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December 5, 2013
IMPROVING YOUR IEP’S !
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Have you ever wondered if your IEP’s would stand up in court? Do you have questions about IEP writing or using SEIS? Each month we will address some frequently asked questions and topic that will help you improve, and simplify your IEP paperwork.
This month’s most frequently asked question is, “What do I do if I already affirmed and attested the IEP and now the parents have finally signed it, assuming NOTHING on the IEP has changed?”
1. Click on the View IEP icon next to the student’s name, on the Unsigned IEPs.
2. Click on the Current link. 3. Enter a comment stating that the parent has signed the IEP. 4. Click on the Student Record Dates Tab link. 5. Select Yes, for Parent/Guardian signature on Current IEP. 6. Click the Save button NOTE TAKING TIPS Your IEP notes are NOT a transcript and should not record every word said at the meeting. However, they should include important discussions, decisions, any team member concerns, and the district’s final offer of FAPE.
Key points to include:
• Who attended, procedural safeguards were reviewed, present levels, progress towards goals, BIP and outcomes, transition plan, state testing information,
• Placement and services offered by district • Document any agreements, parent concerns or questions
(something that indicates they participated in the meeting) discussions and outcomes.
Notes are simply the District’s clear, succinct, legible, narrative summary of the meeting.
Special Education
NOVATO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 1015 7TH STREET NOVATO, CA 94945
Special Education Leadership Team
Dec. 2013-Jan. 2014
LIZ SMITH, Director [email protected] 415-493-4265 KARIN JINBO Coordinator, Behavioral Health [email protected] 415-493-4274 ANNE GOODRICH Program Specialist - Secondary [email protected] 415-493-4273 KELLY JOHNSON Program Specialist - Pre-K/Elem [email protected] 415-493-4272 RACHEL CABANILLA Behavior Health Specialist [email protected] 415-798-5320 TANYA MYERS Coordinator, Early Intervention [email protected] 415-883-3942 Mary Hamilton Administrative Secretary 415-897-4257 Helen Hughes-Tome Administrative Assistant 415-897-4234 Shirley Rodriguez Early Intervention Office Manager 415-883-3942
DANIELLE MELANEPHY I was born and raised in Novato and lived in Novato un l I moved away to go to col-‐lege in Oregon. I earned my BS in Commu-‐nica on Disorders & Sciences from Univer-‐sity of Oregon then took some me off from school. In this me, I got married and had three children. I decided to go back to school first to become an SLP assistant then to get my Masters Degree through Cal State Northridge. I have been working in the school se ng for the last five years. I am working three days a week at Pleasant
Valley and spend the other two days at home with my three chil-‐dren. I am so happy to be part of this community and look forward ge ng to know everyone. TAYLOR MANCINI “Hi, I’m the new resource specialist at Novato High School. “Having grown up in Marin, I’m so happy to be back here and to be teaching in the Novato Unified School District. I graduated with a Bache-‐lor of the Arts in geography from Univer-‐sity of Oregon in 2007. I pursued my secondary creden al with an emphasis in art and completed my student teaching at Redwood High School (my alma ma-‐ter). Soon a er, I completed my Master’s Degree in Educa on. When there were no art jobs open, I took a job as an instruc onal aide in an RSP and SDC classroom. I fell in love with special educa on, went back to school, got my Educa on Specialist Creden al, and the rest is histo-‐ry! I can’t tell you how incredible my first semester here has been. I feel infinitely grateful to be a part of the NUSD community.
DON HILLE I received BS in Biology from Carroll University in Wisconsin, Mul ple Sub-‐jects creden al and Educa-‐on Specialist creden al
from Holy Names Universi-‐ty, Oakland and Touro Uni-‐versity, Vallejo. I have taught virtually all grades from kinderthrough adult school, with the majority in secondary ed. I have taught special educa on for 12 years. I'm married with one
step-daughter, living in Novato. Hiking and lying on the beach are my primary recrea onal ac vi es. MAUREEN CHAVEZ I am the School Psychologist at Olive Elementary School 2 days a week. I moved from New York to a end graduate school at Cal. State East Bay and have remained here since. I lived in Napa for 30 years, working as a School Psychologist for Napa Valley Unified School District. Last year I took a Gap year, along with my daughter, thinking, “Why should she have all the fun”. We drove throughout Europe for 3 months, mee ng up with family and friends along the way. She loves working with the Special Ed team and school staff at Olive elementary school. In my spare me I am a emp ng to socialize my 2 Bengal cats.
