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Action Requested: Special Education: Educational Assistant Professional Development 11/6/2009 2:30 PM TO: Special Education Educational Assistants Special Education Teachers Principals FR: Valeria Silva, Chief Academic Officer Cecelia Dodge, Director, Special Education Gail Ghere, Assistant Administrator, Special Education RE: Special Education: Educational Assistant Professional Development Information: On Friday, November 13, the district’s next professional development day, Special Education will be offering professional development for secondary and elementary educational assistants (EAs). There are both morning and afternoon sessions offered, with each covering the same material. These sessions will be held at Details: This is a secondary professional development day while elementary schools have a parent-teacher conference day. Principals and directing teachers should determine if the EAs who are working this day are available to attend the morning or afternoon session. EAs would report to their school the other half of the day for other assigned duties. The tentative agenda includes topics covered in the Minnesota Paraprofessional Competency 1; special education law, teacher and paraprofessional roles and responsibilities, mandated reporting, and data privacy/confidentiality. A presentation on a disability specific topic will also be covered. Final details on that topic are still being confirmed. Action: EAs may register for either a morning or afternoon session by logging on to PD Express, and they can monitor the Special Education Newsletter on Monday, November 9th, for more details. Similar professional development opportunities for EAs are also being arranged for January 29th and April 9th. Contact: DJ Johnston with any questions. (651) 767-8256 dj.johnston@spps.org |