Where Do I Start?

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Special Education

The first few weeks of school goes by fast! Between getting to know all the new faces, helping students getting acclimated to their new schedules, and collecting baseline data and the first progress monitoring data points, it can be easy to get behind. So how do you organize and prioritize things to do before the first day of school?

Contact Your ACC

The Academic Achievement and Compliance Coach assigned to your building will assign you to your caseload on infinite campus. Afterwards, you will have access to all of your student IEPs including information regarding upcoming annual reviews and reevaluations.

Review Your Student IEPs

Before you can plan what you will teach and how you will teach it, you must review the student goals and how they were monitored. Consider things like: What program will you use? Does it match the Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) listed on the IEP? Progress monitoring? How much time will you need to deliver instruction?

Planning for Instruction

Your schedule may already be created for you. If not, you will need to look at the Building Wide Schedule and the service minutes listed on your IEPs to develop your schedule and organize your resource groups.

Instructional Materials

Once you determine WHAT you need to teach, you can explore materials and resources available for HOW you will teach it. Refer to page 6 to explore programming available to you. You will also need to set up your raw data collection and weekly progress monitoring procedures.

Technology

At the elementary level, the digital platform we use for virtual learning, NTI days, and digital engagement is Google Classroom. You can view this tutorial on how to set up your classroom here. Determine how your synchronous learning will be delivered (Zoom/ Google Meet) during NTI days.

Share IEP information

The IEP must be shared with all staff members working with your student this school year (homeroom teachers, special area teachers, paraprofessionals). Examples of how you share information: IEP snapshots, accommodations spreadsheet, etc.

Connect and Build Rapport

Before the first day o school, it is recommended that you make contact with your students and families. You may want to send an Interest Inventory home to gather information about your students.

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Additional Resources

Beginning of the Year Checklist

Interest Inventory