Team+Meeting+12+02-12-2013

=IEP Modules=
 * Modules for those registered this year must be completed by end of April. Send an email to Angela Solis when you are done.

= AYP Update = * Continue to monitor closely decisions made for STAAR M using the participation guidelines and assist your campus ARD staff with entering testing decision data into the Q Drive. Power Point Shared by Steven shared the current district assessment decisions. He will do an update in February.

= Rating Scales = * If you have any feedback to share in regards to the rating scales (process of completing them, required information, etc.) please email Angela Solis.

= March Department Chair Meeting = * This will be transition planning meeting # 2. Jenny Ogea will be attending the meeting for Teravista since she knows the 5th graders best.

= ESY (Prep for Spring Break) = * You should be taking data now to compare to data after returning from Spring Break
 * Melinda Bracamontez (464-5544---Voigt Elementary) shared info about important upcoming dates, see FORM 613 #1 -for recoupment date after breaks (For Spring Break - skills should be recouped by March 22, 2013).
 * Focus on critical skills for recoupment purposes. You can find how the state definitions of what critical skills are in the wiki
 * ESY Dates: June 15 – Aug. 15 (ESY will be held during this time frame but specific dates have not been determined yet)
 * General rule of thumb is that “Time” is determined by 2 or 4 hour time slot. If more or less is needed, then Melinda B. needs to know.

=PPCD Transition to Elementary=
 * For Speech Only (SI) students transitioning from PPCD to kinder with needs for inclusion support in addition to Speech Therapy time in academic or non academic areas– a Special Educator should be the case manager and attend the ARD. In this case, the case manager will be the special education teacher rather than the SLP.

=Modified TEKS=
 * In ENCORE: please make sure that on the Schedule of Service page, if you check the box that indicates modified TEK instruction, that the student has a disability that impacts or is related to that area and there is documentation in the PLAAFP and IEP to support it. Please contact Angela if you have any questions: Angela Solis, 428-3272

= Modified Curriculum Is........ = * Curriculum stays the same, but we change the way we teach it and assess it. * Use of Blooms Taxonomy * Aligned to grade level curriculum - reference grade level TEKS * Scaffold Skills - goals and objectives are skills to help student access the curriculum

= Modified Curriculum Is NOT..... = * Eliminating curriculum * Changing curriculum * Only teaching IEP goals and objectives