Date: December 3, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location:
Vermont Agency of Education
Conference Room 513
1 National Life Drive, Davis 5
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
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Contact: Katie Ballard
Event Dates: December 3, 2024, from 8-9:30 a.m. and December 5, 2024, from 3-4:30 p.m.
Audience: Pathway (D) Participants, New teachers to the State, Newly Licensed Teachers and Graduates, Special Education Endorsement Candidates, General Education Teachers, High School Special Education Teachers, Educational Support Teams (EST) Members, Evaluation Team Members, Related Service Providers, Interventionists
Purpose: This training will focus on criterion two and three for special education eligibility: adverse effect and the need for specially designed instruction. Attendees will continue to review the complimentary sections of the Special Education Evaluation Plan and Report as well as resources to support criterion two and three of the special education eligibility process.
Registration link: Please register for Adverse Effect, Specially Designed Instruction, and Eligibility Determination with Cassie Santo and Ernie Wheeler.
Contact: Cassie Santo
Description: This is a full day, in-person meeting focused on cross-training for supporting our students who are experiencing homelessness, are migratory, and/or are Multilingual English learners. Tentative date is Friday, December 6, 2024, likely to be held in central Vermont. Much more to come on this!
Audience: CFP Team Leads, EL Specialists, School Administrators, Registrars
Location: Berlin, VT
Date: December 6, 2024
Time: 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Registration will be forthcoming closer to event.
Dates:
Time: 1-2 p.m.
Audience: Directors Intervention Services, Early Interventionists, Early Childhood Special Educators/Coordinators, Special Education Directors
Description: Participants are invited to join this first-in-series session to address, discuss, and problem-solve ongoing topics within Part C to Part B transition. Leslie Davis, Part C Director, Katie McCarthy ECSE/Part B 619 State Coordinator, and Amy Murphy, Early Education Inclusion Coordinator will moderate and facilitate. No previous sign up is required.
Contacts: Katie McCarthy (Part B), katie.mccarthy@vermont.gov or Leslie Davis (Part C), leslie.davis@vermont.gov
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Event Dates: December 9, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. and December 10, 2024, from 10-11:00 a.m.
Audience: Special Education Directors, District Test Administrators, Special Educators and Case Managers
Purpose: All publicly funded students with significant cognitive disabilities are required to participate in a statewide assessment for math and reading in grades 3 through 9 and for science in grades 5, 8, and 11. Students who cannot participate in the general assessment with accommodations may be eligible to take an alternate assessment. In Vermont, this alternate assessment in the Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA). MSAA is a comprehensive assessment system, designed to promote access for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, in preparation for a broader array of post-secondary outcomes. The Alternate Assessment Eligibility Training will discuss the alternate assessment, MSAA, and eligibility decisions and requirements for the alternate assessment. This training will provide resources to help IEP teams to make this decision.
Registration Link: Alternate Assessment Eligibility Training
Contact: Ana Russo, Inclusion and Accessibility Coordinator, at ana.russo@vermont.gov
Event Dates: December 9, 2024, from 2-3 p.m. and December 10, 2024, from 10-11:00 a.m.
Audience: Special Education Directors, District Test Administrators, Special Educators and Case Managers
Purpose: All publicly funded students with significant cognitive disabilities are required to participate in a statewide assessment for math and reading in grades 3 through 9 and for science in grades 5, 8, and 11. Students who cannot participate in the general assessment with accommodations may be eligible to take an alternate assessment. In Vermont, this alternate assessment in the Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA). MSAA is a comprehensive assessment system, designed to promote access for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, in preparation for a broader array of post-secondary outcomes. The Alternate Assessment Eligibility Training will discuss the alternate assessment, MSAA, and eligibility decisions and requirements for the alternate assessment. This training will provide resources to help IEP teams to make this decision.
Registration Link: Alternate Assessment Eligibility Training
Contact: Ana Russo, Inclusion and Accessibility Coordinator, at ana.russo@vermont.gov
Title: WIDA Assessment Training
Date: December 10, 2024
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Audience: WIDA District Test Coordinators and WIDA Test Administrators
Description: In this session, we’ll review changes to the WIDA Assessment this year, and requirements for Test Coordinators and Administrators. There will also be time for questions and clarification.
For more information, contact Heidi Jo Bartlett at heidijo.bartlett@vermont.gov
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Audience: CFP Team Leaders, Business Managers, Grant Managers, Other Support Staff
Links to teams meeting series:
Wednesday 10-30-2024 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Wednesday 11-13-2024 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Wednesday 11-27-2024 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Wednesday 12-11-2024 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
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2024-2025 Dates and Time: Every second Thursday from 1-2 p.m. starting from Sept. 12, 2024, to May 8, 2025
Audience: Family Engagement Coordinators and Liaisons, School and District Administrators, Community Organization Personnel
Purpose: Please save the dates for the Family Engagement Networking Series facilitated by the AOE Vermont Multi-Tiered System of Supports (VTmtss) Team. The sessions will focus on Family Engagement as a Strategy for Improving Belonging and Well-Being. These are informal, monthly one-hour virtual sessions for family engagement colleagues to connect, hear updates, learn of resources, share strategies, and discuss problems of practice regarding family engagement.
Topics: See 2024-25 Family Engagement Networking Series Topics for session topics.
Contact: Nancy Hellen at nancy.hellen@vermont.gov
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Event Dates: December 17, 2024, from 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Audience: Vermont High School Special Educators and Special Education Directors
Purpose: This training will cover all aspects of the IEP Transition plan in terms of best practices as well as the Indicator 13 compliance requirements around the 8 elements that need to be included in the plan. There will be emphasis on identifying necessary transition skills that students need and how to build goals that support development of those skills. We will also go over common areas of noncompliance found during the monitoring process.
Registration link: Please register for Best practices in IEP Transition Plan Development Training.
Contact: John Spinney
