Q: I keep getting reminded that I need to include more on the PLAAFPs. Where do I find the info I am being asked to include?
A: Information for all areas of the PLAAFP needs to be gathered from a variety of sources. You will get a lot of the information from your ESER, if the evaluation was held recently. If not, some of that information may still be relevant, but you will also need to get information from a variety of other sources, i.e. SBA or HSGQE scores, your IEP team members, curriculum based measures and classroom assessments, IEP progress reports, etc.
Please review December’s newsletter and ask your program coordinator if you have any questions!! And remember: At each annual review, the PLAAFP must be updated with the student’s current information!
Q: What is the 45-day timeline from consent to ESER?
R: The day that parents sign consent for any evaluation, a 45-school day timeline begins. The team has 45 school days from the date consent is signed to the date of the determination of eligibility. The 45 schools days must be counted carefully from the date of consent to the date of the meeting to determine eligibility (ESER). Remember to count only school days. **Note: Ideally all individual evaluation reports will be completed and available to the team, including the parent, prior to the meeting—around the 30 day mark of the timeline.
There have been several situations in the past few weeks where the timeline has been miscalculated result ing in timelines that are past due. Be sure to count and recount!
Q: Why does it feel like the paperwork that I turn in is being “nit-picked”?
R: The paperwork that is kept in the district office is a student’s official educational record. The file must be maintained with a high level of professionalism. Documents contained therein cannot have spelling errors, incorrect dates, white-out, crossed out dates and words, etc. If you think about it, as educators, would we accept work from our students that had those kinds of errors?
Here are some things to be extra watchful of in regards to the signature cover page:
– Ensure that you have the correct student’s cover page at your IEP meeting.
– Once you print it, check that ALL dates at the top of the page are correct and match the meeting date.
– Check that you have secured the parent signature on all applicable lines and boxes.