esc-2 joint curriculum and special education directors’ meeting december 17, 2008

Happy Holidays from ESC-2!

• Welcome• District Announcements

ESC-2 Joint Curriculum and Special Education Directors’ Meeting

December 17, 2008


• Owen Hopkins, Co-Chair Academic Liaison Corpus Christi Geological Society

• http://www.ccgeo.org

“Bones in Schools”

http://www.ccgeo.org/


• Mathematics• Science• Reading/ELA• Social Studies• Library Services

Core Curriculum


• CEDER: What Your Professional Learning Community Should Know About…”– January 30-31

• National Literacy Summit– April 3-4

TAMUCC Reading ConferencesDeb Culbertson


Early Childhood UpdatesKaren Turner


TEEG & D.A.T.E. Grant UpdateDawn Schuenemann


Title I / NCLB: Andi Kuyatt and Joel Trudeau

• School Support Team• Title I Campus Principal Training

January 12, 2009– Workshop # 0822454

• Response to Intervention in Title I: Hand-in-Hand: January 20, 2009– Free to NCLB Coop Members– Workshop # 0822230

NCLB website: www.nclb.esc2.net

http://www.nclb.esc2.net/


PragmaticsKimberly Cook


Differentiation Update: Mary Beth Jaeger, Andi Kuyatt and Joel Trudeau

• Differentiation 101• Student engagement

– January 21-elementary– January 22-secondary– Classroom observations


Safe & Drug Free SchoolsBill Stein


http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/special_education/testing_req/index.html

TAKS Flowcharts for Special Education Students

Gracie Pizzini and Barbie Tumlinson




ARD Decision-Making Manual: Barbie and Gracie

ESC-2 after the Curriculum and Sped Directors’ Meeting at 1:30 p.m.


ARD Decision-Making Process: Goal through Quote

• The federal cap relates to counting students as proficient for AYP purposes only and does not provide direction to ARD committees regarding how students with disabilities should be assessed. It is important that local school districts ensure that appropriate assessments are selected and administered to students with disabilities.--- AYP Guide


ARD Decision-Making Process: District Level Training

–Superintendents–Testing Coordinators–Curriculum Directors–Special Education

Administrators–Bilingual / ESL Coordinators


ARD Decision-Making Process: Campus Level Training

• Principals and other administrators

• Testing Coordinators• Test Administrators• Educational

Diagnosticians

•LSSPs•Counselors•Teachers•Special Education Staff•Bilingual Staff•Parents


Basic Training * January 13 – 14

Brush Country (Mathis) Aransas CountyCCISD (4 teams)

Basic Training * January 15 – 16

Brush Country (Agua Dulce) Aransas CountyCCISD (4 teams) Flour Bluff

* For these trainings, an email will be sent to the directors with the workshop # & passcode.

Facilitated IEP Project:Barbie Tumlinson


• TEA has updated the Notice of Procedural Safeguards on the Legal Framework website.

• Please note that the date has not changed on these publications, however the change is significant to parents and their rights.

• Please use the new documents when giving Notice of Procedural Safeguards to your parents and adult students.

Framework Publications Update Valerie Trevino


Basic Training * February 16 – 17

Brush Country (Pettus) Aransas CountyBrush Country (George West) Aransas CountyCCISD ( 3 teams)

Follow-Up Training # February 18

Advanced Facilitation # February 19 - 20

# For these trainings, an email will be sent to directly to participants with a copy to sp ed directors for advanced facilitators.



Parent Training January 12



Evaluation Advisory Group:Barbie Tumlinson

• Districts/Charters will send one diagnostician and/or LSSP (distribute recommendation forms)

• Responsibilities:– Quarterly meetings and trainings– Report information and train their own

evaluation staff


Public Meeting for Special Education State Data

Valerie Trevino• January 12, 2009• 11:00 – 1:00• Please address the following questions

at your district and send information through special education director to Nori Mora by January 7th.


Public Meeting: January 12, 2008

• Question #1:How can school personnel and parents communicate better in order to improve services for students with disabilities?



• Question #2:How can parents and schools support learning for students with disabilities who have especially challenging behaviors?



• Question #3:What needs to be done so that parents, students and members of the community understand that goals after graduation may include apprenticeship opportunities, vocational/technical skills training, higher education, and military service?


• Instructional Coaching• Professional Learning Communities

(PLC)• SMARTWALKS

Leadership TrainingsDawn Schuenemann


CSCOPE Update Dawn Schuenemann


• How to Calculation REQUIRED IMPROVEMENT for AEIS and AYP…

Accountability UpdateDawn Schuenemann


Required ImprovementState vs. Federal

• State Required Improvement

– Gain in percent Met Standard required to reach current accountability standard for Academically Acceptable or Recognized in 2 years

RI =

• Federal Required Improvement– 10% reduction in previous year’s failure rate

RI =

2008 Standard – 2007 Performance2

(100 – 2007 Performance) x .10


• Survey Monkey• Dates/Locations• Effectiveness

E.S.C.A.P.E. ’09 DiscussionsDawn Schuenemann


• August 20• September 17• October 15• November 19 (Joint???)• January 21• February 18• April 15• May 20

SPED Meeting DatesDawn Schuenemann


• 6 or 4 Meetings per year?• FOUR Meetings with Tentative Dates

for the additional TWO?• Which Months?

Curriculum Meeting DatesDawn Schuenemann


• GCS PowerPoint• Calallen ISD Data

Grand Central Station Molly Argo & Lynnette Felder (Calallen ISD)


• RTI– Dr. Andrea Ognosky “Monitoring Academic Progress

in a RtI Process”– Dr. Adam Saenz “The Teacher Wellness Institute”

• Curriculum– Dr. John Crain: Repeat Sessions or New Topic???

High-Priced/High-Need Workshops?Dawn Schuenemann

esc-2 joint curriculum and special education directors’ meeting december 17, 2008

Documents

barbie tumlinsonhappy

ayp guidehappy holidays

ard decisionmaking process

ard decisionmaking manual

ard committees

adult students

teams basic training

nclb website