Educational Benefit Review

The Cyclical Monitoring for Continuous Improvement (CMCI) Educational Benefit Review (EBR) training is provided to teams who are to ensure that students with IEPs are receiving educational benefit. Teams will be provided with the legal background on EBR and participate in a four-step process to analyze and compare three years of IEPs to determine if a student has received educational benefit. While working alongside their EBR Facilitator, after determining if the selected students received educational benefit, EBR teams will identify/target specific areas related to their school-age grade bands, and discuss technical support or professional development needs to support their knowledge and expertise of educationally beneficial IEP composition.

The intention of this training will not only to fulfill requirements for cyclical monitoring, but for districts to consider integrating EBR as a best practice when composing IEPs annually. For this training, the EBR Facilitator (Special Education Administrator, Principal, LEA representative, or designee) will be asked to attend with their team. It is highly recommended that schools attend as a team along with their EBR Facilitator. EBR Teams must be comprised of at least 1 Special Educator, at least 1 general educator, and at least 1 Related Service Provider, and the EBR Facilitator. Importantly, the AIU offers districts the opportunity to work at a quiet location off site to focus on the requirements of CMCI EBR.

Target Audience:

General education teachers, special education teachers, transition coordinators, principals, special education liaisons, other administrators, agency person, students, families, school counselors, school psychologists, occupational therapists physical therapists and speech therapists.

Act 48 Hours: 5 (five) Act 48 hours will be awarded after the training.

Cost: There is no cost to attend this training series.

Registration Priority: Educators who work for LEAs in the AIU3 region will have priority registration.

The training is being offered twice. Teams should only attend once in the Fall or Spring.

Date: November 06, 2025

Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Rogers, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

Date: February 04, 2026

Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Rogers, AIU 475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120

Training Content Questions:

Dr. Erin Grimm, Training and Consultation Coordinator

erin.grimm@aiu3.net

Registration Questions:

Jamila Robinson-Moore, Administrative Support

jamila.robinsonmoore@aiu3.net

Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate individuals who have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and who need assistance at this event.