Special Education

Special Education Director's Meetings and/or the Legal Conference

Spring Director's Meeting, April 19-20, 2012

April 19, 2012

• Agenda, Day 1 (PDF)
   
• State of the State - Peg Brown-Clark
  • PowerPoint (will be available after the conference)
  • Direct/Indirect Definitions (PDF)
     
• Breakout Sessions
  • Enrich: Introduction and a Deeper Dive - Cindy Millikin
    • IEP Training Guide (Not Available)
       
  • HB 11 1277 - Tanni Anthony and Barb Bieber
    • SED Specifics (PDF)
    • Director's Table (PDF)
    • Proposed ECEA Rules - Disability Categories (PDF)
       
  • Comprehensive Plan and Program Evaluation - Ann Schick and Mary Greenwood
    • Program Evaluation PowerPoint (PDF)
    • Model Comprehensive Plan (DOC)

April 20, 2012

• Agenda, Day 2 (PDF)
   
• Dispute Resolution and Trends in Findings - Jeanine Pow
  • Dispute Resolution Trends PowerPoint (PDF)
     
• Lessons Learned From CIMP and SPP/APR Related Requirements - Deb Montgomery
  • CIMP Lessons PowerPoint (PDF)
  • Compliance Findings Trends (PDF)
  • SPP/APR Related Requirements (PDF)
     
• ESY Update - Gina Quintana
  • ESY Guidance Manual (PDF)
  • ESY Data Documentation (PDF)
     
• Statewide Achievement Data - Judy Stirman and Cindy Millikin
  • Achievement Growth Model PowerPoint (PDF)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall Director's Meeting, October 20-21, 2011

October 20, 2011

• Agenda, Day 1 (PDF)
   
• State of the State - Dr. Ed Steinberg and Guests
  • State of the State PowerPoint (PPT)
    • Senate Bill 212 Handout (PDF)
  • Special Education Fiscal Issues Including Maintenance of Effort (PPT)
  • Administrative Unit Standards Implementation Update (PPT)
    • Standards Assessment, Transition Overview (PDF)
       
• Schools of Choice - Laura Freppel, Wendy Armstrong, Vicki Graham
  • Schools of Choice PowerPoint (PPT)
    • Case Study - Charter Schools and Special Education (PDF)
    • Colorado Charter Schools Special Education Compliance Plan Guidelines: For Negotiating New and Renewal Charter Contracts for Colorado Charter Schools (Being Revised)
    • Colorado Charter Schools and the Education of Children with Disabilities (Being Revised)
    • Charter School Special Education Finance Study, June 2010 (PDF)
  • Parentally Placed Students in Private Schools PowerPoint (PPT)

October 21, 2011

• Agenda, Day 2 (PDF)
   
• Monitoring/Comprehensive Plan - Ann Schick, Deb Montgomery, Penny Dell
  • Monitoring/Comprehensive Plan PowerPoint (PPT)
    • Special Education Student Record Review (PDF)
       
• SchoolView 101 - Donna Morganstern
  • 2010 Growth Flat File Downloading Instructions (PDF)
  • Layout for 2010 Growth Flat File (DOC)
  • Anonymized Growth Flat File (XLS)
  • Colorado Public Education System Data Cheat Sheet - Public Data (DOC)
  • Colorado Public Education System Data Cheat Sheet - Student Level Data (DOC)
     
• Educator Effectiveness - Toby King, Mary Greenwood, Faye Gibson
  • Educator Effectiveness PowerPoint (PPT)
    • Annotated Draft SB191 Rules, Sep 2010 (PDF)
    • Comparison Drafts of SB-191 Rules (PDF)
    • Educator Effectiveness E-Newsletter, September 2011 (PDF)
    • A Practical Guide to Designing Comprehensive Teacher Evaluation Systems - A Tool to Assist in the Development of Teacher Evaluation Systems (PDF)
    • Report and Recommendations from the State Board for Teacher Effectiveness (PDF)
    • Teacher Effectiveness and Equity in K-12 Classrooms (PDF)
    • Briefs:
      • Challenges In Evaluating Special Education Teachers and English Language Learner Specialists - Research and Policy Brief (PDF)
      • Alternative Measures of Teacher Performance - Policy-to-Practice Brief (PDF)
      • Measuring Teachers' Contribution to Student Learning Growth for Non-Tested Grades and Subject - Research and Policy Brief (PDF)

 

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