A Hodge Podge Page – Beginning of the Year Reminders!

August 25th, 2014  

Don’t need to print the goals for all of the standards in your IEPs? Do this:

On the Goals and Objectives screen in the database, when the standards are displayed there is  a small “Print” icon next to each standard:

 Print Standard

When you click on that icon, it will give you the option to print either the “Report” or the “Goals/Objs” for that standard.

Print Report

Clicking on “Report” will print out the report for the goals associated with that standard only.

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Writing a Written Notice in the database?? Click the “Create New Written Notice” button at the bottom of the screen. Don’t just write over an old one!

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If you have been considering Extended School Year for a student and just never really had the data, now is a good time to collect some data on the student’s skills to be able to compare with where they were at the end of last year or after Winter Break.

Your job is not to make the decision of whether a student qualifies, but rather to take the data so that the TEAM can make that decision!

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Some things to check out!!

Start the year with a motivational video! Got grit?

www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit

Something for everyone at these websites!

http://interactivesites.weebly.com     www.teacherspayteachers.com

 

How to Change Your Printer in FileMaker

March 28th, 2013  

The program that runs the Special Education database is called FileMaker Pro.  The print setting for FileMaker are separate from the print settings for most other programs on your computer, and changing the default printer in your Control Panel will not affect your printer settings for FileMaker.

To change your printer in FileMaker, open the Special Ed database and then select File –> Print Setup:
Snapshot of File Menu - Where to find Print Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the next window use the drop down list to select the printer that you would like to use and click OK.
Snapshot of Print Setup screen

March 2013 FAQs

March 17th, 2013  

FAQs

Q: Who contacts the transportation office when students need to have transportation added to or removed from their program?

A: The case manager is responsible.

Q: When I print my IEP, the last line of the PLAAFP cuts in half. What can I do?

A: The most important thing is that you notice that this has happened so that you are not     sending it home difficult to read. The best thing to do is to check where the line is cutting off and hit “enter” a few times to move that line down to the next page. Reprint and check again. Repeat until it is a clean line.

Q: What was I supposed to do with that consent for transition agency section on the IEP signature page?

A: By law, we are required to invite transition agencies, as appropriate, to IEP meetings starting when students turn 16 years old. We are also required to have consent to have any agency that we invite participate. The section on the signature page of the IEP is for parents/ adult student to provide their consent. If no transition agencies were invited to the meeting, write “none at this time” on the signature line, and the parent does not need to sign. Please also  reconsider the need for a transition agency to be invited for the next meeting.

Previewing IEPs and Printing Individual Pages

March 7th, 2013  

Minor revisions or amendments to student IEPs will often create the need to print a single page of a student’s IEP.  The print menu allows you to select individual pages of a student’s IEP, but you will need to know which page contains the content you are looking for.

Snapshot of IEP print screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because every student’s PLAAFP is different, each IEP is a different length.  One student’s “Program Modifications & Accommodations” may appear on page 3, while a different student’s may print on page 5. To avoid printing extra pages, you can preview a printed version of the IEP first, to be sure you are printing the correct page.

1. Select the student record that you wish to print, and click on the “Preview IEP” tab at the top of the screen:
Snapshot of IEP Database Tabs

 

 

2. When the preview of the IEP comes up, use the rolodex arrows in the upper left hand corner to scroll through the individual pages of the IEP:
Snapshot of IEP database Rolodex

 

 

3. Once you’ve located the page you need, hit ‘ENTER’ on your keyboard, or click the blue “Continue” button: Snapshot of "Continue" button

 

4. The database will then prompt you with a series of popup windows:

Print this IEP? (hit Cancel)
Print Assessment Participation Page? (hit Cancel)
Preview Additional Comments Page? (hit Cancel)
Preview Goals and Objectives? (hit Cancel)

5.  The database will take you back to the Print Menu.  Use the checkboxes to select the individual IEP page(s) that you wish to print, and hit the “Print Selected Forms” button.
Snapshot of "Print Selected Forms" button

 

 

Printing Procedural Safeguards

January 30th, 2013  

Parent Rights/Procedural Safeguards can now be accessed and printed directly from the special ed database.  The new “Print Procedural Safeguards” button on the Print screen in the Sped database will take you to a pdf version of the file.

Snapshot of "Print Procedural Safeguards" button

A link to this file can also be found on the Pupil Services section of the KPBSD webpage.  The link was just updated today with the most recent version of Procedural Safeguards from the state—the current version is dated “August 2012” on the cover page.

Snapshot: Where to find the procedural safeguards on the KPBSD webpage