21-22 Sped Onboarding Handbook

Special Education Onboarding Handout Onboarding for New & Returning Teachers Hays CISD Department of SPecial Education

Everything you need to Succeed 1. Welcome Letter 2. Getting Started 3. Department Staff Directory Web 4. Sped Teacher Responsibilities 5. Instructional Resources 6. 30, 60, 90 day Coaching Plan 7. Understanding the Continuum of Services All students can learn and succeed, but not in the same way and not in the same day. -William G. Spady

Welcome Letter

Special Education Teacher Getting Started District Systems ARD Support ● Outlook ● Responsibility Checklist ● Turn on Forward Gmail to Outlook ● SuccessEd ● TEAMS - Gradebook ● How to Write an IEP - the Hays Way ● Classlink ● Hays PLAAFP Template ● Schoology ● Progress Report Directions ● Schoology Onboarding ● Contingency Schedule of Services ● Devices Browsers, WiFi ● Using the FIE to write a PLAFFP ● More District Systems Here ● Accommodation Central District Instructional Resources Calendars and Schedules ● Eduphoria - Setting Up a Monitor List ● Hays CISD Calendar ● Schoology ● Bell Schedule ● Content Resources ● Hays CISD Assessment Plan ● Lead4ward Resources ● Elementary: ask your campus SpEd Dept. ● TEKS Resource System Lead for Sped Services & Master Schedule ● Digital Tools & Online Resources ● More Resources Here Need help? ● Technology Help Desk Professional Development ● SpEd C&I Team ● Summer Catalog ● Request a Digital Learning Coach ● Region 13 eCampus ● Technology Work Order ● Eduphoria - Strive ● MSB X Logs Resource Center ● Hays CISD - Teacher Learnings ● How to Document Exchange Day

Department Staff Directory Web

SPED Teacher Responsibilities Case Managers Writing IEP's Supervising Responsibilities Paraprofessionals Checklist Progress Reports SpEd Specific Tech Need Support? Programs ● SpEd C&I Team ● MSB ● MSB X Logs Resource ● SuccessEd Center ● SuccessEd How To ● Registering for SuccessEd

Instructional Resources Hays CISD Instructional Support Support for your classroom Planning & Content Resources Data Collection & Digging Instructional Support ● Schoology ● FIE ● Supplemental Aides ● Content Resources ● Eduphoria ● Graphic Organizers ● Lead4ward Resources ● TEAMS ● Accommodation Central ● TEKS Resource System ● TIFs ● Text to Speech & Speech to Text Learning Resources for Staff You're not alone! For support, please contact your SpEd IC!

30, 60, 90 Day Coaching Plan Hays CISD Department of Special Education First 30 Days First 60 Days First 90 Days observations & feedback learn how to lesson plan prepare for Ard's ● Expect to meet with ● Expect to meet with ● Expect to meet with your SpEd IC on a your SpEd IC on a your SpEd IC on a bi-weekly basis monthly basis weekly basis ● Your SpEd IC will ● Observations & conduct in class feedback will ● You will learn how observations & continue to prepare for & feedback sessions ● Meetings will focus complete ARD ● Observations will on lesson planning paperwork focus on coteaching for coteaching & strategies resource ● Your SpEd IC will classrooms coach you on the Case Manager Responsibilities

Understanding the Continuum of Services

Supervising Paraprofessionals #BetterTogether Hays CISD Special Education Department TEA Resource Working with Paraprofessionals Provide Paras with Class Paras Creates Monitor List Paras and MSB Rosters 1. Create monitor list in 1. Using class rosters, create 1. Provide Paras with a list of Eduphoria. Paras use class student list in MSB. assigned case students from rosters to create a monitor list in SpEd department chair. Eduphoria. 2. Set up sessions to document student support. 2. Review with Para their roles 2. In Eduphoria Paras are and responsibilities in the required to review: Progress Monitoring classroom. 1. When appropriate, Paras can ● Goals (can be in the form progress monitor goals and of data sheets) track data using tracking sheets. ● Accommodations for each student ● BIP (if needed)