Special Education Directors

Calendar and Resources for Special Education Directors

Welcome to the Special Education Director resource page. On this page you will find a calendar with important dates and resources to help you meet requirements as well as technical assistance delivered through the Special Education Director Academy.   

2024 Special Education Director Academy

The 2024 Special Education Director Academy was held July 24-26, 2024, at the Stoney Creek Hotel in Columbia, Missouri.

Thanks to everyone who contributed time, effort, resources, and expertise to make this the best 
conference it could possibly be. 

Session Titles - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Presenter(s)

Presentation(s)

I'm a Leader: Now What?Amy PhippsPowerPoint
Effective Practices OverviewGwen Deimeke
James Bouslaugh
PowerPoint
Special Education (SPED) Finance OverviewLeslie Porter
Alicia Hunt Kettermann
PowerPoint
Behavior Consultants OverviewJessica JordanPowerPoint
Access to Educational Materials (AEM)Kristin FunkPowerPoint
Introduction to the SPP/APR IndicatorsMary Corey
Tori Chance
PowerPoint
Special Education General SupervisionBev Luetkemeyer
Mary Corey
PowerPoint
Assessments and EvaluationsTiffiney Smith
Dawn Lichtenberg
PowerPoint

Session Titles - Thursday, July 25, 2024

Presenter(s)

Presentation(s)

Data Overview, MOSIS, Child Count, Personnel, Miscellaneous ReportingMary Corey

SE Data Overview PowerPoint

SE Data Reporting Table 2024-25

SE Data Reporting Code Sets

Reporting of SE Teaching Assignments

SE Teacher Reporting Example

Decision Tree for Coding ECSE Educational Environments

Worksheet for Determining the ECSE Educational Environment

ECSE Educational Environments

Early Childhood Special EducationJeanne Rothermel
Julia Schmitz
Leasa Day

Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE): Compliance Data, and Finance PowerPoint

Decision Tree for Coding ECSE Educational Environments

Special Education (SPED) Finance: An Answer to All of Your QuestionsLeslie Porter
Alicia Hunt Ketterman
PowerPoint
Dispute Resolution: "Practical Steps to Avoiding Conflict"Pam Blagden
Melynda Van Note
PowerPoint
Discipline, Seclusion, and RestraintJeanne Rothermel
Mary Corey
PowerPoint
Pre-Kindergarten FundingAlicia Hunt KettermanPowerPoint

Session Title - Friday, July 26, 2024

Presenter(s)

Presentation(s)

Postsecondary Transition Education - Evolution of Drew From School to CareerLynn Lynch
Dawn Lichtenberg
Connie Roth
PowerPoint
Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP)
Form C: Postsecondary Transition Plan
Child Complaint ProcessMelissa ConleyPowerPoint
Postsecondary Transition Data, Resources, and ChangesMary Corey
Tori Chance
Gwen Deimeke
PowerPoint
Graduate Follow Up Spreadsheet
Indicator 14 Follow Up Survey
Indicator 14 Data Fact Sheet
It is Friday and I'm STILL the Leader: Now What?Amy PhippsPowerPoint

 

Special Education Task Calendar

Task Calendar

Calendar Months

Table of Contents

January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December

June

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
30 MOSIS Student Core, Enrollment, and Attendance files due Technical Assistance Data(link sends email)
30 MOSIS Discipline file due   Data(link sends email)
30 Parentally Placed Private School Survey due   Data(link sends email)

July

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Budget Application due ePeGS Part B Budget Application Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 LEA Written Procedures due General Federal Guidance Manual Finance(link sends email)
1 LEA Accounting System Accounting Manual Finance(link sends email)
1 Semi-Annual Certifications Time and Effort Guidance Finance(link sends email)
1 Federal Award Identification Information Due Federal Award Identification Spreadsheet Finance(link sends email)
26 2021 Virtual Special Education Director Academy Registration(link is external) Compliance Data EP(link sends email)

August

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
15 Core Data Screen 3 Contacts MOSIS Core Data Manual Data(link sends email)
15 Annual Secretary of the Board Report due   Finance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

September

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
17 Watch CAP Year Webinar Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
17 Receive Special Education Program Review Report Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
30 Part B Final Expenditure Report due ePeGs Part B FER Guide Finance(link sends email)
30 Preliminary Special Education District Profiles available Profile and Profile Review Guide Data(link sends email)
30 High Need Fund Application due HNF Application Finance(link sends email)