IRENE DELGADO I was born in the Bahamas to an Aus-‐tralian mother and American father and moved to Miami Florida at the age of four. A er studying Special Educa on in North Carolina, I returned to Miami to work at Easter Seal’s Child Develop-‐ment Center. The first eight years were in the role of an Early Interven on teacher, teaching students ages Birth – three. The following five years was as the Early Interven on School Director. Eager for a change, I start-‐ed teaching in a Pre-K Inclusion classroom with the Miami Dade Public School system where I earned my Na onal Board Cer fica-‐on as an Excep onal Needs Specialist/Early Childhood through
Young Adulthood. A er 18 years of teaching Special Educa on my focus turned to raising a family and suppor ng my husband in his career in the U.S. Coast Guard. Military moves have given the family the op-‐portunity to travel across the US. A er eight years as a stay-at-home mom of four, I have returned to work. I am a teacher in the Early Interven on Program. I work with students from three to
HAVE YOU MET?
ERIN YALE Hello! I’m so happy to be a new member of the NUSD Special Educa on and Early Inter-‐ven on team. I’m a Los Angeles na ve who relocated to Sonoma County for college in 1998. A er earning my BA from Sonoma State University, in the non-related field of Liberal Arts with an emphasis on environmen-‐tal studies, I started on a course to find my true passion. Shortly a er gradua on, I was fortunate to find a job as a para-educator in a non-public school for children with special needs, which is where I ul mately discovered
an interest in the field of speech-language pathology. In 2005 I tem-‐porarily relocated to Flagstaff, Arizona, where I began my graduate coursework at Northern Arizona University. In 2007, I earned my MS in clinical speech pathology, and promptly returned to Sonoma County where I enjoyed three more years in Petaluma before mov-‐ing to San Francisco. Then I met and recently married my best friend. Together we share a passion for working with children in the field of educa on. I always look forward to coming home each evening to share the joys of watching our students grow and pro-‐gress. I’m very much looking forward to what the rest of the 2013-2014 school year with NUSD has in store!
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Behavior: Basics and Beyond
*Classified attendees will be compensated for time beyond regular duty day*
Who can benefit from this workshop? Paraprofessionals, Campus Supervisors, School Front Office Staff, Teachers, Speech/Language
Pathologists, School Psychologists
What will we do? Participants will choose which topics/sessions they would like to attend on each date. Participants will
discover, learn, and practice strategies for supporting individuals with exceptional needs towards meeting their IEP goals while gaining access to the general curriculum. Group learning and exploring
of best practice methods and strategies will be facilitated. Come ready to participate, contribute, share, and think of behavior as a method of communication.
When can we attend? Select your date or attend all three: February 12 Topics: Basic Behavior, Basic ABC, Reactive Strategies, Prompting Continuum March 12 Topics to be determined April 16 Topics to be determined Time: 2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: NUSD District Office
Please contact Mary Hamilton (ext. 4265 or [email protected]) for attendance registration
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New Name,
New Regulations
If you have not already been alerted…The assessment previously referred to as the California Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (CalMapp), California’s new statewide student assessment system has been renamed the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). The CAASPP assessment system encompasses the following required assessments:
• Smarter Balanced system of assessments for mathematics and English-Language arts
• California Standards Tests for Science in grades five, eight, and ten
• California Modified Assessments for Science in grades five, eight, and ten
• California Alternate Performance Assessments for Science in grades five, eight, and ten and for mathematics and English-language arts in grades two through eleven.
On January 15, 2014 emergency regulations concerning the CAASPP’s implementation were passed by the SBE and can be found here: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lr/rr/caaspp.asp. The Regulations are to become effective February 4, 2014.
Extended School Year (ESY) 2014
The Extended School Year will be held this summer at Olive Elementary School for students the IEP teams have recommended. Attend. Site: Olive Elementary Dates: June 16 - July 11, 2014 Registration forms will be sent to all students who have this recommendation in the IEP, by the end of February. Return the registration form with the IEP (including goals), and the eligibility worksheet to the Special Education Department by March 14, 2014. It is important to get these back as soon as possible to help us determine staffing for teachers and related services providers. A student should not be recommended for ESY if it will result in more restrictive placement than during the regular school year. Please ensure that the services you list in the shaded area of the registration form match the services identified in the ESY grid of IEP.
