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Guiding Principles
Curriculum/Materials
Behavior
Who Ya Gonna Call
Resources for Administrators
100
This person facilitates the services of students with special needs.
Who is a special education teacher?
100
The name for the standards used in Applied Learning programs.
What are the Core Content Connectors?
100
PBIP, FBA, incentive charts, positive praise, and grab boxes are examples of these.
What are behavioral supports?
100
Jan Cawthorne
Who is the Executive Director of Special Education?
100
Open Labs, IEP review via email, phone conversations, and face to face instruction are examples of this.
What is IEP support?
200
At their home schools or as close to their homes as possible to promote a greater sense of belonging.
Where does a student with a disability receive their instruction?
200
LIPS, Orton-Gillingham, and Visualizing and Verbalizing are examples of this.
What are the specialized reading programs offered in Mesa Public Schools.
200
The Director of Student Support Services in MPS.
Who is Leilani Scott?
200
The first point of contact in special education when I have a concern.
Who is my area director?
200
A legally mandated obligation to identify students with suspected disabilities within the first 45 days of enrollment in your school.
What is Child Find?
300
The requirement in federal law that students with disabilities receive their education, to the maximum extent appropriate, with non-disabled peers.
What is least restrictive environment?
300
Science alternate assessment for grades 4, 8 and 10 for students in applied learning programs who are eligible.
What is AIMS-A?
300
10 days.
What is the maximum number of days a student with a disability can be suspended?
300
The person I call when my teacher does not not have the materials they need for instruction or when they need help with IEPs.
Who is Trish Geraghty?
300
The set of guidelines used by special education staff regarding policies and procedures for the department.
What are the Implementation Guidelines?
400
Pull-out therapy, self-contained classrooms, inclusion are examples of this.
What is a continuum of services?
400
EDGE and Unique Learning Systems
What are the curriculum and materials I should see being used in secondary applied learning classrooms?
400
This is conducted prior to the 10th day of suspension to determine the impact of the disability on behavior.
What is a Manifestation Determination Review?
400
The person I call when I need support for my K-12 applied learning teachers.
Who are Christine Gutierrez and Kim Rogers?
400
The companion system to Synergy SIS used to write IEPs and evaluations in special education.
What is SynergySE?
500
The people who communicate the vision and make decisions that support the vision in Special Education.
Who are the leadership team?
500
The reason why students may require adopted materials outside of what is being used in general education classrooms.
What is specially designed instruction?
500
Behaviors impede the student's access and progress in the general curriculum.
What is when I need to revise the IEP?
500
The content specialists for mild disabilities.
Who are Melinda Pace and Judy Shanker?
500
The tools I can use to support me in my evaluation of special education staff.
What are evaluation guidelines?