What We Do Due by August 12: ⬜ Participate in Case Manager 101. Recording link for Case Managers beginning after August 12. ⬜ Obtain a list of students that you case manage from DC/TL. ⬜ Claim the students in Frontline/eSped who you case manage by changing the case manager’s name to yours. Due by August 17: ⬜ Begin entering services into students’ Frontline/eSped Services Logs as soon as you start providing services. ⬜ Create Student Roster with required information. Submit Roster to DC/TL. Due by August 24: ⬜ Introduce yourself to GenEd and homebound teachers as the student’s case manager. Explain the IEP paperwork (and the unique needs of the student) to the teachers who are working with the student this year. Make sure that the teachers know how to retrieve (and digitally sign) the IEP documents in Frontline/eSped. ⬜ Frontline/eSped: Electronically send the GenEd teacher bundle (document share) to all general education, special education, and homebound teachers who instruct the students you case manage. Review each student’s signed record and speak with those teachers who have not signed for the paperwork. ⬜ Signed Completed Verification of Special Education Services Form showing all students are scheduled to receive their IEP service. Verify that the student's schedule matches the student's Schedule of Services page in the IEP and that the master schedule shows that a teacher is assigned to the class to provide the services. ⬜ Introduce yourself to the students you case manage ⬜ Send Letter home to parents (Spanish Version) may use email or other virtual means) introducing yourself, your background, and what your role is in ensuring that their child is receiving the services outlined in the student’s IEP (document date sent home & how letter was sent). Include in the letter the last annual ARD date and that the next annual ARD will take place on or before that date. This letter may also include any upcoming important dates for the next month, semester, or year. Please include letters to any students receiving homebound services as well. ⬜ Communicate with parents: introduce yourself as the case manager (explain as needed), provide information regarding meet the teacher night and encourage them to come (plan to send home information from meet the teacher night for those parents who don't attend), include information on any scheduled beginning of the year assessments that are taking place in August and September (BOY Circle Screener, DRA, MAP) and let parents know that the screeners are used to get baseline data which helps teachers to know student strengths and weaknesses to determine where to begin instruction. ⬜ Verify that all teachers have signed for each student's IEP documents through Frontline eSped and print the signature log to submit with the BOY Spreadsheet. GenEd teachers are responsible for maintaining STEP binders and should include these documents in their binders.
Due by September 4: ⬜ Parent Contact Log in Frontline eSped has two entries documenting the date that the parent letter was sent home and the initial verbal communication to parents – District expectation is that 100% of parents have been communicated with and know who their child's case manager is before mid-September. District expectation of completion of above submissions - 100% |
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