Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• Update

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Compliance
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End of Course Exams and MAP

• Documenting Statewide Assessments in the IEP now
  that we have End of Course Exams
• Changes in Model IEP form
• Accommodations and modifications

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Specific Learning Disability eligibility
determinations

• Districts may use RTI to determine SLD
  eligibility but need to follow the guidance
  available
• RTI Guidance/Guidelines on the web
• Sample Evaluation Report
• Special Education Standards and Indicators
• Other resources available through DESE

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Early Intervening Services (EIS)

• District may use up to 15 of their Part B funds
  in a given year for EIS Services
• To Develop and implement coordinated ei services
• For students who need additional academic and
  behavioral support so succeed in a general
  education environment
• Services for students K-12 (especially K-3) not
  eligible for special education and related
  services

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EIS (continued)

• EIS Activities may include
• Professional development for teachers and other
  school staff to enable such personnel to deliver
  scientifically-based academic and behavioral
  interventions
• Providing educational and behavioral evaluations,
  services, and supports

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Reporting Requirements for EIS

• Agencies must annually report to DESE
• The number of children served who received early
  intervening services
• The number of children served who received early
  intervening services and subsequently receive
  special education and related services during the
  proceeding two (2) years

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DESE Data Collection
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• MOSIS (Missouri Student Information System)
• New primary data collection
• Student/educator level reporting
• Limited number of files used for many different
  collections
• A data file upload is called a TRIAL
• Certifying a trial populates overwrites Core
  Data Screen data

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Same Data, Different Concept

• Core Data
• the way it WAS

• MOSIS
• the way it IS

• Aggregate reporting counts of various types of
  students
• Often controlled/ owned/entered by program
  personnel

• Individual student reporting all students
  reported in every file
• Generally controlled/compiled/ submitted by IT or
  central office staff

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Special Education MOSIS / Core Data
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DESE Data Collection

• Core Data Manual
• http//www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/coredata/CDmanua
  l.html
• MOSIS
• http//dese.mo.gov/MOSIS/

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Screen 3 Contact Info

• Core Data Screen 3 lists out contact information
  for district personnel
• Special Education contact information is CRITICAL

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Making sense of it all

• Core Data Reports
• MOSIS Reports
• Verification Reports
• Special Education Profile
• Needs Assessment
• Data Coordination Staff

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IMACS ePeGs

• electronic Planning and electronic Grants System
  (ePeGs)
• DESEs consolidated planning and grant system
• Used for special education improvement plans
• Improvement Monitoring, Accountability and
  Compliance System (IMACS)
• Special Eds web-based monitoring system
• Used for special education compliance monitoring
  and CAPs
• Improvement plan data previously entered in IMACS
  will not be transferred to ePeGs

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IP Training
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Improvement Planning (IP)

• Development of improvement plans is mandatory for
  districts completing self-assessment for
  monitoring purposes when selected SPP indicators
  are not met
• Scoring guide for use in development of IP
• Training is provided on data analysis and
  improvement planning
• RPDC consultants available to districts in the
  development and implementation of IPs

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Improvement Plan

• Entered in ePeGS
• Main components
• Needs assessment (data-based)
• Objective
• Evaluation Procedures
• Strategy
• Action steps and timelines
• Impact measures and timelines
• Budget

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Timelines for IP

• For Self-Study Districts Improvement Plan must
  be submitted to DESE buy 500 p.m. on March 2,
  2009.
• For districts applying for grants-
• Must submit a letter of intent to DESE by 500
  p.m. on January 11, 2009.
• Plan must be submitted to DESE by 500 p.m. on
  March 2, 2009.

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Transition in Missouri
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TRANSITION PARTNERSHIP

• DESE and Transition Coalition Partnership
• OSEP funded
• Evidence based information

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

• Develop and disseminate specific print and
  web-based materials about transition activities
  in Missouri
• Develop a technical assistance document titled
  101 Tips for Transition
• Develop a DESE approved transition training
  calendar, continue to monitor and update IEP
  examples and training modules 
• Continue to update Frequently Asked Compliance
  QAs and Provide Technical Assistance to RPDC

• Transition Consultants provide information
  related to topics and issues in transition.
• Collaborate with the RPDC consultants to expand
  workshop training packages in the areas of
  interagency collaboration and transition
  assessments.
• Develop Missouri Specific Modules
• Best Practices in Transition
• Post-Secondary Transition

