Office of Special Education UPDATES October 2012 WHATs

Office of Special Education UPDATES October 2012

WHAT’s NEW? Publications Data Reports for: Infants, toddlers, children and youth with IFSPs or IEPs will be produced by MSDS Current APR public reports now posted at: https: //www. mischooldata. org/Special. Edcation. Early. On/Annual. Pu blic. Reporting/Annual. Public. Reporting. Summary. aspx

WHAT’s NEW? Publications Student Demographic Data 2011 -2012 demographic data CEPI website Data and Reports/Students tab http: //www. michigan. gov/cepi/0, 4546, 7 -113 -21423_30451_37305 ---, 00. html

WHAT’s COMING? Publications Early Childhood Outcomes Manual - Updated November 2012 http: //eotta. ccresa. org www. michigan. gov/ecse

WHAT’s COMING? Monitoring Fall focused Monitoring –ends October 26 th Disproportionate Representation Significant Disproportionality General Supervision. Student Level Noncompliance Corrected and verified by November 16, 2012

WHAT’s COMING? Monitoring Findings; December 2012 CIMS Workbook Fall focused Monitoring B 11 B 12 Timely IEPs

WHAT’s COMING? Finance Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council has proposed a new funding formula for Early On® Formula will be posted for comments October 2012

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection MSDS Fall 2012 General Collection Fall 2012 Submission Deadline: November 7, 2012 Fall 2012 Certification Deadline: November 14, 2012

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Early On® data collection in MSDS Submitted Fall and EOY General Collections. Can only be submitted by ISDs. LEAs providing special education services for Early On children report the special education and FTE information in their MSDS submissions NOT the Early On® data.

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Use Grade 14 to report special education transition students with IEPs who: 1. are 18 years of age or older as of December 1 of the current school year and 2. have completed a high school state assessment and 3. are attending a transition program

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Children Transitioning to Part B Only report children who are receiving special education programs/services Must complete the initial IEP component in MSDS The initial IEP date for student’s transitioning

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Bureau of Assessment and Accountability MEAP Data Accuracy November 28 – December 4, 2012 Reports sent to LEAs for verification Last opportunity for corrections

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Early Childhood Outcomes data collection in MSDS is ongoing Enter as collected Indicator B 6 – Preschool Educational Environment Data collected at the IEP review meeting EOT & TA website for coding assistance

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Educational Environment Worksheet – http: //eotta. ccresa. org/Files/PDF/Educational Environment_Worksheet_09 -29 -11. pdf Michigan Decision Tree for Coding Educational Environments – http: //eotta. ccresa. org/Files/PDF/Decision Tree_0929 -2011. pdf

WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection Preschool/Early Childhood Special Educational Environment Quick Guide – http: //eotta. ccresa. org/Files/PDF/Environment_Quick_ Guide_12 -09 -10. pdf

DID YOU KNOW? Department of Community Health Kevin Bauer – policy specialist School Based Services Bauer. K 2@michigan. gov Amy Hoffman – auditor Medicaid Allowable Expense Reports (MAER) Hoffman. A 2@michigan. gov

DID YOU KNOW? Early Childhood Special Education Initiatives Webinar available https: //remc. adobeconnect. com/_a 819987134/p 1 izeyrujp 4/? launcher=false&fcs. Content=true&pb. Mo de=normal

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Preschool Assessments; Ages 3 -5 Battelle Screener Training October 10 training rescheduled Spring date forthcoming Assessment training scheduled for October 1516 in Flint on Teaching Strategies GOLD. Register at: http: //eotta. ccresa. org/Training. php? cat=21

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Personnel Approvals October 25 – 9: 30 -12: 30 Shiawassee RESD

From The Director’s Desk LIO Events General Education Teachers Speech Language Pathologists Audiologists, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teacher Consultants Educational Teams http: //www. mde-lio. cenmi. org

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MDE-LIO & Univ. of Michigan Sound Support Pediatric Audiology Update October 10 Hearing Technology: A Comprehensive Update November 14 Overview of Auditory Verbal Therapy December 12

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Educational Interpreters Video Conference November 17 Check the website to locate ISD sites October 11 – Tactile Learning-from Braille Graphics October 18 -25 – Basic Braille Note Class October 18 -19 – Teaching Internet Explorer Using Jaws October 23 -26 – Teaching Word 2010 using Jaws

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Medicaid School Based Services Implementers Meetings November 13, 2012 March 12, 2013 May 21, 2013

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES NAME Annual Conference in Providence National Alliance for Medicaid in Education Rhode Island – October 2012 Michigan; record participation NAME Annual Conference - 2013 Grand Rapids October 8 -11, 2013.

