Early Childhood Program Administrators (CoP) / April 2018
Type: Open Committee
MAASE EC COP professional learning and retreat:
June 20th, noon – June 21st, noon in Traverse City.
No June Meeting at MAASE.
Hot Topics
LARA finger printing questions for new rules:
If a student is pulled out of a licensed program for special education services, does the special education provider have to meet the licensing requirements?
If there are multiple licenses in one building who does the SLP go on? Can they be on multiple licenses?
If a local school bus, does the k-5 bus driver also need the background check?
How often does the fingerprinting need to happen?
How is LARA communicating with substitute agencies?
Early Childhood Program Administrators (CoP) / June 2017
Focus Areas: High Quality Student Evaluations, Program Evaluation, Skilled Staff
Type: Open Committee
We will meet for breakfast the Tuesday morning before Summer Institute (our usual lobby spot) just to catch up. We will send a reminder closer to the meeting.
Hot Topics
Our June meeting had a wide variety of topics, including:
Birth to 3 periodic reviews
Birth to 3 use of Consent and REED
1862 Waivers
Summer Institute plans for presentations
Primary Service Provider model
Legislative updates (GSRP, Head Start, Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, MSDS Codes, etc.)
Early Childhood Program Administrators (CoP) / April 2016
Focus Areas: Program Evaluation
Type: Open Committee
August 3rd will be the date we visit St. Joe’s to see their Trauma Center. More details will follow with an R.S.V.P. and agenda.
Hot Topics
GSRP — IEP language and prioritization of intakes
MAASE is looking for proposals for early childhood topics for Summer Insititute
Discussion of Single Service Delivery Model for Early On
Early Childhood Program Administrators (CoP) / February 2016
Focus Areas: Program Evaluation
Community of Practice members plan to visit St. Joseph’s on March 4 to learn more about their work in the area of trauma and to visit their trauma center.
Hot Topics
- Continued discussion about inclusion opportunities for ECSE classrooms (discussing the boundary lines for special education versus GSRP and Head Start).
- Service delivery model for infants and toddlers in Michigan
- Entrance and exit criterion for ECSE classroom programs.