This new seminar series is dedicated to supporting new Directors/Coordinator during their first, second and/or third year of serving their school district as Special Education Directors. 

Meetings will coordinate with the OACOA Seminar Series: September 25, January 30 and April 22 for the job-alike portion of the agenda. These meetings will focus on current concerns from the field and areas that need clarifying.  Special Education focused seminars are being planned for November 13 and February 24.  Seminars will be held at the Red Lion in Salem. 

The facilitator for the New SPED Director/Coordinator group is Linda Warberg, retired SPED Director of 30+ years and current SPED Department Chair for George Fox University.  She will organize our events and connect new Directors/Coordinators with specialists in the field for further support. 

• Click here to view the agenda for February 24, 2016.
• Click here for the flyer.  

"Surviving Your First Year"

• How to Organize Processes and Procedures
• Working with Building Staff and Administration
• Dealing with Difficult Parents
• Understanding Your Budget
• Completing Staff Evaluations
• Understanding the New IEP Format and Content
• Understanding Compliance Reports
• Learning the File Review process (SPRI)
• Identifying Professional Development for staff
• Having Clarity On Inclusion/Pull-Out Models and Specially Designed Instruction 

Session Materials: 

• Staffing Ratio System and Evaluation for Certified Special Ed Staff I
• Staffing Ratio System and Evaluation for Certified Special Ed Staff II
• IDEA Funding & High Cost Disability
• Strategies for Effective SPR&I Completion
• How do I marry the old IEP with the new IEP format? What goes where? (2)(3)(4)(5)

IEP Session Materials:

• Academic and Functional Skills
• New IEP Format
• PowerPoint Presentation
• Staff Ratio
• Writing High-Quality IEP

Effective IEP Meeting Checklists

• Checklist 1
• Checklist 2
• Checklist 3
• Checklist 4
• Checklist 5

Related Materials:

• New Special Education Directors Series
• Special Education Monthly "To-Do" List
• PCR Form - School Age
• Clue Sheet
• ODE Dates

February 24, 2016 Materials:

• The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
• Behavior Programs: Working with Outside Agencies
• Collaborative Problem Solving!  Implementation in the Classroom
• Trauma and Education
• Trauma Informed: Care As Our Guide