Special Education Directors’ Meeting

October 16, 2008

Nori Cuellar Mora, Ed.D.ESC2

Associate Director for Instructional Services

WELCOME!

District / ESC Wows!

Autism Update: Dina Hinojosa

Autism 101 – online training Strategies for students with Autism –

October 30 – Susan J. Sheridan, Ed. D. 17th Annual State Conference on Autism

– Arlington, TX Sensory Integration workshop in Early

February – Waynette Janel ABA training in Late April –Susan M.

Catlett, Ph.D.

Differentiation for Struggling Learners: Mary Beth Jaeger

Student Assessment Updates: Valerie Trevino and Julie Brauchle

TEA updates: Changes have been made to the Texas

Assessment of Knowledge and Skills*Alternate Assessment.

We are pleased to have the opportunity for TAKS-Alt representatives from TEA present to Region 2 on what's new for the 2008-2009 TAKS-Alt on November 10.

Please visit our website to register www.esc2.us.  We will offer 2 repeated sessions.  Morning session workshop #0821722.  Afternoon (repeated) session # 0821734

Regional Day School Program for the Deaf :

Robert Garcia and Kimberly Cook

Discipline / CPI: Priscilla Oebel

Transition Conference Valerie Trevino

A CONFERENCE FOR : Students, Parents, & Educators Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Workshop #0821228 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Room 3-11 Presenters: Beth Mitchell-Panter & Beth Powell Training students to be partners in the IEP process. Come

learn how to make your students be a part of their IEP and ARD process. Students will be taught the process to learn self-determination, disability awareness and leadership.

Brought to you by the ESC-2 in collaboration with The South Texas Children’s Home.

State Performance Plan and State Determinations: ESC Consultants

SPP Indicator 13

New-Updated Checklist for Measurement of Indicator 13

New-Updated Student Folder/IEP Review Chart (To be used as guidance for Checklist for Measurement of Indicator 13)

Will now go through TEASETEASE account not yet set up.

Please go to our website for all updated information and copies of checklists.

½ day workshop # 0821469 scheduled for 11/13 from 1 – 4 pm.

Facilitated IEP Project

Barbie Tumlinson

IEP Facilitation

December (Ike’s Make Up) Training Dates

Basic Training* December 11 – 12

Brush Country Flour Bluff

Tuloso-Midway Aransas Pass &

CCISD (4 teams) St. Mary’s

* For the basic trainings, an email will go out to directors with the workshop # & passcode.

IEP Facilitation

Spring 2009 Training Dates

Basic Training* January 13 – 14Basic Training* January 15 – 16Basic Training* February 16 – 17Follow Up Day February 18Advanced Training February 19 – 20

* For the basic trainings, an email will go out to directors with the workshop # & passcode.

IEP Facilitation

Let’s pick your brain…

December 10 - Collaborate, Facilitate, Observe, Support,

etc.

- Parent Trainingin the evening

Data delivery…by email before November meeting!

Performance Based Monitoring 2008-2009

Nori Mora

ESC-2 PBMAS Indicators

Results for Region 2, 2006-2007

Highest # of districts receiving 2s and 3s

Highest # of districts receiving 1s, 2s, and 3s

1.

Intervention Levels

1A…. districts

1B… districts

3… districts

4… district

Submission Dates for Intervention Levels

Stage 1A: January 2009 (to be submitted only if randomly selected by TEA)

Stage 1B…January, 2009

Stage 3…February , 2009

How Was My LEA Selected for

Intervention?

Accountability

Dawn Schuenemann

GT / Differentiation

Mary Beth Jaeger

PUBLIC MEETING UPDATE

Nori Mora

Public Meeting: January 12, 2009

Question #1:

Public Meeting: January 12, 2009

Question #2:

Public Meeting: January 12, 2009

Question #3:

Adaptive PE

Valerie Trevino

PE for Everybody

An assessment workshop for the General PE, Adapted PE & Special Education Teachers is being planned for late January.

Presented by Pam Trocki-Ables The workshop will focus on teaching

professionals how to implement best practices and the use of appropriate alternative assessments for students with disabilities.

Parent Involvement Initiative

Valerie Trevino

The Parent Network

Grab your lunch and meet us for a “Brown-bag” luncheon on October 28 from 11:30- 1:30.

Presenter: Judge Deanie M. King Topic: Juvenile Law, Parent Liability and

How Kids lose Driving Privileges Audience: Parents, Counselors, LSSP’s Workshop # 0822140 Please see flyer in Directors folder

Vision Update

Valerie Trevino / Janay Mullan

Discipline Flowchart

Core Curriculum

Consultants

Roundtable

Directors

Adjournment

See you November 15,

2007!