New and Revised Special
Education Publications
December 2014 – January 2015
BULLETIN PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
BUL-5526.5 / Procedures for Requests for Educationally Related Records of Students with or Suspected of Having Disabilities
MEMORANDUM PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
MEM-6361.1 / Behavior Related Professional Development for the 2014-2015 School Year / Dec. 9, 2014
REFERENCE GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
REF-1341.13 / Complaint Response Unit (CRU) for Parents of Students with Disabilities / Dec. 9, 2014
REF- / Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Day Program
REF-3557.1 / Implementation of Related Service Support for Students with Orthopedic Impairments in
Special Day Programs
REF-2683.1 / Clarification of School Site Administrator Responsibilities at an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting When a Student Receives Only One Related Service
REF-715.1 / Assessment Plans for Related Services
New and Revised Special
Education Publications
December 2014 – January 2015
MEMORANDUM PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
MEM-6361.1 / Behavior Related Professional Development for the 2014-2015 School Year / Dec. 9, 2014
REFERENCE GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
REF-1341.13 / Complaint Response Unit (CRU) for Parents of Students with Disabilities / Dec. 9, 2014
REF- / Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Day Program
REF-3557.1 / Implementation of Related Service Support for Students with Orthopedic Impairments in
Special Day Programs
REF-2683.1 / Clarification of School Site Administrator Responsibilities at an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting When a Student Receives Only One Related Service
REF-715.1 / Assessment Plans for Related Services

February 2015

This Newsletteris publishedby the

Planning, Data, and Performance Management Department,

Division of Special Education, Los Angeles Unified School District.

Education, Los Angeles Unified School District.

Inside This Issue
1 / Upcoming Events
2 / Welligent IEP Manager RSP Tracker Instructions
2 / High School “A-G” Graduation Requirements and Students with Disabilities
2 / Positive Behavior Support – Classroom Management
3 / Welligent Global Announcement – Revisions to
Section K – New CAASPP and CAPA/AA Assessments
3 / Holiday Story Time - Books and Badges
3 / Bestcolleges.com Website Resource
4 / Smarter Balanced Digital Library
4 / Common Core English Language Arts Article
4 / Expanding the Paraeducator Career Ladder
5 / Supporting Our Alternate Curriculum Classrooms
6 / New and Revised Publications
6 / Microsoft Home Use Package
7 / Professional Development Opportunities
Miscellaneous – Correction Corner, Did You Know?, E-library, Newsletter Archive, Sharing Ideas, Strategic Plan
Division of Special Education
ALIGNED STRATEGIC PLAN
KEY GOALS
Improve Student Manage
Outcomes Performance
  • High Quality Instruction and Services for Students
  • High Quality Operational Support
  • System of Monitoring and Accountability
  • Effective Employees Focused on Improving Student Outcomes
  • Resource Optimization

What have you been doing to enhance delivery,

documentation, and monitoring of services to students with

disabilities? Share your comments with Tammy Kirch,

Specialist,nd they may appear in a

future publication of the newsletter!


