Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education

ISD Collaborative (CoP) / October 2017

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Focus Areas: High Quality Student Evaluations, Program Evaluation, Skilled Staff, Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

 

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The next ISD Collaborative CoP has been scheduled for Wednesday December 6th at 7:00 am.

Hot Topics

  • The new ISD Collaborative CoP description was shared with the group.
  • MI Monitor Listserv will be shut down.  A new ISD Collaborative CoP Listserv will be started.
  • Discussion of ESSA and the 1% cap and the role that ISDs will play in this.  See MDEs 1% Cap Guidance for ISDs for more information:  http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/1_Cap_Guidance_for_ISDs_595801_7.pdf
  • Discussion of district’s experiences in implementing the new Seclusion & Restraint legislation.
  • Discussion of ABA Therapy in the schools and potential supplanting issues.  Several resources on this topic were emailed to the group.
  • Catamaran – In person regional trainings will be held at:
    • Monroe – date TBA
    • KRESA – 11/13/17 tentative date
    • Clare-Gladwin – date TBA
    • COP – 11/16/17
  • Discussion of B13 CAPs – be on the lookout for inconsistencies between the district’s letter of findings and their SLCAPs
  • Discussion of B12 CAP Verification – some are utilizing their Special Education management system reports to access names for data verification.  Others are waiting for reports to be loaded in Catamaran.
  • Discussion of experiences with FM Visits
  • Complaint experiences shared
  • Regional Reports
    • Region 1 is beginning discussions for a Spring Conference, will partner with Directors to assess support of the Conference and identify any possible areas of focus
    • Region 2 has been working on collecting some of their resources in a central location
    • Region 3 has not met yet, a report will be provided in December
    • Region 4 has been partnering with their Directors on work around the CrEAG
  • Action Items – members to check in with their Directors to find out more about any plans in place in the counties to make sure their member districts are aware of/abiding with the requirements of IDEA.  Group to report back out in December.