Spec Ed Director's Scratch Pad 3-2-12 (1).pdf

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1. Hayward Unified School District-For Internal Communication Only Page 1 of 4 Special Education Director’s Scratch Pad From the Desk of Mina M. Hutchins, Director II Friday, March 2, 2012 Special Education Teacher Gathering The Special Education Teachers met at SIAC February 29, 2012. Thank you to the 85 Special Educators who attended. We reviewed some of our compliance findings, reconnected with “why we do this work”, and charted concerns about our department. The teachers who charted their concerns found the following issues to be of great concern: 1) Shortage of Psychologist 2) 5 hour limit for paras 3) Need to train paraprofessionals in academic areas and behavior 4) Money for classroom supplies and materials 5) Time to complete IEPs 6) More SEIS training 6) Appropriate placement of students not based on space 7) Too many grade levels in SDC 8) Making room in master schedule for mainstreaming in 2012-2013. Parent Outreach CAC: Community Advisory Committee- advises and makes recommendations to the SELPA for possible inclusion in the Local Plan. Each SELPA has a Local Plan describing how it will provide special education services. Who is the CAC? Parents, guardians, teachers, and administrators work together to form the CAC – everyone is encouraged to participate. What is the purpose of the CAC? In addition to advising the SELPA, the CAC provides informative workshops and assists parents in understanding special education and the needs of their children. When does the CAC meet? The CAC has five meetings per year. The remaining meetings this year are: March 22, 2012 – CVUSD and May 10, 2012 – CVUSD. Seana Condit-Gordon is our HUSD parent representative seana510@yahoo.com. The CAC also hosts the yearly Excellence in Education Awards. The nomination forms are attached. Please circulate and give a copy to parents of students with special needs. Parents may nominate any staff member that has gone above and beyond to support a parent or child with special needs. The completed nomination forms are due by March 23, 2012. The Excellence in Education Awards Ceremony will be April 26, 2012 in Castro Valley. Parent Network Meeting: Next Meeting is March 20th. The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6-7:30pm at the district office in Level A conference room. This month’s meeting is on “AAC services: What is it? Who qualifies?” Our monthly
2. Hayward Unified School District-For Internal Communication Only Page 2 of 4 meetings have been going well this year. Attendance ranges from 20-60 parents depending on the topic. State Reports and Audits CASEMIS: Next report due June, 2012. Remember to affirm/attest all IEPs within 5 days of the IEP meeting. Scan signature page and attachments into SEIS. Send all original documents to Ruby Baltazar at District Office. This week please check your teacher files for originals you forgot to send to Ruby. Thanks a bunch! Remember to schedule your “release days” with principals, to complete IEPs. SESR: We have yet to receive a response from CDE regarding corrective actions. Comprehensive Special Education Review: School Innovations and Advocacy, Inc. will be holding focus groups March 7, 8, and 9.The agenda/schedule is listed below. We are still trying to confirm GE Teacher participants and Principals. We will need four of each. Wednesday, March 7 1:30pm – 2:30pm Meeting with Special Ed Teachers (4-5 representatives max) Colette Aboudi, SDC HI, Fairview Elementary Justin Albano, SDC M/S, Eden Gardens, Elementary Raeshon Culberson, RSP, Tennyson Shradha Singh, SDC Autism, Harder Elementary Sandy Wong, SDC M/S, Hayward Adult Transition Program 2:45pm – 3:45pm Meeting with General Ed Teachers (4-5 representatives max) Canterberry, Giselle, 5th grade Teacher Eldridge 4:00pm – 5:00pm Meeting with Principals (4-5 representatives max) Names, Schools Thursday, March 8 8:30 am – 10:30 am Meeting with Special Education Office and Review of Documents Mina Hutchins, Director Eydie Dalton-Sausedo, Coordinator 10:45 am – 12:00 pm Meeting with Business Office and Review of Documents Luci Rogers, Director
3. Hayward Unified School District-For Internal Communication Only Page 3 of 4 Mercedes Flores, Budget Analyst & Kelly Hubbard, Transportation 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Meeting with Psychologists (4-5 representatives max) Andrea Mace, School Psychologist Bonnie Martin, School Psychologist Stephen Light, School Psychologist Sharron Dixon, School Psychologist 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Meeting with Program Specialists (4-5 representatives max) Charmaine Wood, Program Specialist Debra Forrest, Program Specialist Donna Knox, Program Specialist 3:45 pm – 4:45pm Meeting with EL Specialist (4-5 representatives max) ALL Out of Town 7, 8, and 9 for conference. Friday, March 9 8:30 am – 9:30 am Meeting with Chien Wu-Fernandez re: MAA/Medical 9:45 am – 10:45 am Meeting with Speech Therapists (4-5 representatives max) Melody Moore, Speech Therapist Judy Sigars, Speech Therapist Nelida Pinilla, Speech Therapist Beverly Walker, Speech Therapist Yogesh Verma, Speech Therapist 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Meeting with District appointee to CAC (1-2 representatives) Seana Condit-Gordon 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Meeting with Superintendent (can be scheduled at alternate time) Dr. Donald E. Evans 2:15 pm – 4:00pm Document Collection, Additional Interviews (if necessary) School Visits I had an opportunity to visit Winton this week. Thank you, Mr. Ford and Ms. Pambuan for welcoming me to your world. I also visited Tennyson to discuss how to update their team, monthly, about compliance issues and how to build on their site team’s strengths. I did not make it to Bowman or Ochoa so they will be first up next week. Ochoa will be Monday at 10:30am and Bowman 9:30 Tuesday. Please continue to invite me. Transportation Update
4. Hayward Unified School District-For Internal Communication Only Page 4 of 4 No update this week just a correction from last week. The meeting with Durham was February 21st not March 21st. Materials &Supplies Last chance to get supply orders in! Get PO’s to Rosemarie by March 23rd so she can get them over to purchasing before March 31, 2012. Upcoming Training or Events March 6, 2012 Diagnostic Center Training in Castro Valley-“Meeting the Needs of Middle and High School Students with Autism in General Education” March 9, 2012 Diagnostic Center Training in San Mateo SELPA’”WJIII Administration, Scoring & Interpretation” March 23, 2012 Diagnostic Center Training in North Region SELPA “WIAT III: Administration, Scoring & Interpretation” ****For Diagnostic Center Training Registration go to www.dcn-cde.ca.gov My Meeting Schedule 2nd Wednesday of the month, Speech Therapist Meeting 2-4pm 3rd Wednesday of the month, School Psychologist Meeting 2-4pm 3rd Tuesday of the month, Parent Network Meeting 6-7:30pm 3rd Tuesday of the month, HEA Mtg with Special Ed and Human Recourses 10-11am Every Friday from 1-4pm Program Specialist Meeting Every Thursday from 3-5:30pm Instructional Leadership Mtg or District Leadership Mtg. Every other Wednesday from 8:30-12:00 SELPA Directors’ Council Meeting