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LSH DEPARTMENT UPDATE
• REORGANIZATION PLAN
• MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT
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Special Education Focus
Professional Development Update
August 2009
Miriam Morales-Taylor, Assistant Superintendent
Dr. Ellen Stoltz, Acting Senior Director, Special Education Services
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Today’s Agenda
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VII.
Welcome
Purpose, Process, Pay-off
CMT/CAPT Results
Reorganization
CSDE and the System of General Supervision
ARRA Grant Focus
Planned Change
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THREE Ps
• PURPOSE: To update special education teachers and
support staff on achievement, common focus to
support students, and teacher expectations
• PROCESS: Power Point presentation, Q and A
• PAY-OFF: Provide appropriate services to students
with disabilities by aligning work of all staff toward
providing FAPE
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2009 CMT/CAPT
Special Education Overview
Overall Results – Grades 3 through 10
100.0
Percent Proficient or Above
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Science
Hartford SE 2008
8.0
14.9
13.4
11.3
Hartford SE 2009
18.7
20.1
24.6
12.8
Change
10.7
5.2
11.2
1.5
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SPECIAL EDUCATION - 8/13/2009
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2009 CMT/CAPT
Special Education Overview
Reading Grades 3 – 10 Results
100.0
Percent Proficient or Above
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 10
Hartford SE 2008
4.2
6.1
6.4
7.5
12.4
6.0
14.0
Hartford SE 2009
6.4
12.5
14.7
23.7
18.4
17.9
27.8
Change
2.2
6.4
8.3
16.2
6.0
11.9
13.8
State SE 2008
25.5
25.7
30.7
36.3
37.8
34.6
47.3
State SE 2009
34.4
39.8
44.3
51.3
52.6
47.6
49.0
Change
8.9
14.1
13.6
15.0
14.8
13.0
1.7
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SPECIAL EDUCATION - 8/13/2009
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REORGANIZATION
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Assistant Superintendent for
Learning Support Services
Senior Director for Special
Education
5 Directors, 1 Assistant Director
Clerical Staff
By Zone:
Zone 1 (Weaver)
Zone 2 (Quirk)
Zone 3 (HPHS)
Zone 4 (Bulkeley)
By District:
Prevention/Intervention
Out of District
SEDAC
By Focus:
1. Curriculum and Instruction
2. Early Childhood and LSH
3. Transition, Paraprofessionals
4. Low-incidence Disabilities
5. Emotional Disabilities
6. Electronic IEP/OOD
7. Integrated Data Systems
8. Assistive Technology
9. Transportation
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System of General Supervision
• Data Gauges: Compliance, Progress, Timely
Referrals, Suspensions
• Purposeful School Visits: Quality Indicators, IEP
Rubrics
• Link to CIA: Accommodations and Modifications
• Feedback: E-mail noting strengths, areas of
concerns, next steps, follow-up
• Communication: Student Support Services
Department, purposeful PD
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ARRA-IDEA Federal Goals
I. Ensure students with disabilities including children aged 3
through 21, have access to a free appropriate public education
(FAPE) to meet each child’s unique needs.
II. Prepare students with disabilities for post-secondary
education, employment and independent living. *
*new focus from CSDE on aligning goals and objectives
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Hartford ARRA-IDEA Funds
2009-2011
Federal/State Allocation:
– Ages 3-21 Funds- $7,600,000
– Preschool Funds- $292,000
Grant Period: April 2009 to September 30, 2011
Goals must align with Federal, State, and Local mandates!
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Special Education Task Force
Recommendations & ARRA-IDEA
• Develop Effective Parent Partnerships
• A Culture that Promotes Equity
• Student Based Budgeting
• Related Services Guidelines
• Quality of Education Planning
• Professional Development
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Section 611 – District Goal #1
To accelerate the performance of students with
disabilities in PreK-12 by educating all students to the
highest academic standard through…
the procurement and implementation of an electronic
IEP that monitors compliance to IDEA and FAPE
regulations and aligns with the current/future district
wide student information system.
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Section 611 – District Goal #1
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Procure an electronic IEP data management system to provide an efficient
method to track and monitor compliance of the IEP with regard to required
referral and evaluation timelines, IEP accuracy and completeness, and
alignment of the IEP document with state and federal regulations;
• Provide professional development districtwide for the first year of the
contract to school-based and Central Office staff to train users on the
implementation of the electronic IEP;
• Provide technical assistance to school-based and Central Office staff for the
first year of the data management system contract to ensure seamless
transition to districtwide use;
• Archive existing IEP and report documents by hiring temporary, part-time
staff.
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Aligning Effort
How Can You Prepare for SEAS?
1. Use the electronic form of the February 2009a IEP to
write every IEP beginning August 31, 2009.
2. Complete all reports electronically.
3. Send all IEPs and reports by e-mail to your Director
or Assistant Director.
4. Save in folder to attach when SEAS is fully
implemented by January 1, 2010.