October

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
15 MOSIS Educator Course and Assignment files due   Data(link sends email)
15 Early Childhood Special Education Final Expenditure Report due ECSE FER Guide Finance(link sends email)
18 Complete Step 1 in IMACS 30 days from date of Special Education Program Review Report Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
31 Public Placement Fund Application due PPF Application Finance(link sends email)

November

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Start Conducting Self-Assessment Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
30 Readers for the Blind Application RBP Application Finance(link sends email)

December

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
3 Continue Self-Assessment Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
15 MOSIS Child Count and Environments of Students with Disabilities Technical Assistance Data(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

January

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 Semi-Annual Certifications Time and Effort Guidance Finance(link sends email)
15 Child Count Verification due Instructions Child Count Verification Report Data(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
31 Special Education Finance Self-Assessment due Tiered Monitoring and Fiscal Monitoring Guide Finance(link sends email)
31 Blind Literacy Survey due   Data(link sends email)

February

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 Self-Assessment in IMACS due Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
15 MOSIS Graduate and Dropout Follow-up due Technical Assistance Data(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

March

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Proportionate Share Carryover Release Report due ePeGs Proportionate Share Carryover Release Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
20 Submit Follow Up Timelines in IMACS Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

April

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Submit verification documentation for the desk review Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
1 Submit documentation to clear CAPs   Compliance(link sends email)
1 Part B Payment Request ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
1 Complete Step 2 in IMACS Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
30 Part B Budget Application Revision due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

May

DayTaskResourcesContact
1 Part B Payment Request ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)
15 Initial Evaluation Timelines due Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
15 Part C to B Transition Compliance Tiered-Monitoring IMACS FAQs Compliance(link sends email)
20 Part B Payment Request due ePeGs Part B Payment Request Guide Finance(link sends email)

Special Education Virtual Support Meetings

The Office of Special Education is collaborating with Special Education Consultants from the nine Missouri Regional Professional Development Centers to provide twice-monthly Zoom meetings. The meetings are scheduled to last one hour, from nine to ten a.m., and will cover a range of timely and relevant topics for special education professionals.

2024-25 Meeting Dates
DateTimeTopicZoom Link
08/22/2024 9 a.m. Back to School: Child Find and Residency- No Delay Join Meeting(link is external)
09/05/2024 9 a.m. Administrator Checklist Join Meeting(link is external)
09/19/2024 9 a.m. Practical Steps to Avoiding Conflict Join Meeting(link is external)
10/10/2024 9 a.m. Educational Benefit Review: Smart Goals that Address Student Needs and are Measurable Join Meeting(link is external)
10/24/2024 9 a.m. Alternatives to Suspension/Chronic Absenteeism Join Meeting(link is external)
11/07/2024 9 a.m. Using Assistive Technology Join Meeting(link is external)
11/21/2024 9 a.m. Parent Engagement: Effective Communication Promotes Mutual Trust Join Meeting(link is external)
12/05/2024 9 a.m. Child Count Join Meeting(link is external)
01/09/2025 9 a.m. Transition Liaison Program Join Meeting(link is external)
01/23/2025 9 a.m. High Leverage Practices for Managing Behaviors Join Meeting(link is external)
02/06/2025 9 a.m. YCDD, LRE, and ECSE Evaluation Join Meeting(link is external)
02/20/2025 9 a.m. Occupational Therapy: Screener vs. Evaluation Join Meeting(link is external)
03/20/2025 9 a.m. Progress Monitoring: Not Just for IEP Goals Join Meeting(link is external)
04/10/2025 9 a.m. MTSS and Special Education  Join Meeting(link is external)
04/24/2025 9 a.m. Data Reporting and End of Year Wrap-up Join Meeting(link is external)
2024-25 Topic Resources

August 22, 2024: Back to School: Child Find and Residency- No Delay

September 5, 2024: Administrator Checklist

September 19, 2024: Practical Steps to Avoiding Conflict

October 10, 2024: Educational Benefit Review: Smart Goals that Address Student Needs and are Measurable

October 24, 2024: Alternatives to Suspension/Chronic Absenteeism

November 7, 2024: Using Assistive Technology

November 21, 2024: Parent Engagement: Effective Communication Promotes Mutual Trust

