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 2016-2017

2016-17 Meeting Schedule

Meeting Handouts

• Agenda
• Dispute Resolution Processes - Due Process Hearings & Mediation, Formal Complaints Process &  Mediation
• Tricks to Closing Out the Year
• Special Education End of Year Procedures
• Projections Spreadsheet Blank
• Projections Updated Blank
• Sample System Level Projection
• Teacher Formulas

• Agenda
• Gratitude
• Cross Functional Monitoring Presentation
• Behavior and Discipline
• Disproportionality - Old & New
• Assistive Technology Presentation

• Agenda

G-CASE Fall Conference Schedule

• Agenda
• Legal Issues and Facilitative IEPs
• Assistive Technology Tech Tips
• Extensions vs Web Apps vs Add-ons
• Google Chrome Supports for Reading
• Google Chrome Supports for Writing
  

• Agenda
• Data - A Deeper Understanding of FTE and Dispro for ID and Placement
• Assistive Technology
• Assistive Technology Presentation
• Technology Tip
• Leadership - Movie posters
• General Supervision - Practical Strategies for Reducing Disproportionality in Special Education
• Questions Adapted from Dan Losen’s and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s, Annotated Checklist for Addressing Racial Disproportionality in Special Education (2008)
• General Supervision - Evaluations and Eligibility
• Eligibility for Speech and Language Impairment
• Eligibility for Significant Developmental Delay
• Jeopardy Activity
• Jeopardy Questions and Answers
• Completing the Application Process for High Cost and Residential Reintegration Grants for FY 17
• What Do You Still Need to Know?
• What Do You Still Need to Know Questions and Answers
• Dear Colleague Letter on Incarcerated Students 12-5-14
• University Directory of Programs in Visual Impairments
  

September 14, 2016

• Agenda
• Building Bridges to Bright Futures Through Family Engagement
• LEA - Maintenance of Effort
• Technology Tips for iDevices
• General Supervision - Child Find
• What Do You Still Need to Know? Feedback

August 23, 2016

• Agenda
• Going Deeper with Budget Submission and Proportionate Share
• FTE and Federal Report - A Quick Look

July 20, 2016

• Agenda
• Special Education Data 101 Presentation
• Basic Budget Presentation
• Con App Budgets FY17 Worksheet Word | PDF
• Understanding My State Allocations FY17 Word | PDF
• Navigating Flexibility with Strategic Waiver and Charters Status yet Still Providing FAPE Presentation
  

June 21, 2016

• Agenda
• General Supervision to Promote Improved Student Outcomes
• Special Education DATA: The Big Picture
• IDEA - Before the Beginning