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Section 611 – District Goal #2
To accelerate the performance of students with
disabilities in PreK-12 by educating all students to the
highest academic standard through…
building capacity to expand opportunities to students of
transition age to participate in appropriate activities
designed to increase independence, provide exposure
to post-graduate education, and to develop skills for
post-graduate employment.
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Section 611 – District Goal #2
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Conduct district wide transition needs assessment in 16 secondary schools
in order to determine and direct district capacity in light of student interests
by contracting an external provider to lead this assessment in school year
2009-10;
• Build the capacity of the district to expand the scope of current transition
opportunities for high school students with disabilities ages 15-21 by
contracting an external provider to develop and implement school- and
community-based partnerships and professional development designed to
provide exposure and skill development for post-graduate education and
employment.
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Section 611 – District Goal #3
To accelerate the performance of students with
disabilities in PreK-12 by educating all students to the
highest academic standard, especially students with
significant disabilities, through…
the use of assistive technology.
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Section 611 – District Goal #3
School District Planned Special Education
Activities
• Increase oral communication skills for students with
significant communication-related disabilities by providing
communication devices, such as DynaBoxes, Go-Talks, iConverse, and Alpha Smarts;
• Increase written communication skills for students with written
language-related disabilities by providing training programs,
such as Handwriting without Tears, computer-based typing
programs, mini-computers, and computer activation switches
and software;
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Section 611 – District Goal #4
To accelerate the performance of students with
disabilities in PreK-12 by educating all students to the
highest academic standard through…
building the capacity of families and staff to support
and advocate for their children with disabilities.
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Section 611 – District Goal #4
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Establish a focused series of quarterly parent workshops to inform and
develop skills in the areas of literacy, IDEA and FAPE regulations, autism,
LRE, and emotional disabilities by contracting with an external consultant
to collaborate on and present training with HPS staff;
• Provide continuous training to parents and staff in the areas of transition,
emotional disabilities, and autism by contracting with an external
consultant to collaborate on and present training with HPS staff.
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Section 611 – District Goal #5
To ensure that all students have access to researchbased, effective instructional and behavioral practices
and interventions through…
the implementation of the School-Wide Positive
Behavior Support (SWPBS) framework.
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Section 611 – District Goal #5
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Provide professional development and training to school teams in the
effective implementation of SWPBS ;
• Purchase the School-Wide Information System (SWIS) to collect and
analyze school discipline data and facilitate data-driven decision making
for challenging behaviors at the school level;
• Purchase student incentives and instructional supplies to support the
effective implementation of SWPBS;
• Provide on-going, on-site technical assistance in effective implementation
of the SWPBS framework;
• Collect and analyze data at the district level to create strategies for dealing
with problem behaviors.
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Section 611 – District Goal #6
To design a continuum of services at the district level
to provide academic and emotional support through…
therapeutic interventions to students experiencing
academic and severe emotional challenges which are
impacting their academic achievement.
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Section 611 – District Goal #6
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Hire two (2) staff trained in anger management techniques, social and
emotional prevention and intervention strategies, with the capacity to guide
students with emotional disabilities to access opportunities for postsecondary education.
• Design and implement a school for students with emotional disabilities
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Section 619 – District Goal #1
To accelerate the performance of students with
disabilities in PreK-12 by educating all students to the
highest academic standard through…
expanding opportunities to Pre-K students to receive
services throughout the school and extended school
year in the least restrictive setting.
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Section 619 – District Goal #1
School District Planned Special Education Activities
• Establish inclusive Pre-Kindergarten classrooms during extended school
year programming by providing highly trained special education teachers,
general educations teachers, and appropriate adult support for 20 days of
instruction;
• Expand the current capacity of the district to provide inclusive PreKindergarten classrooms within neighborhood school zones by providing
one two-year supervisory position dedicated to develop, implement, and
monitor established and additional inclusive Pre-Kindergarten classrooms
during the school year and extended year;
• Expand the current capacity of the district to provide inclusive PreKindergarten classrooms within neighborhood school zones by providing
parent outreach, training, and instructional supplies to parents of Pre-K
students with developmental delays.
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Planned Change to Ensure FAPE
Best Practice Tools to Achieve Critical Mass
1. Autism Resource Notebook
2. General Education PPT Reporting Form
3. Decision Tree for Principals for Suspension and Referral to
PPT
4. Targeted Professional Development for Job-Alike
Teachers and Paraprofessionals
5. IEP Rubrics and Quality Program Indicators for School
Visits
6. Leveled Literacy Intervention for Special Education
Teachers of Grade One Students
7. Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent
8. 174 Transition-Age Students Identified for Assessments
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Planned Change to Ensure FAPE
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Alignment with Attorneys
Battelle for every inclusive Pre-K class
Parent Group for Families with Autism at Burr
Creative Interventions and SERC
Alignment with CSDE Expectations
Sharing CSDE Correspondence and Updates
Central Office Department Collaboration to Support
Schools
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Q and A
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