January 9, 2025: Transition Liaison Program

January 23, 2025: High Leverage Practices

February 6, 2025: YCDD, LRE, and ECSE Evaluation

2023-24 Topic Resources

September 7, 2023: Back to school-Literacy Initiatives, Legislative Changes, and General Special Education Updates

September 21, 2023: Science of Reading

October 5, 2023: Making Quality Eligibility Determinations: Assessments and Evaluation Reports

October 19, 2023: Co-Teaching: Benefits and Strategies

November 9, 2023: Post-Secondary Transition:
Agency Resources

December 7, 2023: High School Career Technical Education (CTE) The Law, The Data & The Enrollment Process

January 11, 2024: The Discipline Process including Manifestation Determination

January 25, 2024: Introducing the Role of: Behavior Consultant

February 8, 2024: Specially Designed Instruction 

February 22, 2024: Providing Speech and Language Interventions

February 29, 2024: Reading Comprehension and Reading Fluency: Digging Deeper to Develop Appropriate IEPs

April 11, 2024: High Leverage Practices: Foundation for Success

April 25, 2024: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS): Planning Effective Systems of Support with Interventions, Accommodations, and Modifications

May 9, 2024: School Year Wrap-Up: Reminders, Lessons, and Victories

2022-23 Topic Resources

August 25, 2022: Welcome back (Monthly Guidance, Local Compliance Plan/State Plan/Standards & Indicators Updates, Seclusion & Restraint Guidance, and Transfer Process)

September 8, 2022: Progress Monitoring

September 22, 2022: Core Data and MOSIS Training

October 6, 2022: Prior Written Notice (PWN)

October 20, 2022: Enhancing Parent Engagement in Schools

November 10, 2022: Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled (MSSD) Eligibility

December 8, 2022: Graduation and Termination of Special Education and Related Services 

January 5, 2023: Special Education Profile

January 19, 2023: Determining Placement and Least Restrictive Environment: The What, Why, When and How

February 9, 2023: MO Assistive Technology - using technology in the classroom / AEM

February 23, 2023: Missouri Assessment Program - Alternate (MAP-A)

March 9, 2023: Career Education Special Needs (CESN)

April 6, 2023 Emotional Disturbance and Autism: Overview of Eligibility

April 20, 2023: Resources for Students with Autism: Project ACCESS and the ASCEND Program

May 11, 2023 End of The Year Wrap-Up: End of the Year To-Dos and Resources

2021-22 Topic Resources

September 9, 2021: Changes to intellectual disability criteria that went into effect June 30, 2021

September 23, 2021: Parentally Placed Private and Parochial School Students with Disabilities

October 7, 2021: Review of Existing Data

October 21, 2021: SPP/APR Stakeholder Involvement and Questions from the Field

November 4, 2021: S.M.A.R.T. Goals

November 18, 2021: Students with Disabilities and Shortened School Days

December 9, 2021: Other Health Impaired - 2021 Eligibility Changes

December 23, 2021: Questions from the Field

January 6, 2022: Postsecondary Transition Planning

January 20, 2022: Observations

February 10, 2022: Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)

February 24, 2022: Extended School Year (ESY)

March 10, 2022: Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)

March 24, 2022: Questions from the Field

April 7, 2022: Specific Learning Disability (SLD)

April 21, 2022: Evaluation and Assessment

May 5, 2022: Vocational Rehabilitation/Pre-Employment Transition Services

May 19, 2022: Educational Benefit Review (EBR)

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RPDC Compliance Consultant Information
RegionCompliance ConsultantPhone NumberContact
  1. Southeast
Tiffiney Smith 573-651-2621 Email(link sends email)
  1. Heart of Missouri
Lynn Lynch 573-424-7847 Email(link sends email)
  1. Kansas City
Bailey Tennesen 816-235-5957 Email(link sends email)
  1. Northeast
Dawn Lichtenberg 660-785-6080 Email(link sends email)
  1. Northwest
Julia Schmitz 660-562-1995 Email(link sends email)
  1. South Central
Leasa Day 573-341-6821 Email(link sends email)
  1. Southwest
Amy Phipps 417-836-4082 Email(link sends email)
  1. St. Louis
Jeanne Rothermel 314-724-6736 Email(link sends email)
  1. Central
Julie Harris 660-232-0387 Email(link sends email)

 

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