2016-2017 February Case Manager Timeline

What We Do

Items to be completed by February 7:
  1. Retrieve all student service logs for the month of January, analyze services to ensure minutes have been met, discuss and give the monthly analysis of student service log to your DC with the analysis of services.  Highlight any concerns and note if they are recurring concerns that need administrative assistance.
  2. Meet with DC/TL & campus administrator to discuss student data on benchmarks and student improvement on standards comparing the benchmarks with the checkpoint data.
  3. Meet with the DC/TL to discuss the data collected on the effectiveness of the students' supports/accommodations.  Make recommendations for next steps.
  4. File Student Service Logs and student work samples for the month of January in designated student folder that is kept in a secure/confidential location (locked file cabinet).
Monthly Action Items
  1. Attend monthly Connection Meeting. 
  2. Discuss upcoming benchmark testing with parents. Explain what the assessment is used for and the standards that will be assessed (use scope & sequence as a guide). Let parents know that accommodations will be provided during the assessment. 
  3. Ensure all students receive their testing accommodations during the Benchmark (February 13-24 for grades 3-8 & English I & II). 
  4. Following the Benchmark, discuss with parents the results of the assessment. Use the data from both the first and second benchmark to discuss progress as well as areas of concern. Discuss next steps with regards to instruction.
  5. Work with the campus to develop a plan to address areas of weakness (based on Benchmark data) for each student that you case manage. This plan may roll out during interventions and may be led by general education teachers, special education teachers, Instructional Specialists, or any other service personnel who interact with the students to improve academic performance. 
  6. Check with Special Education and General Education teachers who instruct your students to find out how the program is working for the student & if there are any concerns/questions regarding the level of support that the student is receiving. 
  7. Collaborate with general education teachers regarding the implementation of InSync and monitor the use of InSync. 
  8. Distribute Teacher Input Forms to all staff who instruct any student who has an ARD scheduled in February (due date – 2 wks prior to ARD). 
  9. Retrieve Teacher Input Forms from all teachers who have completed them for ARDs this month. 
  10. Connect with all parents who you have an ARD meeting scheduled with this month to discuss ideas for the new plan that will be finalized during the ARD meeting (let parents know that you will be sending the draft PLAAFP statement and goals/objectives home to be reviewed). 
  11. Update communication log and collaborate with teachers any information from parent communication that is pertinent to their class/supports they should be providing. 
  12. Retrieve the Service Logs for the students you case manage and review services being provided. Discuss discrepancies with teachers providing the service. If service concerns have not been addressed, review concerns with campus SpEd DC/TL. 
  13. Talk to parents. Find out if there’s anything that they need to come home that can help them with their child’s learning. Find out if they are getting timely communication from their child's teachers or if there is any other way that you can assist them (being proactive goes a long way). 
  14. Meet with the students that you case manage at least twice outside of the class that you teach them in. Find out what they need help with. Recommend a book that they should read. Find out if there is any area that they are having difficulty and develop a plan with them to address the concerns. 

Items to be completed during, or prior to the end of, February: 
  1. Secondary Case Managers: Distribute IEP Progress reports (end of six weeks Feb. 24) & maintain verification of distribution - possible options for distribution:
  •  Place a copy with the student's teacher who distributes report cards and have it stapled behind the report card going home. 
  • Send progress report home with the student. 
  • Send progress report home via mail (discuss postage with campus administrator).
     2.  Draft PLAAFP, Goals/Objectives, Accommodations and send to parents (as a draft) 5 days prior to scheduled IEP/ARD meeting. 
     3. Make sure accommodations/supplemental aids are prepared/available for students to receive before the February 13-24 benchmark. 

Items to be completed by March 7:
  1. Retrieve all student service logs for the month of February, analyze services to ensure minutes have been met, discuss and give the monthly analysis of student service log to your DC with the analysis of services. Highlight any concerns and note if they are recurring concerns that need administrative assistance. 
  2. Meet with DC/TL to discuss student data on benchmarks and to discuss the data collected on the effectiveness of the students' supports/accommodations. 
  3. File Student Service Logs and student work samples for the month of February in a folder designated for the student that is kept in a secure/confidential location (locked file cabinet).