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Title IV-A Director Presenting with Pennsylvania Music Educators Association

  • Fri, Jun 18 2021  •
    • What's New in Title IV-A?

Dustin Loehr, Director of Arts Education & Title IV-A was invited to present for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association on “Accessing Federal Funds for Arts Education”!

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Count Me In! Hands on Algebra Summer Series

  • Mon, Jun 14 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach algebra.

FY2021 Prop 123 Payment 2

  • Mon, Jun 7 2021  •
    • Hot Topics
    • Payment Hot Topics

FY2021 Prop 123 Payment 2

INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Count Me In! Exploring Integers

  • Wed, Jun 2 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Please share the following details about upcoming professional learning opportunities for general and special education teachers who teach mathematics.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: Special Education Data Updates

  • Wed, Jun 2 2021  •
    • Data Management
    • Updates

The Exceptional Student Services Data Management team will be hosting our next Special Education Data Updates live webinar on Wednesday, June 16th from 2pm – 3pm. This session will cover a variety of data topics that will include:

  • Reminders
  • Trending topics
  • Topics requested by you
  • Q&A

Registration is required to attend: Register for Special Education Data Updates webinar. 

MONITORING INFO: Revised Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps for SY 2021–2022

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to announce the release of the SY 2021—2022 Program Support and Monitoring Guide Steps. Please see the following memo for additional information. All PEAs are encouraged to review the revised Guide Steps to ensure current special education practices are aligned with the requirements. 

EXTERNAL PD INFO: STAR Autism Support Summer Professional Learning Opportunities

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

ADE/ESS and STAR Autism Support are collaborating to offer resources and professional learning opportunities to support your staff with free summer Virtual Professional Development. 

MONITORING INFO: Programmatic Monitoring Alert for Preschool Transition

  • Fri, May 28 2021  •
    • Program Support and Monitoring
    • Updates

Please see the Programmatic Monitoring Alert regarding necessary changes to programmatic monitoring of the preschool transition process, developed in response to findings issued by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the resulting corrective action assigned to ADE/ESS. These updates are directly related to the transition of children from Early Intervention (Part C) to School Age (Part B).

INTERNAL PD INFO: Register Your New Special Education Teachers for Teach Camp!

  • Thu, May 27 2021  •
    • Professional Learning and Sustainability
    • Updates

Teach Camp is a year-long support system that includes professional learning specifically designed for beginning special education teachers. The goal of Teach Camp is to increase retention of special educators by providing our newest special education teachers with the tools they need to survive and thrive during their first years in the classroom.

INTERNAL PD INFO: 2021 IDEA Conference Call for Proposals Due June 2

  • Thu, May 20 2021  •
    • Updates

ADE/ESS is pleased to request proposals for Arizona’s 2021 IDEA Conference, Renewal: Resilience to Results.

This year’s conference will be held via an on-line platform, and will feature over 75 professional learning opportunities addressing legal issues, special education compliance, preschool and secondary transition, social/emotional learning, and new this year, a content strand for related service providers.