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Early On Conference Kalamazoo November 8 -9 Register at: www. 1800 Early. On. org Online training on Early Childhood Outcomes available: http: //eotta. ccresa. org/Training. php? cat=21 Early Childhood Outcomes October 22, 2012

From The Director’s Desk Mountbatten Early Literacy Workshop Humanware and Low Incidence Outreach collaboration October 11, 2012 at the Michigan Library - Lansing FREE hands-on workshop Teachers and other professionals who work with students who have a visual impairment. To register for the morning class (8: 00 -11: 00): http: //reg. abcsignup. com/reg/event_page. aspx? ek=0006 -0014 c 9 ffe 9 bba 66643 c 5 a 71654167 de 9729 b To register for the afternoon class (12: 00 -3: 00): http: //reg. abcsignup. com/reg/event_page. aspx? ek=0006 -00146 c 0 bf 30 d 346 c 4985826 e 07 acd 20 f 78 c 9 For More Information - http: //www. humanware. ca/web/en/Newsletter/406 -v. htm

UPDATES & REMINDERS Office of Professional Preparation Services Informational Power. Point new certification information state continuing education requirements district provided professional development http: //www. michigan. gov/mde/0, 4615, 7 -1406530_5683_14795 -150011 --, 00. html

UPDATES & REMINDERS MARSE The “rules” package is currently at the Legislative Service Bureau Public hearings will be held late 2012 Focus is on early childhood General clean-up of language Further alignment with federal law final rules will be posted at: www. michigan. gov/ose-eis

UPDATES & REMINDERS The Common Core Essential Elements have been reposted on the MI-Access website http: //www. michigan. gov/mde 0, 4615, 7 -14022709_28463 -18034 --, 00. html MI-SER September updates Michigan Special Education One Pager: Child Find, Consent and Notice Compliance Standards for Special Education – July 2012 On October 31, the OSE website will cease to contain the MI-SER documents.

PERFORMANCE QUESTION How many ISDs, LEAs and PSAs do not have a Special Education Contact in the Education Entity Master (EEM)?

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From The Director’s Desk The Office of Civil Rights There has been an influx of special education related complaints. The report can be downloaded from: http: //www 2. ed. gov/documents/news/section-504. pdf

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From The Director’s Desk The U. S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $9. 8 million in grants to 16 states to operate 25 Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers for parents of students with disabilities. Michigan Alliance—PTI Region 1, Caryn Ivey, caryn@michiganallianceforfamilies. org, $239, 170 Michigan Alliance—PTI Region 2, Michelle Miller, michelle@michiganallianceforfamilies. org, $403, 970

From The Director’s Desk The U. S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $24 million in grants to 22 states to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities. Michigan’s Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (Mi. BLSi) Steve Goodman This is a 5 year grant with an award of $1, 386, 000 each year. Steve Goodman, Project Director sgoodman@oaisd. org

From The Director’s Desk The National Association of State Director of Special Education (NASDSE) presents: Professional Development Series in 2012 -13 Fall Conference Schedule - Available Online Beginning November 2012: Autism Today: Evidence-Based Practices and Tools Improving Social Emotional Health in Schools Free; No need to sign up if you are currently on listserv For questions, contact: Aimee L. Cain, CEN, (517) 908 -3902 (517) 908 -0703 (fax) acain@cenmi. org

From The Director’s Desk Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities Research on effectiveness for students with disabilities The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Five-year grant project is a partnership of the: University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL), Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), and National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) Updates on the Center’s progress along with original research can be found at: centerononlinelearning. org.

From The Director’s Desk Online Learning Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) Compare and contrast availability of accessibility information for various online environments and curriculum resources CAST – Center for Applied Special Technology (et. al) Check out the website

From The Director’s Desk 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Complaints Inconsistent Policies Accessibility and Universal Design Teacher Training Monitoring and Accountability Reasons for Placement Social and Emotional Supports Lack of Guidance Inequities

From The Director’s Desk MI SCHOOL DATA USAGE METRICS Number of site visits - 592, 598 Lansing Grand Rapids Detroit Ann Arbor Bay City Flint Saginaw Kalamazoo Livonia Midland

From The Director’s Desk MI SCHOOL DATA USAGE METRICS Top Pages Visited √ Dashboard √ MEAP Inquiry √ School Report Card √ Top to Bottom Ranking √ Entity Summary

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From The Director’s Desk HB 5261 (H-1) Critical shortage list Priority Schools Center-based Programs School Reform Office

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