Principals Digest Items

Excerpts from DOE Principals Digest communications pertaining to Special Education topics.

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7/5 - Limited Extensions to Teach a Subject in a Special Class in Grades 7-12 (see DOE guidance or DOE document on InfoHub)
5/12 - Summer Rising Accommodation Plans
3/29 - Ensure Students Participating in District 75 Inclusion Programs are Scheduled for SETSS and ENL in STARS
3/29 - DOE After-School: Requesting Nurse and/or Paraprofessional Services (see related document: After-School and extracurricular activity Section 504 Accommodation Requests)
3/22 - Disability and Inclusion Resources (also see related documents: JustSayHi curriculum overview and Beyond Access Series)
3/22 - Spring Administration of SEL Screener (also see related document: SEL Screener toolkit)
3/22 - Clustering Activities for School-Based Psychologists and Social Workers (also see related documents: Clustering Activities memo and Clustering calendar)
3/22 - Nominate Staff for Spring Literacy Intervention Training
3/15 - Complete IEP Meetings for Extended School Year (ESY) Recommendations
3/15 - Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Students with IEPs: Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP)
3/8 - What's New in Encounter Attendance
3/8 - Updates to Special Education Recovery Services Cost Factors
3/1 - Guidance on completing Encounter Attendance records created before Feb. 28 (Also see related document: Completing Encounter Attendance records created before Feb. 28)
2/15 - Updates on SESIS Encounter Attendance Upgrade (Also see related documents: What's New in Encounter Attendance, Completing an Encounter Attendance Service Record and the SESIS Feb. newsletter)
2/15 - RSA-Related and other Requirements in the MG (Bronx) Settlement (Also see related documents: Summary of Bronx Settlement and full text of the agreement)
2/2 - Prepare for the SESIS Encounter Attendance Upgrade
1/25 - Ensure Principals, Assistant Principals, and School Staff Complete Required Privacy Training
1/25 - View AIS and SERS in Student Profile and NYCSA
1/25 - Medicaid-In-Education Compliance Training for Related Service Providers and other Relevant Employees
1/18 - Ensuring Continuity of Special Education Coverage (See related document Hiring for the Provision of Special Education Programs and Services)
12/21 - Updates on SERS Sensory Education, Exploration and Discovery (SEED) Program Enrollment
12/14 - MetroCards & Transportation Reimbursement for SERS
12/14 - Closing of Substitute Paraprofessional Nominations
12/14 - Encounter Attendance for SERS Updates
12/14 - Extended Deadline to Schedule SERS & Updates to STARS Functionality
12/14 - Review Language Supports for Parents of Students with IEPs
12/14 - Inform Families about Medicaid Consent
11/23 - Enter Student Outcomes for Academic Interventions & Recovery Services in STARS Classroom
11/23 - Disclosure of Student Protected Information to Employee Unions
11/23 - Guidance & Training on Considering Trauma in Special Education Evaluations & IEP Development
11/23 - Prepare for the 2021-22 State Performance Plan Indicator 13 Self-Review
11/16 - Additional resources for Special Education Recovery Services
11/2 - Updated Guidance on Special Education Recovery Services
10/26 - Guidance on staffing Special Education Recovery Services for Occupational and Physical Therapy
10/15 - Guidance for Case Managers for Special Education Recovery Services
10/8 - Guidance on staffing Special Education Recovery Services
10/5 - Case Manager Guidance for completing the Special Education Recovery Services document in SESIS
9/30 - Updates on Special Education Recovery Services
9/23 - Fall Literacy and Math Intervention training
9/9 - Prepare to offer Special Education Recovery Services
9/3 - Instructional Guidance: Academic Recovery overview for all students