Course Description
Develop shared understanding of the legal components to an IEP and the
documentations
Outcomes:
- Understand and act on the following:
- FAPE Standards, Overview of Legally-Compliant IEP's including: comparison to 504 Present levels & Adverse Effects Assessment, Accommodations, Autism Considerations Supports for school personnel (template statement) Review of conference summary page info, Goal writing, Behavior Interventions, Discipline of Students with Disabilities Placement/LRE and ESY Transition Roles/Communication with resident district and IEP process Re-evals/private evals/eligibility determination LEA roles (Before/During/After)
Who Should Attend: TrueNorth Educators
Satisfactory completion requirements:
- Attendance is based on your signature in and out of the session. Failure to provide a signature in and out will result in no credit. Virtual attendance is taken via completion of a Form using a hyperlink or QR code.
- Participants are expected to attend the entire session to earn credit.
- Participants must complete an electronic course evaluation within two weeks of the session date to be sent a certificate.
- Accommodations, questions and complaints can be directed to: professionallearning@truenorth804.org
Cost Information: Participation fees are waived for TrueNorth employees, TrueNorth member district employees, and parents of students in our TrueNorth member districts.
Cancellation and Refund Information: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advance notice to open the spot for another person. TrueNorth reserves the right to cancel any session due to low enrollment. TrueNorth does not charge prior to the start of the offered session. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up to the individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
About the Presenters: Teri Engler, TrueNorth Legal Counsel from Engler, Callaway, Baasten & Sraga, LLC
Financial Disclosure: Teri Engler is legal counsel of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receives a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Teri Engler has no relevant non-financial relationships.
*Member Districts include:
Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
Have a question? Check out the Professional Learning FAQs or contact professionallearning@truenorth804.org.
To register for this series please have your administrator contact Lindsay Kiraly (lkiraly@truenorth804.org).