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Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting our next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, October 20th from 2pm – 3pm.
Program Area: Special Education
November Math Office HoursThe ADE Math Team has scheduled office hours to allow educators to meet together to network, problem-solve, and develop solutions to allow all Arizona teachers and students to continue to feel supported and to be successful.Grade-band meetings are provided for all math teachers, including special education teachers! These grade-band meetings will include opportunities for networking, problem solving, and sharing different implementation models. Office hours are one hour long with an additional 30 minutes at the end for a Q & A session. Participants can earn one hour of professional development credit for each session attended.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Secondary Transition team would like to thank those who participated in the 2021 PSO data collection season. The PSO Survey helps PEAs collect and report information to meet Indicator 14 requirements. Between June 1 and September 30 of this year, PEAs statewide worked hard to reconnect with former students who had IEPs when they exited high school during the 2019–2020 school year. Through their efforts, 6,245 former students responded to the survey, for a 78.7% participation rate with 71.8% of respondents engaged in postsecondary education/training or employment. A more detailed view of this year's PSO Survey results will be posted on the PSO Website by October 31, 2021.
Program Area: Special Education
The ESS Program Management team has announced the FY22 webinar series of topics related to IDEA federal funding. Please visit the ESS Program Management website to register for each Zoom session and read session descriptions. The webinar series will take place on Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m.
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS is pleased to present A Sweet Taste of Language Sampling: The SUGAR Method for Early Childhood SLPs, a virtual three-part professional learning opportunity for speech-language pathologists working in the preschool and/or kindergarten settings. The Arizona Department of Education is not an ASHA CE provider; however, these hours will count towards maintenance of ASHA certification. There is no registration fee to attend this training, but seats are limited.
Program Area: Special Education
Are you looking for Occupational Therapists (OTs) and/or Occupational Therapy Assistants?On October 15—16, 2021, ADE/ESS will be recruiting for OT personnel on behalf of all public education agencies (PEAs) at the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association’s annual fall conference. ESS will operate a booth in the exhibit hall to promote the advantages of working in a school setting and distribute flyers listing all current and anticipated OT vacancies in Arizona public schools. We will also run a banner ad on the conference website directing OTs to the Arizona Education Employment Board.
Program Area: Special Education
The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application is now open and Phase I is underway.This phase includes the submission of your PEA’s SPED student count and personnel FTE data. This data is due Wednesday, November 17, 2021.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please see this flyer from our colleagues with the Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) regarding their upcoming annual conference.The Annual Arizona Association of School Psychologists (AASP) Conference has gone hybrid!
Program Area: Special Education
The ADE/ESS Arizona Professional Learning Series (AZPLS) provides district and school teams with a systemic method for achieving systems change in aligning state, district, and school site efforts to impact literacy achievement for all students and to close the literacy achievement gap for students with specific learning disabilities.
Program Area: Special Education
Are you looking for Speech-Language Pathologists and/or Speech-Language Pathology Assistants? On November 18–20, 2021, ADE/ESS will be recruiting for speech personnel on behalf of all public education agencies (PEAs) at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) annual fall conference. ESS will operate a booth in the virtual exhibit hall to promote the advantages of working in a school setting and to showcase speech vacancies in Arizona's public schools.
Program Area: Special Education
Please see the following information from ASU regarding a new grant focused on special education leadership preparation: Leadership in Equity and Diversity for Special-Education-Administrators (LEADS). It provides tuition, travel support, and a substantial annual stipend for EdD students. ASU is currently recruiting for Summer 2022 enrollment. More information is below and attached. Please feel free to share with your staff and relevant listserv.
Program Area: Special Education
The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting the next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, November 17th from 10am – 11am. This session will cover a variety of data topics that will include: Reminders Trending topics Topics requested by you Q&A
Program Area: Special Education
Dear Special Education Directors,The Arizona Department of Education Assistive Technology team continues our 2021 AT National Presenter Series with Beth Poss.
Program Area: Special Education
Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.
Program Area: Special Education
A new integrity rule for FY 2022 will be introduced into the integrity process on SPED data shortly. This new rule is a continuation of our effort to further validate SPED reporting to ensure clean data for the state. A new one-sheet Integrity Tool is available on our AzEDS SPED Reporting webpage for troubleshooting tips. It has been added to our SPED Integrity Rules Reference document and referenced on the FY 2022 ESS Data Reporting Updates document. Integrity Rule -10138 This rule will validate any students enrolled at an approved Private Day School to have a corresponding SPED Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) reported for all dates of the enrollment.
Program Area: Special Education
Special Education Directors,Please see below the free professional learning opportunity that is available to you and your staff.From Barriers to Belonging: Supporting Inclusion for Students with Disabilitieswith Eric CarterThursday, December 2 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Program Area: Special Education
The SPED07 report is now available within the October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application for Phase II: Reconciliation.
Program Area: Special Education
The FY22 ARP-IDEA Consolidated-Entitlement Grant is now available in the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system. The ARP-IDEA Consolidated Grant must be submitted as a new funding application. The code assigned to ARP IDEA Basic and ARP IDEA Preschool should fall within the codes of the federal project for IDEA Funds. The IDEA Consolidated-Entitlement funding application allocations will be updated soon and require a budget revision to bring the remaining balance to $0.00 for the IDEA Preschool and IDEA Basic grants.
Program Area: Special Education
The October 1 Data Collection (ODC) application Phase II due date has been extended from December 15, 2021 to the NEW due date of January 18, 2022 by 5pm.
Program Area: Special Education
Please be aware the Exceptional Student Services October 1 processing will be updated today to include integrity rules for Membership and Accountability. This will result in any SPED student receiving services over October 1 failing Membership or Accountability rules to be excluded from your October 1 count. Many existing SPED integrity rules rely on Membership and Accountability rules to ensure clean data.
