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SPED Monthly To Do List

Items to Think About Each Month

SPED Monthly To DoListItems to Think About Each Month

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October To Do List
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Check out the monthly List of items to mark off your To Do list or things to watch out for!

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June To Do List

⛵ Review SPP Data Performance Indicators.


⛵ For Districts with Improvement Plans, prepare and collect final evidence to submit to OEC for completion of required actions.


⛵ Take a moment and enjoy the sunshine!

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May To Do List

📝Gather Contact information on graduating students if you haven't already done so. ✅

📝Special Education Profile or the SPP should release phase 2 of data. This is only the performance indicators. These indicators do not have any corrective actions, however spend time with your team to review the data. ✅

📝For districts with SPP required actions, continue with improvement plan or plan for start of the school year meetings to complete all improvement plan requirements. ✅

📝Hold Summary of Performance Meetings. ✅

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April To Do List

🌼AASCD District Justification and Assurance forms Due April 26, 2024. Every district is required to complete this through the CCIP. No special link will be sent to Superintendents. ✅

🌷Secure Student and family contact information for follow-up data collection. ✅

🌼Begin Completing follow-up data collection for students who graduated the previous school year. ✅

🌷Did you nominate an Outstanding Special Education Student or Outstanding Special Education Teacher or Teacher Team? Please consider this.

Nominations due: April 17, 2024. More information and Nomination forms

🌼If your district had to submit a SRSR and Improvement Plan for SPP indicators, start collecting your evidence now and be ready for submission of evidence in September.✅

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March To Do List

  • Schedule Summary of Performance for Graduating Seniors 🍀
  • Districts with SPP actions: Self Review Summary Reports (SRSR), and Improvement Plans are due on March 29, 2024. 🍀
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February's To Do List

  • Test Coordinators: Upload Testing Accommodations ✅
  • Test Coordinators: Request Testing Materials ✅
  • AASCD testing window starts February 26th. ✳️
  • If your district has SPP required actions: make sure you have reviewed data verification, Self - Review Summary Reports (SRSR), and Improvement Plans ✅
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January's To Do List

  • Check your Special Education Profile (SPP) Phase 2 data will be released this month.
    • Do you have required actions from December release? ✳️
    • Do you have required actions from the January release? ✳️

December's To Do List December's To Do List

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  • Special Education Profile (SPP) Data Release for indicators with required actions.✅
  • Complete Ohio Deafblind Census Registration.✅
  • Complete Federal Quota Registration of Blind Students for Ohio.✅
  • Let Teacher's know that the AASCD Practice Test Questions are ready for Teacher use to prepare students for Spring Assessment. This can be found at the Assessment Portal.✅
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November's To Do List

  • Attend OCALICON- Currently Held Virtually✅
  • Review Special Education Ratings through OH/ID (released at the end of October)✅
  • November 21st - December 6th: On Time Paper Test Order Window Open. Reminder that requests must be approved by OEC and documented in the student's IEP.✅
  • AASCD Test Certification Course has been updated. Remind staff that this course needs to be reviewed annually along with the test administration manual prior to Spring test window.✅

October's To Do List October's To Do List

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  • Share the written test security plan each school year and present the test security training to all employees who have any level of test access by October 1. Discuss this with your district test coordinator. ✅
  • Third Grade Testing Accommodations ✅
  • Initial Window open for Exit Student Data Collection (October-December) ✅
  • Register for OCALICON ✅
  • Register to attend 2023 Ohio School Psychologists Association fall conference ✅
  • Special Education Ratings are released

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Use this document to help with knowing what to do every month in your role as a special education officer. This resource will help chunk out your duties as the year progresses. YOU'VE GOT THIS!
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