WELLIGENTSupportSection INSTRUCTIONSFORRSPTRACKERV.7
is a handy two page quick reference guide for resource teachers. The headers in the document are:
  • “Set-up Student Records”,
  • “Inputting Time (Daily or Weekly
Activity),
  • “Print Monthly Service Logs”,
  • “Marking the IEP for RSP Students”,
  • “Setting/Service Delivery Models”,
  • “Cancel Codes” ,
  • “Print Individual Student Log”
Save or print out your guide today!
High School “A-G” Graduation
Requirements and Students with
DisabilitiesBUL – 6257.0 May 19, 2014
Take a closer look at this policy bulletin and the
guidelines with the “A-G” requirements as they relate
to not only students, but also resource specialist and
special day teachers in terms of required teaching
credentials. The headers within the outline are as
follows:
  • Students with Disabilities Receiving Support from
theResource Specialist Program,*
  • Students with Disabilities in the Special Day
Program – Recommended Sequence for “A-G”
Courses,*
  • Waivers from Selected “A-G” Courses for Students
with Disabilities,*
  • Special Education Teacher Credentialing and
Authorization to Teach “A-G” Courses and
Graduation Requirement Courses,
  • Courses that Require an Education Specialist
Credential and a Single-Subject General Education Credential/Authorization
*This information is a great resource to refer to at IEP
meetings when discussing courses and
supports/accommodations.
Welligent Global Announcement
Revisions to Section K: New CAASPP (Smarter Balanced/Common Core) and CAPA/Alternate Assessment (CAPA/AA) State/District-wide Assessments
In order to maintain compliance with changes in California’s statewide testing program, revisions to the IEP Section K have been added to Welligent.
CAASPP is the new acronym for the California Smarter Balanced/Common Core assessments for students on the general education curriculum in grades 3 through 8 and 11. IEP teams should add CAASPP tests in ELA and Math for all students in grades K-11 on the general education curriculum to identify needed Designated Supports and Accommodations for both State and District-wide testing. Students on the general education curriculum will continue to be tested with either CST or CMA Science in grades 5, 8, and 10.
CAPA/AA is the new acronym for the alternate assessments for students participating on the alternate curriculum in grades 3 through 11. The new Alternate Assessment in ELA and Math will be administered to students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 in 2014-15 in lieu of the CAPA ELA and Math. Students on the alternate curriculum will continue to be tested with the CAPA Science in grades 5,8, and 10.
For more information about the new testing requirements, please contact the LAUSD Student Testing Unit at (213) 241-4104.
Click here to access the Updated IEP Section K Handout (you will need your Welligent sign-on to access the handout).

Guidelines for IEP teams on Selecting Designated Supports and Accommodations for state testing are included in the new Reference Guide, REF-6420,LAUSD Accessibility and Accommodations Guidelines for Smarter Balanced Assessments.

Holiday Story Time

Books & Badges

This holiday season, in addition to the backpack, school supply, and toy giveaways, police officers from the Los Angeles School Police Department read stories to students who are receiving special education services throughout the District. This interaction promotes a love for reading while building positive relationships. The students, police officers, and school staff all felt enriched by the experience.

This section of the website* contains resources for students preparing to enter college:

* Legal rights,

* Academic adjustments (accommodations),

* Useful information “while applying” – profile colleges, schedule a visit, meet with student services, contact student housing services, try free online courses.

  • This website also has resources for students, parents, and teachers (at all grade levels):

*Listed by disability category – deaf and hard of hearing, visual impairment, learning disabilities, etc.,

*Arranged by resource type – apps, websites, software.

  • The information contained within this website is a good tool to reference at IEP meetings.

*The website was referenced with permission from a contributor to this website.


*Table 2: Four Year Cohort Graduation Rate at Comprehensive High Schools by Subgroups
12-13
Prelim. / 13-14 Prelim. / Difference
All Students / 65 / 77 / 12
Latino / 64 / 76 / 12
African- American / 54 / 71 / 17
Asian / 75 / 87 / 12
White / 71 / 84 / 13
English Learners / 29 / 27 / -2
Reclassified English Learners / 79 / 85 / 6
Economically Disadvantaged / 67 / 78 / 11
Students with Disabilities / 41 / 57 / 16
*Source: Preliminary Graduation Rate for 2014 by Subgroups, LAUSD Office of Data and Accountability, 10/21/14.
Expanding the ParaeducatorCareer Ladder:
Are you or do you know a talented paraprofessional interested in becoming a teacher? The District is expanding the Paraeducator CareerLadder Program to further develop tomorrow’steachers.Click here for more information.
Source: “Board Business for Week of December 8, 2014”, Office of Internal Communications

Smarter Balanced Digital Library
“The Smarter Balanced Digital Library is an online collection of resources aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that support K-12 teachers in using the formative assessments to adjust teaching in order to improve student learning. It is an instructional, professional development library with tools to guide teachers in identifying and using the best resources for their students’ needs...which include commissioned, interactive assessment literacy and exemplar instructional modules on English-language arts and mathematics.”
Click here to access the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
Source: MEM-6423.0, Published December 8, 2014

Click here for an interesting read on the subject of Common Core Reading and the key shifts in English Language Arts. The article provides an overview and also real life example of implementation from a 5th grade teacher’s perspective.
Source: Linked with permission from:

Supporting Our Alternate Curriculum Classrooms:

The Division of Special Education has been working interdepartmentally to provide alternate curriculum teachers and staff with the best possible support to ensure an equitable, rigorous, and meaningful education for students with significant disabilities.

