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Program Area: Special Education
In partnership with ADE/ESS, the College and Career Competencies (CCCs) Project invites you to tune into a Spring 2025 professional learning opportunity for educational leaders and educators, Developing and Improving Students’ Persistence and Confidence Through Self-Efficacy.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS/Assistive Technology team is excited to announce the last in our series of 2023–24 National Presenters: “Artificial Sweeteners: AI for Teachers and Everyone Else, Too!” with Tony Vincent. This presentation is designed for general and special education teachers and related service providers.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce additional training opportunities for Arizona’s schools with The Neurosequential Model Network led by Dr. Bruce Perry. The trainings will assist schools in dealing with trauma and its effects on students. There are two training programs available to schools.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) Team is pleased to announce the final installation of our 2024–2025 AT National Presenter series, Meaningful Activities to Increase Participation, Access & Communication for Students with Complex Bodies and Communication Needs, with Julie Marzano, M.S., OTR/L and Emily McCarthy, M.S., CCC-SLP.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,The ADE/ESS Assistive Technology (AT) team is excited to offer a free virtual professional learning opportunity by nationally known presenter Tony Vincent. Registration information is available below:
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,ADE/ESS and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer resources and professional learning opportunities to support PEA staff with free Virtual Learning Opportunities this Fall.
Program Area: Special Education
Note: This guidance is applicable to school districts only.ESS Data Management is pleased to announce the Preschool Outcomes Technical Assistance Manual. It’s now available in the AzEDS SPED Reporting section of the ESS Data Management website.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce that the Compensatory Services Claims application is now open for the second wave of applications through the ESS Portal of ADEConnect and the cap for funds has been increased for each public education agency (PEA). Each PEA can now apply for one or multiple compensatory education claims up to $25,000 for each PEA.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is updating our contact lists of designated Lead Speech-Language Pathologists, Lead Occupational Therapists, Lead Physical Therapists, Lead Assistive Technology Specialists, and Lead School Psychologists. We intend to use the contact lists to:Keep related service providers informed of relevant PDFacilitate opportunities for developing discipline-specific professional learning networks or communities of practiceDevelop a pool of expert, experienced, school-based practitioners we may call upon for such things as surveying the need for particular topics in PD and providing content expertise to inform or review guidelines and policies developed by ADE/ESS
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is excited to share that Arizona’s 2024 IDEA Conference will be held from September 4–6, 2024 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix. ADE/ESS is pleased to request proposals for this year’s conference. Please consider submitting presentations that represent your creative and research-based work. See the attached 2024 IDEA Conference Call for Papers Guidelines for information on how to submit.
Program Area: Special Education
ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2021—2022 Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps. Please see the following memo for additional information. All PEAs are encouraged to review the revised Guide Steps to ensure current special education practices are aligned with the requirements.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the availability of the school year 2021–2022 Programmatic Monitoring Manual on the Program Support and Monitoring (PSM) web page. The newly revised manual can be found on the PSM web page under “Resources.” Please see this memo for more information.
Program Area: Special Education
Due to Student Information System (SIS) vendor updates, the due dates for ADC have been revised.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,
Program Area: Special Education
This is a friendly reminder that the FY20 ESS Annual Data Collection application is available and accessible to PEAs. Be aware, there are two separate due dates involved in this data collection reporting requirement.
Program Area: Special Education
The following list of resources may help PEAs to address the area(s) in which they need technical assistance regarding their PEA determinations.
Program Area: Special Education
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,ESS collects data each year through the Teacher Attrition Survey to make informed decisions about recruitment and retention efforts in Arizona. Participation in the survey is mandatory for all public education agencies in Arizona.The survey is open and will close on May 4, 2022. Please see this memo for further details. Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the survey can be located online. For additional questions, please email the ESS Recruitment and Retention Inbox.
