Please submit these results by January 21, 2013. SE 20 Document The document review, staff Please ensure that IEP Team Please provide Least restrictive Review interviews and student records chairpersons are trained in the evidence of PI program demonstrated that the district appropriate development of training provided selected Staff has considerably increased its Justification to IEP Team Interviews inclusion opportunities for statements that answer why the chairpersons, students with disabilities. removal is considered including the students’ Student Across the district, the number critical to the student´s program signed Record of co-taught classes has tripled and when the student is removed. attendance sheet Review (currently 26 classes at the high indicating staff school level, 40 classes at the name and role, Review a sample of student records middle school, and 52 classes at the agenda, and for Non-participation Justification the elementary school level). training statements developed after all The district has provided materials. corrective actions have been professional development to implemented, to ensure that both special and general Please describe Justification education teachers and ensures the system of statements answer why the that teachers have common internal removal was considered students’ planning time. monitoring and critical to the student´s program periodic review when the student is removed from However, student records and identify the the general education classroom. indicated that the staff responsible Nonparticipation Justification for the oversight. *Please note that when statements in student IEPs do conducting internal monitoring not consistently state why or This progress the district must maintain the
Please submit these results by January 21, 2013. SE 20 Least restrictive program selected PI Document Review Staff Interviews Student Record Review The document review, staff interviews and student records demonstrated that the district has considerably increased its inclusion opportunities for students with disabilities. Across the district, the number of co-taught classes has tripled (currently 26 classes at the high school level, 40 classes at the middle school, and 52 classes at the elementary school level). The district has provided professional development to both special and general education teachers and ensures that teachers have common planning time. However, student records indicated that the Nonparticipation Justification statements in student IEPs do not consistently state why or Please ensure that IEP Team chairpersons are trained in the appropriate development of Justification statements that answer why the students’ removal is considered critical to the student´s program and when the student is removed. Review a sample of student records for Non-participation Justification statements developed after all corrective actions have been implemented, to ensure that Justification statements answer why the students’ removal was considered critical to the student´s program when the student is removed from the general education classroom. *Please note that when conducting internal monitoring the district must maintain the Please provide evidence of training provided to IEP Team chairpersons, including the signed attendance sheet indicating staff name and role, the agenda, and training materials. Please describe the system of internal monitoring and periodic review and identify the staff responsible for the oversight. This progress
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