Teachers are benefiting from ongoing professional development trainings, weekly webinars on a variety of applicable topics, and weekly newsletters outlining resources available to teachers, staff, and students.

Ongoing professional development trainings offer new and veteran teachers the opportunity to learn about the Unique Learning System, Oxford Picture Dictionary, and the various supplemental materials we are using in our classrooms and at our career centers.

The alternate curriculum support team throughout our district is collaborating with the behavior unit, autism team, school-site administrators, and school staff to fully support alternate curriculum classrooms.

Weekly newsletters allow the Division of Special Education to highlight the many amazing and innovative things teachers are doing in the classrooms. Alternate Curriculum Teachers across the district share this useful information with district staff.

As we head into the Spring2015 semester, the Division of Special Education will continue to support alternate curriculum classrooms through ongoing trainings and support. Teachers and Paraprofessionals are able to view the available trainings through the LAUSD Learning Zone or MEM 6283.

New and Revised Special
Education Publications
December 2014 – January 2015
MEMORANDUM PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
MEM-6361.1 / Behavior Related Professional Development for the 2014-2015 School Year / Dec. 9, 2014
REFERENCE GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
REF-1341.13 / Complaint Response Unit (CRU) for Parents of Students with Disabilities / Dec. 9, 2014
REF- 6449.0 / Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Day Program / Jan. 27, 2015
REF-3557.1 / Implementation of Related Service Support for Students with Orthopedic Impairments in
Special Day Programs / Jan. 27, 2015
REF-2683.1 / Clarification of School Site Administrator Responsibilities at an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting When a Student Receives Only One Related Service / Jan. 27, 2015
REF-715.1 / Assessment Plans for Related Services / Jan. 27, 2015
REF-4826.2 / Procedures for Providing Coverage and/or Replacement Pay For Secondary Adapted Physical Education Teacher Absences / Jan. 27, 2015
REF-6337.1 / Administrators Role in Ensuring Compliance with Federal and State Special Education and Section 504 Legal Mandates / Feb. 3, 2015

Microsoft HOME USE Package Available for $9.75

Thanks to the District's enterprise license

agreement with Microsoft, all active*District employees can purchase versions ofMicrosoft Office and Windows Operating System for their home computers for a low price (each license includes two installations). Microsoft understands that employees are more productive when they have access to the latest versions of software at work and at home.

To purchase your copy,Click Here

Other software products are available at a discounted price as well: Adobe Systems Incorporated, Parallels, Minitab Inc., iGrafx, National Instruments, NCSS, NVivo, Systat Software, Inc., Wipebook.

*Note: the license only covers users currently employed with the District; use of home products must be discontinued upon terminating employment with the District.

Source: LAUSD IT HelpDesk website page:

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New and Revised Special
Education Publications
December 2014 – January 2015
BULLETIN PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
BUL-5526.5 / Procedures for Requests for Educationally Related Records of Students with or Suspected of Having Disabilities
MEMORANDUM PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
MEM-6361.1 / Behavior Related Professional Development for the 2014-2015 School Year / Dec. 9, 2014
REFERENCE GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
REF-1341.13 / Complaint Response Unit (CRU) for Parents of Students with Disabilities / Dec. 9, 2014
REF- / Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Day Program
REF-3557.1 / Implementation of Related Service Support for Students with Orthopedic Impairments in
Special Day Programs
REF-2683.1 / Clarification of School Site Administrator Responsibilities at an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting When a Student Receives Only One Related Service
REF-715.1 / Assessment Plans for Related Services
New and Revised Special
Education Publications
December 2014 – January 2015
MEMORANDUM PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
MEM-6361.1 / Behavior Related Professional Development for the 2014-2015 School Year / Dec. 9, 2014
REFERENCE GUIDE PUBLICATIONS
Document Number / Title / Publish Date
REF-1341.13 / Complaint Response Unit (CRU) for Parents of Students with Disabilities / Dec. 9, 2014
REF- / Preschool for All Learners (PAL) Special Day Program
REF-3557.1 / Implementation of Related Service Support for Students with Orthopedic Impairments in
Special Day Programs
REF-2683.1 / Clarification of School Site Administrator Responsibilities at an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting When a Student Receives Only One Related Service
REF-715.1 / Assessment Plans for Related Services

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