Special Education Leadership Development Academy (SELDA)

​The Special Education Leadership Development Academy (SELDA) is a series of meetings that takes place throughout the school year for new special education directors within their first 2 years of service. The purpose and focus of SELDA is to support new special education directors in accomplishing their responsibilities for general supervision.

SELDA 2017-2018

2017-18 Meeting Schedule

Meeting Handouts

• Agenda
• Special Education Data: The Big Picture
• IDEA Budgeting Basics
• Connecting the Dots - P2P
• General Supervision - You Matter
 
March 5, 2018
Agenda
• Budget Year in Review Presentation
• Budget Close Out Presentation
• Dispute Resolution Processes Presentation

• Agenda
• Passage of Leadership & Words of Wisdom - Zelphine Smith-Dixon
• Cross-Functional Monitoring - IDEA Fiscal Indicators
• LEA Excess Cost
• Cross-Functional Monitoring - IDEA Update
• Transition Planning Survey for FY18
• Technology Tips

 

September 26, 2017

• Agenda
• IDEA Equitable Services for Private and Home School Students
• Special Education Budgets: Maintenance of Effort (MOE)
• P2P & ME! An Overview of Programs and Services

 

August 29, 2017

• SELDA Leadership
• FTE and Federal Child Report, A Quick Look
• Understanding Disproportionality and Discrepancy

 

July 19, 2017

• Agenda
• Navigating Flexibility with Strategic Waiver and Charters Stats yet Still Providing FAPE
• Professional Qualifications and In-Field Requirements
• Special Education Budgets: The Beginnings