The Office of Special Education

MAASE Summer Institute 2012

Publications APR Public Reporting

posted at www.mischooldata.org

Indicator-specific reports * available on the MI School Data Portal* by June 1, 2013

Reminder: MI-CIS being decommissioned September 30, 2012

WHAT’S NEW?

PublicationsCompliance Standards

released on August 13, 2012

Child Find (one-pager) posted to Cen website by August 15, 2012

Notice (one-pager) posted to CEN website by August 15, 2012

WHAT’S NEW?

PublicationsBraille textbooks

available at very low cost free for those who meet eligibility

requirements MDE-LIO contact: Robert Beaton

beatonr@michigan.gov

WHAT’S NEW?

State AssessmentsCommon Core Essential Elements

* available: www.michigan.gov/mi-access

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students State-wide access to American Sign Language

Assessments – http://mde-lio.cenmi.org

WHAT’S NEW?

EIPA interpreter testing * available throughout the year* http://mde-lio.cenmi.org

Technical Assistance for Early Childhood Transition

* Early Childhood Special Education website www.michigan.gov/ecse

EOT&TA online training http://eotta.ccresa.org/

WHAT’S NEW?

Publications

Part C New Policies Required - 2011 Regulations Policies in development stage Fall Public comment

WHAT’S COMING?

Due Process State Complaint system

being streamlined/improved

Due Process Hearings Costs * Billing/collecting district costs shift from MAHS to MDE

Due Process Data System * Spring 2013

WHAT’S COMING?

MonitoringFall Focus Monitoring

* Begins September 24, 2012 Disproportionate Representation Significant Disproportionality

Identification & Discipline FAPE GSM – Broader Monitoring

On-site visits (26) Desk Audits (6)

WHAT’S COMING?

MonitoringCIMS Workbook * Opened this morning! (8/15)

Monitoring-Verification of 2011-2012 Data for Early Childhood Transition

* Through CIMS September 5-14

September 15 CIMS Workbook : updated Strand Report Notification of Findings or No Findings Focused Monitoring Notifications

WHAT’S COMING?

Data Collection

Do you want historical data?* Request data export save Data Portraits prior to 9/30

Grade 14 * Students with IEPs who:

are 18 and over as of December 1 have completed a high school state assessment attend a transition program

WHAT’S COMING?

Data Collection SPP Indicator 5: Primary Educational Setting

Center program (EEM code) – serve multiple districts, students may be appropriately coded as o Inside gen. ed. 80%o Inside gen. ed. 40-79%o Inside gen. ed. <40%

* Special education school building-if only students with IEPs attend, a stand-alone facility

WHAT’S COMING?

Data Collection SPP Indicator 11 – initial IEPs To be consistent with other child find requirements:

District completing initial evaluation and convenes the IEP REPORTS the child in MSDS.

Resident district ACCOUNTABLE for monitoring, determinations, and public reporting activities

WHAT’S COMING?

Data Collection SPP Indicator 11Part C. Transition Timeliness Characteristic

Report for children 2 ½ - 3 years old who currently receive Special Education services with IFSP & are referred to Part B for Special Education

WHAT’S COMING?

Data Collection SPP Indicator 12: Age 3 Transition IEPs

Report 2 ½ to 3 year olds currently receiving Michigan special education.oStudent record must have a primary disability

in MSDSoChildren must have initial IEP completed both:

√ prior to but not more than 6 months before 3rd birthday &

√ within 30 school days or agreed upon written extension

WHAT’S COMING?

…failure to convene Resolution Sessions upon receipt of a due process complaint will result in findings of noncompliance as required by IDEA?

…a proposed rule package is moving and public comment is projected mid-fall of 2012?

DID YOU KNOW…

…Early On Michigan will participate in a performance audit by the Office of the Auditor General ?

…Michigan Part C of IDEA/Early On received a determination of Meets Requirements?

DID YOU KNOW…

MDE/LIO presents…Sound Support Workshops

Seven - one hour sessions

EIPA Interpreter videoconferences Three - four hour sessions

iPad Classes for Blind/Visually Impaired or Deaf/Hard of Hearing Information: http://mde-lio.cenmi.org

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

MDE/LIO Accessing Apple Products

Blind and Low Vision Students August 24 @ Charlevoix- Emmet ISD Cost: $30 Register: at

http://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0006-0014-c9b5dc1438ee444b8b53d95e9437d772

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

MDE/LIO

Camp Tuhsemeheta (Camp T) is now available to all districts in Michigan. Website -

https://sites.google.com/site/tuhsemheta/home

Battelle Screener Training at Berrien RESA October 10, 2012 More information - http://eotta.ccresa.org/

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Medicaid

School Based Services 101* Ingham ISD on August 28, 2012

1:00-3:00 brief overview of the entire Medicaid program

including design requirements methods of reimbursement

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

MedicaidMedicaid Implementers quarterly

meetings at Ingham ISD from 1:00-3:00 Phone and Web access

November 13, 2012 March 12, 2012 May 21, 2013

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

MedicaidNational Alliance for Medicaid in Education Annual Conference

* October 9-12, 2012 Providence, Rhode Island. Nancy Reder, NASDSE

NAME 2013 Conference * October 8-11, 2013 Grand Rapids-Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Please contact Jane Reagan with suggestions for

program speaker ideas at ReaganJ@michigan.gov

UPCOMING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

FinanceFlowthrough Grants:

2010-11 IFER2 due August 15 in the MEGS Legacy

2010-11 FERs due August 29 in the CMS 2010-11 Final Narrative Report due August 29 in

the MEGS Legacy 2011-12 IFER1 due August 29 in the MEGS

Legacy

UPDATES & REMINDERS

Finance Note: If all grant IFERs are completed and

approved in MEGS, they will add together to create the FER and the CMS. CMS – Cash Management System FER – Final Expenditure Report IFER – Interim Federal Expenditure Report MEGS – Michigan Electronic Grants System

UPDATES & REMINDERS

From the Director’s Desk

OSEP Theme: Improving Educational

Outcomes for Students with Disabilities

From the Director’s Desk

OSEP Theme: Results Driven Accountability

From the Director’s Desk

OSEP Theme: Finance Focus

Excess Costs, MOE, Proportionate Share

From the Director’s Desk

OSEP Theme: Good Intentions are Not

Enough!

From the Director’s Desk

Dr. Alexa Posny Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services Renaissance Learning, Inc. Senior Vice President of State & Federal Programs

building relationships with key state and federal education stakeholders

increase awareness of Renaissance Learning’s technology-based assessment products.

From the Director’s Desk

Alignment of: Early childhood service delivery systems Teacher training programs Differentiated instruction/interventions Assessments Transition services

From the Director’s Desk

Indicator 2; DropoutChange in calculation

methodology Last year’s data 6.1% drop outNew calculation would have

changed to 25.9%

From the Director’s Desk

Indicators 9-10; Disproportionate Representation

Under-representation Effective immediately

From the Director’s Desk

Indicator 3; State assessmentChange in calculation methodology One large school with grades 3 -11

Elem, Middle, High School no longer separateLess than one full academic year

Students will count in “proficiency calculation

From the Director’s Desk

Indicators 16-17; State Complaints & Hearings Adjudicated

Associated data will be submitted via EDFacts

Accountability continues for timely compliance

From the Director’s Desk

Sequestration* January 2013* Will Not Impact 2012- 13 allocations* Will Impact 2013-14 allocation* Forecast of 8% could be larger

From the Director’s Desk

Your Input is Needed:

MAASE Special Education Updates

Homebound Instruction Change

From the Director’s Desk

What’s New?ESEA Flexibility

* Available on line* Special Education related changes to be

submitted

From the Director’s Desk

What’s Coming?Pupil Accounting Manual

Peer to Peer Support Not Disability Specific Not Limited to LINKS

ECSE Auditing procedures adjusted

From the Director’s Desk

Continuing AttentionCenter Based Programs

Persistently Low Achieving Results Focus

From the Director’s Desk

Continuing AttentionSpecial Education Part B 619

Congratulations Noel Cole Proposal Developed for B611/619 Office

From the Director’s Desk

From the Director’s Desk

Office Realignment

CIMS (formerly CIC) is now a “team”

within Performance Reporting

Unit

From the Director’s Desk

Center for Educational Networking

* CEN has released 11 new FOCUS on Results articles since October 2011.

* All articles are available at focus.cenmi.org. Subscribe to receive updates about new articles released monthly.

* Visit CEN on Facebook and become a friend.

Implemented a Lunchtime Webinar Series http://michiganallianceforfamilies.org/webinar/index.htm

Developed learning materials (with MiBLSi) to help parents understand the Five Components

of Evidence Based Reading Instruction

Developed a Parent and Educator Guide for Assistive Technology (with MITS)http://www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/AssistiveTechGuide.pdf

Michigan Alliance for Families

MiBLSi Restructured: Professional Learning Unit Technical Assistance Unit Evaluation/Research Unit

Schools that implement the model with fidelity continue to have better student outcomes than those not implementing with fidelity.

MICHIGAN’S INTEGRATED MATHEMATICS INITIATIVE

Enhancing Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Difficulties

Algebraic Expressions & Equations (Grades 6-8) Facilitator Training launched in 2012

* Additional opportunities - scheduled * Sept. 10-13 in Sault Ste. Marie - EUP ISD * November training/southeast Michigan

TBD

Update guidance for accessible instructional materials (IDEA 300.172)

Launch a facilitator training series * including assistive technology and accessible

instructional materials* to reduce barriers * promote access to/ progress in the general

education curriculum

MITS

Three Systemic Transition Questions

1. Are we doing what’s necessary to prepare our students?

2. Is their community prepared to support them?

3. How would we know?

Michigan Transition Outcomes Project (MI-TOP)

Project Find + Early On Public Awareness* 2011-12 totals = 10,286* 2010-11 totals = 8,912

Early On (Birth to age 3) referrals* 2011 -12 totals = 8,314 * 2010-11 totals = 7,225

Project Find (3 to 26) referrals * 2011 -12 totals = 1,972* 2010-11 totals = 1,687

Reaching & Teaching Struggling Learners

150 programs developed at elementary/secondary levels

At risk students successfully included as peers

promotes active school participation and engagement

From the Director’s Desk