This session will introduce participants to TEA’s Differentiated Monitoring and
Support (DMS) system for special education monitoring. Participants will gain an understanding of the required elements of special education monitoring, including the types and purposes of special education reviews and LEA may experience through the DMS system. Participants will engage in a deeper look into the LEA self-assessment, explore sources of evidence, guiding questions, compliance/strategy items, and quality levels and be able to complete the self-assessment and support ongoing LEA improvement efforts.
This session is designed for district and charter teams that will work through this process. Teams may include special education directors, central office staff, assessment personnel, campus administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, related services personnel, and parents.
This session is for districts and charters identified for the special education cyclical review in the 2019-2020 school year in groups 1 or 2. These groups will go through the self assessment process using these procedures. These procedures may change or be structured differently as stakeholders provide feedback and lessons are learned while these first two groups engage in these activities.
The workshop will consist of 3 hours of instruction in the morning with a work session in the afternoon to begin planning or working through the self assessment process.