Questions Contact: Anne Silverman and Katie Cruz
Director: Nolan Murphy
Reminder: Tuesday, February 17, 2025, was a non-student contact day, which means teams have an extra day within the 30-school-day window to work on IEPs or complete evaluations.
✨ Important Note: This does not extend deadlines for annual IEP meetings or three-year re-evaluations. If an IEP meeting or evaluation was due on that date, it still needed to be completed by the original deadline.
Need answers to your Special Education questions? 🎯 Talk to a LIVE person who’s ready to help!
📅 Tuesdays – Check the schedule for available times.
💻 Join us here: Google Meet
🔑 Google Nickname: spedofficehour2425
Staff, don't miss out on these professional development opportunities available to you on February 28, 2025!
✅ SIOP Training – Supporting language learners in math (Location: Anwatin MS)
✅ i-Ready PD – Personalized planning time and support (Location: Sanford MS)
✅ 6-12 Math Intervention – Targeted strategies for intervention
✅ Keynote Speaker: Dr. Treuer – Education in a Time of Racial Reckoning
These sessions are open to SPED teachers if they find them valuable. If you’re not teaching with i-Ready, the morning differentiated planning time might still be useful, as a trainer will be available to support individual needs.
📩 If you're interested, be sure to register for the sessions that best fit your needs! Kelsie.Leonard@mpls.k12.mn.us
Accelerate Academic Performance: Interactive, data-driven lessons cater to diverse learning needs, empowering educators to provide personalized intervention and enrichment for every student.
Standards Aligned Curriculum: Unlock your students’ potential with Vizzle, the dynamic K-12 supplemental curriculum that revolutionizes learning across Math, English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies.
Structured Planning: Resources including unit guides, lesson plans, and leveled activities can be easily mapped to any district scope and sequence, making planning simple, engagement meaningful, and data purposeful.
Automatic Data Collection: Collect data instantly as students complete teacher-assigned lessons that support IEP goals and curriculum with progress monitoring tools that ensure compliance and student success.
Get Started: Set up steps found here!
You have access to Microsoft Copilot, a powerful AI tool that can help you develop progress monitoring tools for student goals, especially when you're unsure how to approach them.
💡 How can AI help?
Generate data collection templates
Suggest metrics for tracking progress
Offer ideas for measuring hard-to-define goals
📺 See it in action! Watch the video to learn how AI can simplify your progress monitoring process.
We’re excited to announce that each Federal Setting III elementary special education teacher will soon receive a box of UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Institute) instructional materials to support literacy instruction!
📦 What to Expect:
Distribution is underway, and you will receive advance notice from materials coordinator Rhonda El-Said before your box arrives.
UFLI Foundations Teacher Manual
6 Lined White Boards
3 Blank Foldable Magnetic Boards
3 Grapheme Tile Sets
3 Kindergarten Magnetic Trays with Alphabet Letters
1 Set of Kid Lips Cards
For additional UFLI digital resources, please access [this link].
If you have any questions, please email mps.pic@mpls.k12.mn.us.
Thank you for your commitment to supporting student literacy!
Take the plunge with Minneapolis SPED/DAPE on March 1st at Lake Nokomis! 🌊💙
This exciting event helps raise funds for Unified Physical Education and MPS Unified Education, supporting inclusion and opportunities for all students.
🔗 Sign up here: https://www.plungemn.org/events/minneapolis/
📺 Watch this video to learn more!
We hope to see you there, let’s make a splash for a great cause! 🌟