Keeping It All Together:

1. Keeping It All Together: The Importance of Using Student Data Binders for Students with Disabilities Donna Reno |Chief of Innovation Charlene Comstock-Galagan | Inclusion Support Facilitator St. Helena School District Hosted by:

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4. People First Language “People First Language puts the person before the disability and describes what a person has, not who a person is.” Kathie Snow. (n.d.) A few words about People First Language. Disability is Natural. Retrieved August 1, 2012 from http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/images/PDF/pfl-sh09.pdf

5. By the end of this session participants will: • know the importance of keeping data in an easily accessible and portable system; • identify the essential student documents to collect and organize; • be able to generate a student data binder to fit the needs of their local school community.

6. Poll QuestionThis question is to assess your knowledge of the topic BEFORE the webinar. At the end of the webinar, we will assess if your knowledge increased. I have knowledge of the essential documentation for student data binders to collect and organize for Students With Disabilities

7. The importance of keeping data in an easily accessible and portable system • Student Data are needed daily where teachers and students are working. • Student Data is often stored in different locations and in different formats. • Teacher evaluators and coordinators do not have a strong reference for what special educators are doing when providing service. • Practicing Teachers said having a way to have data at their fingertips would make their jobs easier. How useful would it be to have information in one place, accessible & portable? Student Data Binders make it easy to have all this & more at teacher fingertips in real time.

8. GETTING IT ALL TOGETHER:Essential Student Documents Large Districts may need 2 binders per grade level Calendars District & Parent Contact Info Parent Conference Info IEP Snapshots BIPs Lesson Plans Co-Planning Documents Behavior/Discipline Data Sheets Benchmarking Data Student Services Verification Teacher Schedule Student Roster Testing accommodations IEPs & Progress Reports Health Plans

10. Getting It All Together • Materials Needed: • 3” Binders, one (or more) per grade level • Sheet protectors, one per section, per binder • Card stock for section dividers • Index dividers for IEPs and other individual student documents • Template from teachers Pay Teachers for cover, section dividers, etc. * • Copy paper • Original forms * https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/EDITABLE-Teacher-Binder-for-Organization-Including-Substitute-Packet-428688

11. Forms Included in St. Helena Binders

12. Calendars: Monthly Important Dates IEP & Evaluation Due Dates IEPs Due

13. Contacts: Parents, District, Passwords

14. Teacher Schedule & Student Roster

15. Testing Accommodations Testing Accommodations Print from SER

16. Planning Documents CO-PLANNING DOCUMENTS File as you go…

17. Student Service Verification

18. IEPs & IEP Snapshots IEPs Print from SER

19. Student Info & Parent Contact log

20. Data Sheets (any kind) filed by student

21. Student Binders are Monitored Monthly

22. Think about creating a student data binder to fit the needs of your department or school… • What information will you include to make teacher/related services staff’s jobs easier? • What would it take to turn this into an electronic resource?

23. Thank you for your time and attention!Best of luck with your binders!

25. Building Capacity • When you leave today, what will you do with this information? • How will you share it with others in your district? • When will you share it? (Timeline)

26. Poll Question My knowledge of the essential documentation for student data binders to collect and organize for Students With Disabilities increased after this webinar

27. St. Helena Parish School District Contact Information • Chief of Innovation • Donna Reno dreno@sthpk-12.net 225-222-6228 • Inclusion Support Facilitator • Charlene Comstock-Galagan ccgalagan@sthpk-12.net 225-222-4349 The contents of this PowerPoint presentation were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, #H323A110003. However those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

28. Webinar Wednesday Series • February 4 -Data Based Decision Making | Triangulating of Data to Measure Implementation of SPDG Focus Areas; watch at http://www.laspdg.org/content.cfm?id=306 • February 11 –Culturally Responsive Practices|Addressing Discipline Guidebook-Data, Policies, and Practices http://www.laspdg.org/content.cfm?id=314 • March 4 – Family Engagement | Connecting the Dots: Linking Family Engagement to Student Learning