Designated Supports for General Education Students The Texas Education Agency has made significant changes in the eligibility criteria for the use of designated supports/accommodations and not general education students, not receiving special education or Section 504 services are eligible to receive designated supports without TEA approval. View the February 16, WAIP entitled Online Documentation of Designated Supports/Accommodations for General Education Students for more information. Click here to view the TEA Accommodation Resources webpage.  The Student Support Team should meet to determine which students have benefited from the use of supports during classroom instruction and assessment. The SST is led by a campus administrator and includes instructional coach(es), classroom teacher(s), and based on the area of concern, the counselor (for social/emotional and behavioral needs), nurse (health and physical needs), and school psychologist or social worker (psychological, social, and behavioral needs). Upon identification of students by the SST, the teacher should complete the Designated Supports for General Education Students form in My Data Portal. This form will capture information about the the area requiring the accommodation, the designated supports that are used during classroom instruction and assessment, and note the accessibility supports that are provided to support instruction, providing justification for each. Notice at the bottom of the form that two campus approvals are needed. First, the teacher completing the plan should click the esign button to save the entry. Second, the principal should review any forms submitted and also electronically sign. The form may be edited after initial creation to capture any changes made. Look at the Designated Supports section of the form. If the student is receiving extra time or oral/signed administration as a support, the teacher must also update intervention plan in Schoolnet. With the exception of these two designated supports, the remaining designated supports only need to be documented on MyData Portal. Eligibility criteria for the student needing extra time or oral/sign administration include
To update the Notes on the intervention plan, the teacher should log into Schoolnet and access the student’s reading intervention plan. Find the Notes Tab, and document how the designated support is used (regularly and effectively) during instruction/intervention by the student. Within the notes tab, the teacher may also attach student work artifacts or notes about the student. Click here to view instructions on how to update the notes in an intervention plan. |
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