We’re shining the 212ᴼ Spotlight
212° is a message of persistent and additional action – the continual application of effort to whatever task or activity you undertake in order to achieve not only the primary objective you seek, but to reap the exponential rewards that are possible by applying one extra degree of effort.
At 211°, water is hot; at 212° it boils!
ASHLEY WHITAKER-PILON
Ashley worked diligently and thoroughly to develop procedures for the Early Intervention Assessment team. The team was able to use the information Ashley compiled to come to consensus on a complex assessment process. Thank you to Ashley, for taking the lead, and the great product and teamwork that followed! You applied 212 degrees to accomplish this.
ELIZABETH OLINYK
We are shining the 212° spotlight on Elizabeth for agreeing to host the Extended School Year program for Special Education this summer.
Thank you both for your 212° of action for students with disabilities!!
Visit www.specialed.org or call 415.491.6636 for additional information
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION IN MARIN
9TH ANNUAL BENEFIT CAR RAFFLE
A Price Family Dealership
in partnership with
Drawing is Sundsay, February 9th • 2pm to 4pmDrawing is at 3pm
at Toyota Marin, 445 East Francisco Boulevard, San Rafael
Tons of family fun! Refreshments, crafts, face painting, balloon giveaways, and much more!Fully accessible. Free to all families. Come rain for shine.
PLAYTIME A morning of play and connection for families of students 7 and under receiving special ed services.
Saturday, March 8th • 10-12 pm • Park School, Mill Valley
In case of rain, Playtime moves March 15
invite you to a
FUN AND FREE FAMILY PARTYand ra!e ticket drawing for the brand new Toyota Prius!
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Before Thanksgiving Break, Dedication to Special Education notified grant
recipients of their awards and these have all been distributed to the sites. Congratulations to the following Special Educators:
Tom Bates San Jose MS Apple TV package – 44” LCD TV, Apple TV, cables and cart Elizabeth Bernhardi Lynwood iPad package with case, iTunes credit Charn Coonan Olive MAC desktop with all-in-one printer Christine Costello Sinaloa MS iPad package with case, iTunes credit Glenn Dal Poggetto San Marin HS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor Irene Delgado Early Intervention Pre-k sensory-based instructional materials Jennifer Frey Early Intervention Pre-k language-based science and math materials Kathleen Haulot San Ramon MAC desktop with all-in-one printer Christina Hawkins Loma Verde iPad package with case, iTunes credit Natalie Hession San Jose iPad package with case, iTunes credit Donna Hoppe San Ramon ITunes apps and therapy materials Thomas Horvath San Marin HS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor + all-in-one printer Sarah Kujawa Early Intervention Baby fish tunnel; trampoline, wagon for two Stephen Lamott San Marin HS PC Windows desktop with all-in-one Printer Richard Lenzo Novato HS iPad package with case, iTunes credit Lynndsy Liddle Rancho iTunes credit Melanie Limacher San Marin HS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor Cheryl Lincoln Novato HS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor + all-in-one
printer Amy Luck San Jose MS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor Alysse McDaniel Early Intervention Pre-k sensory-based instructional materials Danielle Melanephy Pleasant Valley Speech-Language therapy equipment Hyun Moon San Jose MS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor Alice Mui Hamilton Speech-Language therapy equipment Cathy Onizawa Rancho iPad package with case, iTunes credit Elizabeth Pasquale San Jose MS PC Windows desktop w/22” monitor Ashley Pilon Sinaloa MS Books, CDs, movies, teaching tools Kevin Rapp Sinaloa MS iPad package with case, iTunes credit Danielle Reed San Ramon iTunes credit + equipment/software Tracy Revel P Valley iPad package with case, iTunes credit Najla Saba Sinaloa MS iPad package with case, iTunes credit Mimi Schalich San Ramon Reading lab teaching equipment Wendy Steiner Lynwood/Hm Zagg keyboard Carolyn Tagliaferri Olive iPad package with case, iTunes credit Kimberley Warner Early Intervention Go Talk 9, Rocking Say It Play It and iTunes credit Erin Yale Early Intervention Storytelling board and storytelling kit and therapy
materials
In addition to these grants, Dedication to Special Education has awarded Novato ten desktop computers that have been assigned to classrooms, based on need. Congratulations to
all of you who took time to make grant requests to enhance our services to students!
Additionally, we send a huge thank you to
