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August ESE Meeting. Housekeeping Items Teacher Expectations Referrals Private School/Home School Students. Add To Your Favorites!. ESE Webpage – your gateway to procedures and forms! http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/exceptionalstudenteducation.aspx Departments
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August ESE Meeting Housekeeping Items Teacher Expectations Referrals Private School/Home School Students
Add To Your Favorites! • ESE Webpage – your gateway to procedures and forms! • http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/exceptionalstudenteducation.aspx • Departments • Instruction and Accountability • Exceptional Student Education
WOW – The Transfers • Well over 65 transfer students, so far… • Keep up the good work! • Getting the Transfer Packets completed and sent to Mary Van Lieu • The EFA box • Self-contained kids • Enroll at geographic home school • Contact your school psych
New ACTION Form • Where can I get it? (all 3 pages of it!) • Website • Betsey Williams • NEW! ESE office is sending the ACTION form to the SIS CLERK • Keep the Conference Notes brief • What questions do you have?
PWN – After EVERY Meeting/Action • EXCENT PWN form • District PWN form • Betsey • Website • Last line of the page 3 – ACTION Form Training PowerPoint on the ESE Website • http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/exceptionalstudenteducation/iepresources.aspx
Nursing Services – Related Service • Check your case load names with the nurse • Students with IEPs and who have IHPs • Add Nursing Services as a related service by calling a meeting or doing an amendment to the IEP • Attach a copy of the IHP to the IEP packet (IHP MUST be in the ESE file)
COSF • EXCENT Data Entry requirement for Preschool and Elementary Teachers every 9 weeks! • ALL children under the age of 6
Expectations of Case Managers • Provide IEP info to all teachers and others who “need to know” • Annual reviews due on student birthdates • Document at least 2 attempts to invite parents to participate • Call special reviews • Bring a draft copy of the IEP to every IEP meeting.*
Expectations of Case Managers • Update present levels for each IEP meeting • Include functional assessment in the present levels • A new IEP is required at each re-evaluation • Complete an ACTION Form for all IEP meetings and actions
Expectations of Case Managers • Complete a Prior Written Notice (PWN) for all meetings, actions, and parent requests • Turn all IEP packets into the ESE office within 5 school days of the meeting or action • Don’t miss Re-eval dates
Chapter 2 - ChildFind • School Districts - locate and identify students w/disabilities in need of specialized instruction • Referral Process (defined in SEPG Ch. 2) • Preschool • School-age • Parent Requests • Private School/Homeschool • RTF (New Hope)
Chapter 2 - ChildFind • Section C – Referral Processes • General Ed. Intervention (our elementary process follow school process of RTI) • Problem-Solving Process (our secondary process follows SIT process requiring at least 3 meetings) • Our elementary and secondary processes ARE DIFFERENT – follow the Referral Procedures • Data is required!
Secondary Referral • Teacher/team completes the packet to INITIATE problem-solving process • 6-page packet • At least 3 meetings are required • Intervention data must be taken • ERCC Meeting required before referral is turned into ESE Office • School psych • Special Education teacher • Procedures for parent requests
Elementary Referral • Teacher/RTI team completes the packet at the END of the school’s RTI process • 2-page cover for school RTI process and data • ERCC Meeting is required before referral is turned into the ESE Office • School Psych OR S/L Therapist • Special Education teacher • Procedures for parent requested
Parent Requests • School describes and asks cooperation in the child taking part in the school’s intervention process • Can’t hold up a parent request to do an evaluation if they don’t agree to the interventions • In almost all cases, interventions will have to be implemented WHILE the evaluation is being done
Chapter 9 – Private School/Home School Service Plans (not IEPs) • Parentally placed students who qualify have the opportunity to participate, but have no individual right to SpEd or Related Services. • RHSD3 is required to use a proportionate share of our federal funding to provide services. • between 1 and 2 hours per week per child • Served with Service Plans NOT IEPs
What Teachers Need to Know about Service Plans • RHSD3 procedures (Private School/Home School Students) and Service Plan (green) • Student should be entered in EXCENT, but Service Plan is not in EXCENT. • Charter Schools ARE NOT private schools • CAH is our responsibility (IEPs) • YPA and Virtual Charter School is the responsibility of the SC Charter School District
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