Placed Students
• IDEA Website
• IDEA Statute and Regulations
• Arizona Revised Statutes 
• Arizona State Board of Education Rules, R7-2-401 adopted October 2017
• Arizona Qualified Professionals List
• Disability Categories
• Key Definitions
• FERPA FAQ for School Resource Officers (SROs)

Training Materials

Prior Written Notice (PWN)

• Prior Written Notice *new*
• PWN Training
• PWN Quiz
• IEP Scenario
• No longer qualifies scenario
• Refusal to reeval scenario
• Refusal for Paraprofessional scenario
• 3 year reeval scenario
• PWN Template
• PWN Student Form

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

• Specially Designed Instruction Training
• SDI Graphic
• SDI Worksheet
• What is SDI
• SDI Scenario

Connecting and Applying Literacy Learning

• The CALL Project

Corrective Action Plan

• CAP Closing

Secondary Transition Requirements 

• Bringing Transition Requirements into Focus *Coming Soon*
• Quiz

Guide Steps Training

• Guide Steps Training

How to write an IEP

• How Does It All Fit?

EL and Students with Disabilities

• EL resources for Students with Disabilities
• AZELLA ESS Flowchart
• ELL ESS FAQ
• IEP Checklist for ELL

Evaluation

• AZ-TAS on Evaluation

Extended School Year

• ESY Comparison Table

For training materials related to the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), including the support of evidence-based practices in the community and classroom, please visit the SSIP Website: https://www.azed.gov/specialeducation/ssip

While these resources support PEAs that have been identified for SSIP participation through Arizona’s differentiated monitoring system, they are available to any learning community that may find them useful.