Special Education

Focus Group

November 17,  2005 Meeting Notes

Representatives in attendance:

Marci Anderson, Elementary Resource

Sean Shaughnessy, Middle School Resource

Deborah Monroe, Psychologist

Diane Delahunty, OT/PTs & VI

Karen-Margrethe Bruun, SLPs & DHH

Jennifer Woods, EC-Preschool

Leslie Knudsen, EBD

Heidi Belmondo, Life Skills

Teresa VanHaalen,  Elementary Admin

Ann Buswell, Secondary Admin

David Frick, Elementary Paraeducator

Peter Chorney, Secondary Paraeducator

Sue Thomas, Meeting Facilitator – Agent

Representatives unable to attend:

Bethany Verner, High School Resource

Lucille Nollette, Director

Topic:  Priority Task Lists for 2005-2006

Summary: 

• Consider alternative for high needs students
• Add time issues for preschool program (assessment & clerical)
• Add collaboration time between teachers & EBD IAs
• Class size and teacher allocations at middle school
• Add student specific IAs
• SECURE training “not required”
• Inclusion – value for some students? (Not all)
• Priority vote
1. Minimum, moderate, maximum
2. Staffing cert dist
3. Paraed-teacher collaboration

Next Steps:

• Add alternatives for high needs students to priority list
• Add time issues for preschool to priority list
• Perhaps use contract IEP time and pull IA once a week from classroom  for collaboration time between teachers & EBD IA’s
• Sue will bring class size and staffing distribution spreadsheet to next meeting.
• Add student specific IAs to priority list.
• Add SECURE training to priority list - Sue will bring district discipline policy and WAC to next meeting.
• Add inclusion to minimum, moderate & maximum revisions
• Add priority vote “big-3” to priority list