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December 8, 2020
The Minnesota Department of Education's (MDE) final Special Education Directors' Forum for 2020 has been scheduled for Friday, December 11, from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. We look forward to joining you for a review of the latest information and to preview upcoming events of importance to Minnesota students receiving special education services, educators and administrators.
Agenda
9:30 a.m.: Welcome and Announcements – Robyn Widley, Director of Special Education, MDE
9:35 a.m.: Agency and Legislative Updates –Daron Korte, Assistant Commissioner, MDE
9:45 a.m.: Minnesota Administrators for Special Education (MASE) Update – John Klaber, Executive Director; Sarah Mittelstadt, President, MASE
9:50 a.m.: Review of MDE COVID-19 Guidance, Q and As
In-School/In-Home In-Person Services for Students with Disabilities
Q & A: In-Person Instruction and Services Provided by School Staff to Students with Disabilities
Robyn Widley, Director; Tom Delaney, Supervisor, Special Education
Q&A: Reevaluation under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Rebecca Nesset, Compliance Specialist; Kim Cooper, Dispute Resolution Team, Compliance and Assistance
Extension of Developmental Delay to Age 9
Danielle Hayden, Early Childhood Special Education Supervisor, Early Learning
10:20 a.m.: Break
10:25 p.m.: School Finance Division Update – Paul Ferrin, Special Education Funding and Data Supervisor, MDE
10:35 a.m.: Special Education Division Updates – Eric Kloos, Tom Delaney, Aaron Barnes and Carolyn Cherry, Special Education Leadership Team; Dawn Cameron and Lauren Walker, Student Assessment, MDE
10:55 a.m.: Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Updates – Denise Hermann
11:15 a.m.: Closing and Adjourn – Robyn Widley
Attendee Instructions
We will be using Zoom Webinar for this virtual Forum. Register for the Forum on the Zoom website. Registered attendees will receive a personalized link to join the December 11 Forum. Attendees will be muted; please use the Q&A function for questions during the Forum. After the Forum, address questions to mde.special-ed@state.mn.us. Use the chat box to alert the host about technical or other issues with the Forum.
This Forum will be recorded. A captioned version will be made available for later viewing.
Our partners at Paradigm Veritext will again provide a live transcription of the Forum. For the November Forum, captioning will be through the Zoom application. During the Forum, access the captions with the Closed Caption button at the bottom right of the Zoom meeting screen. If you wish to access the ASL interpretation also available for this Forum, please email Doug Gray.
After the Forum ends, attendees will be directed to an online evaluation on the Alchemer (formerly SurveyGizmo) website. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for the December Forum.
We look forward to seeing you at our monthly virtual Directors' Forums. Thank you for everything you do for students receiving special education services in Minnesota.
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