October 2012

 WHAT’s NEW? Publications Data Reports for:  Infants, toddlers, children and youth with IFSPs or IEPs will be produced by MSDS  Current APR public reports now posted at: blicReporting/AnnualPublicReportingSummary.aspx

 WHAT’s NEW? Publications Student Demographic Data  demographic data  CEPI website  Data and Reports/Students tab

 WHAT’s COMING? Publications  Early Childhood Outcomes Manual - Updated  November

 WHAT’s COMING? Monitoring Fall focused Monitoring –ends October 26 th  Disproportionate Representation  Significant Disproportionality  General Supervision.  Student Level Noncompliance  Corrected and verified by November 16, 2012

 WHAT’s COMING? Monitoring  Findings; December 2012 CIMS Workbook  Fall focused Monitoring  B11  B12  Timely IEPs

 WHAT’s COMING? Finance  Michigan Interagency Coordinating Council has proposed a new funding formula for Early On ®  Formula will be posted for comments  October 2012

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection MSDS Fall 2012 General Collection  Fall 2012 Submission Deadline:  November 7, 2012  Fall 2012 Certification Deadline:  November 14, 2012

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Early On ® data collection in MSDS  Submitted Fall and EOY General Collections.  Can only be submitted by ISDs.  LEAs providing special education services for Early On children  report the special education and FTE information in their MSDS submissions NOT the Early On ® data.

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Use Grade 14 to report special education transition students with IEPs who: 1.are 18 years of age or older as of December 1 of the current school year and 2.have completed a high school state assessment and 3.are attending a transition program

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Children Transitioning to Part B  Only report children who are receiving special education programs/services  Must complete the initial IEP component in MSDS  The initial IEP date for student’s transitioning

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Bureau of Assessment and Accountability  MEAP Data Accuracy  November 28 – December 4, 2012  Reports sent to LEAs for verification  Last opportunity for corrections

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Early Childhood Outcomes data collection in MSDS is ongoing  Enter as collected  Indicator B6 – Preschool Educational Environment Data  collected at the IEP review meeting  EOT & TA website for coding assistance

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Educational Environment Worksheet – Environment_Worksheet_ pdf Environment_Worksheet_ pdf  Michigan Decision Tree for Coding Educational Environments – Tree_ pdf Tree_ pdf

 WHAT’s COMING? Data Collection  Preschool/Early Childhood Special Education Educational Environment Quick Guide – Guide_ pdf

 DID YOU KNOW? Department of Community Health  Kevin Bauer – policy specialist  School Based Services   Amy Hoffman – auditor  Medicaid Allowable Expense Reports (MAER) 

 DID YOU KNOW?  Early Childhood Special Education Initiatives  Webinar available izeyrujp4/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMo de=normal

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Preschool Assessments; Ages 3-5  Battelle Screener Training  October 10 training rescheduled  Spring date forthcoming  Assessment training scheduled for October in Flint on Teaching Strategies GOLD. Register at:

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Personnel Approvals  October 25 – 9:30-12:30  Shiawassee RESD

 LIO Events  General Education Teachers  Speech Language Pathologists  Audiologists, Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teacher Consultants  Educational Teams From The Director’s Desk

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES MDE-LIO & Univ. of Michigan Sound Support  Pediatric Audiology Update  October 10  Hearing Technology: A Comprehensive Update  November 14  Overview of Auditory Verbal Therapy  December 12

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES  Educational Interpreters Video Conference  November 17  Check the website to locate ISD sites  October 11 – Tactile Learning-from Braille Graphics  October – Basic Braille Note Class  October – Teaching Internet Explorer Using Jaws  October – Teaching Word 2010 using Jaws

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Medicaid School Based Services Implementers Meetings  November 13, 2012  March 12, 2013  May 21, 2013

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES NAME Annual Conference in Providence  National Alliance for Medicaid in Education  Rhode Island – October 2012  Michigan; record participation NAME Annual Conference  Grand Rapids  October 8-11, 2013.

 UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Early On Conference  Kalamazoo  November 8-9  Register at: Online training on Early Childhood Outcomes available: Early Childhood Outcomes  October 22, 2012

  Mountbatten Early Literacy Workshop  Humanware and Low Incidence Outreach collaboration  October 11, 2012 at the Michigan Library - Lansing  FREE hands-on workshop  Teachers and other professionals who work with students who have a visual impairment.  To register for the morning class (8:00-11:00): c9ffe9bba66643c5a de9729b  To register for the afternoon class (12:00-3:00): 6c0bf30d346c e07acd20f78c9 For More Information From The Director’s Desk

 UPDATES & REMINDERS Office of Professional Preparation Services Informational PowerPoint  new certification information  state continuing education requirements  district provided professional development _5683_ ,00.html

 UPDATES & REMINDERS MARSE The “rules” package is currently at the Legislative Service Bureau  Public hearings will be held late 2012  Focus is on early childhood  General clean-up of language  Further alignment with federal law  final rules will be posted at:

 UPDATES & REMINDERS  The Common Core Essential Elements have been reposted on the MI-Access website _ ,00.html _ ,00.html  MI-SER September updates  Michigan Special Education One Pager: Child Find, Consent and Notice  Compliance Standards for Special Education – July 2012  On October 31, the OSE website will cease to contain the MI-SER documents.

 PERFORMANCE QUESTION How many ISDs, LEAs and PSAs do not have a Special Education Contact in the Education Entity Master (EEM)?

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 The Office of Civil Rights  There has been an influx of special education related complaints. The report can be downloaded from: pdf From The Director’s Desk

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  The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $9.8 million in grants to 16 states to operate 25 Parent Training and Information (PTI) Centers for parents of students with disabilities.  Michigan Alliance—PTI Region 1, Caryn Ivey, $239,170  Michigan Alliance—PTI Region 2, Michelle Miller, $403,970 From The Director’s Desk

  The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $24 million in grants to 22 states to improve personnel training systems to help children with disabilities.  Michigan’s Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi) Steve Goodman  This is a 5 year grant with an award of $1,386,000 each year.  Steve Goodman, Project Director  From The Director’s Desk

  The National Association of State Director of Special Education (NASDSE) presents:  Professional Development Series in  Fall Conference Schedule - Available Online Beginning November 2012:  Autism Today: Evidence-Based Practices and Tools  Improving Social Emotional Health in Schools  Free; No need to sign up if you are currently on listserv  For questions, contact: Aimee L. Cain, CEN, (517) (517) (fax) From The Director’s Desk

  Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities  Research on effectiveness for students with disabilities  The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)  Five-year grant project is a partnership of the:  University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL),  Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), and  National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)  Updates on the Center’s progress along with original research can be found at: centerononlinelearning.org. From The Director’s Desk

  Online Learning  Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)  Compare and contrast availability of accessibility information for various online environments and curriculum resources  CAST – Center for Applied Special Technology (et.al)  Check out the website From The Director’s Desk

 1. Complaints 2. Inconsistent Policies 3. Accessibility and Universal Design 4. Teacher Training 5. Monitoring and Accountability 6. Reasons for Placement 7. Social and Emotional Supports 8. Lack of Guidance 9. Inequities From The Director’s Desk

 MI SCHOOL DATA USAGE METRICS Number of site visits - 592,598 Lansing Flint Grand Rapids Saginaw Detroit Kalamazoo Ann Arbor Livonia Bay City Midland From The Director’s Desk

 MI SCHOOL DATA USAGE METRICS Top Pages Visited √ Dashboard √ MEAP Inquiry √ School Report Card √ Top to Bottom Ranking √ Entity Summary From The Director’s Desk

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  HB 5261 (H-1)  Critical shortage list  Priority Schools  Center-based Programs  School Reform Office From The Director’s Desk

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