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TRANSITION LIAISONS

• A group of district volunteers who work with
  transition
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• Meet together in both face to face and online
  meetings
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• Assist in vetting DESE materials
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• Share best practices between schools
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• Assist with conference presentations
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• Receive Training Opportunities

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COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE

• Provide a forum for sharing practices, seeking
  and disseminating other information
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• Host and archive three Ask the Expert Events on
  the community of Practice
• Host a closed site for RPDC, MITT, Transition
  Liaisons on the COP for resource sharing, problem
  solving and on-going dialogue.
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• missouritransition.org

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TRANSITION INSTITUTE

• Provide a yearly training institute based upon
  the needs identified in the Quality Indicator of
  Exemplary Transition Program Needs Assessment
  Intrument.

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MISSOURI INTERAGENCY TRANSITION TEAM

• Consists of members of state agencies and other
  stakeholders who work with the transition process
• Develop a comprehensive plan for transition
  within the state

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COMMUNITY TRANSITION TEAM

• A group consisting of members of the community
  working together to identify resources for
  transition
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• Information will be placed into a searchable
  website of Missouri Regional Resources

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Targeted Technical Assistance and Professional
Development
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Tools for Improving Student Performance

• RPDC Consultants
• Mo Resources (MORE)
• PD offerings, including Improvement Planning
• Project ACCESS
• School wide PBS
• KU Transition Coalition
• Online Teacher Mentoring
• Administrator Mentoring Program
• DESE website

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RPDC Consultants

• Improvement Consultants
• Compliance Consultants
• Regional Positive Behavior Supports Consultants
• Blindness Skills Specialists
• http//dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/leadership/rpdc/in
  dex.html

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MO Resources (MORE)

• Searchable database organized around SPP
  indicators
• Current information about results areas
• Provides various evidence-based information types
• http//www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/

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Professional Development (PD) Offerings

• DESE PD modules
• Improvement Planning training
• Other offerings available through your RPDC
• Consultants can tailor trainings to meet
  individual district needs as identified through
  data/systems analysis and improvement planning

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Project ACCESS

• Support center for districts and families working
  with students with Autism
• Located in Springfield on the campus of Missouri
  State Universitybut serves entire state
• Web site http//education.missouristate.edu/acce
  ss/

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SW PBS

• School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SW-PBS)
• Proactive approach to put strategies in place for
  all children while building in supports for
  children at risk for and/or who receive special
  education services for behavior problems
• Requires a 3-5 year commitment

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SW PBS

• Primary Objectives of SW-PBS
• Active administrator support leadership
• Common purpose and approach to discipline
• Clear set of positive expectations and behaviors
• Procedures for teaching expected behaviors
• Continuum of procedures for encouraging expected
  behaviors
• Continuum of procedures for discouraging
  inappropriate behaviors
• Data-based decision making for monitoring

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Post-Secondary Transition

• RPDC Transition Specialists
• KU Transition Coalition
• State Interagency Transition Team Special
  Education/ Vocational Rehabilitation/Career
  Education/Other state agencies working with
  adolescents with disabilities

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On-line Teacher Mentoring Program

• DESE is working with Success Link
• Mentoring tool for teachers
• Relationship building
• Lesson plan resources
• http//www.successlink.org/mentor/index.asp

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Miscellaneous Resources

• Online presentations
• IDEA2004 Series http//dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Compl
  iance/IDEA_ReAu2004/
• RtI, FBA, Co-teaching
• http//dese.mo.gov/divspeced/EffectivePractices/we
  b_based.htm
• NASDSE Series (variety of topics)
• http//dese.mo.gov/divspeced/EffectivePractices/na
  sdse.htm
• Webinars and QA
• http//dese.mo.gov/divspeced/RtiSELSpg.html

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Miscellaneous Resources

• NIMAS/NIMAChttp//www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Effec
  tivePractices/NIMAS_Acpage.html
• Assistive Technology http//www.dese.mo.gov/divsp
  eced/EffectivePractices/assistivepage.html
• SELS SELS2 http//dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Listser
  v_Archives.html
• New Directors Follow-up Sessions (MOCASE, MOCASE
  Winter, CEC

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Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education

• http//www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/index.html

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Conclusion

• The responsibility for compliance with IDEA and
  positive results for students with disabilities
  is shared by responsible agencies and individuals
  at the federal, state and local levels.
• An effective system for General Supervision helps
  ensure both of these outcomes.