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Special Ed Staff Newsletter August 2022
Nereida Gutierrez
Director, Special Education
ESY 2022 Highlights
The student learned about sea life and used their artistic skills to make sea turtles. | Friday flag ceremony was a fun time to gather and have the student's share their talents. | More sea life! These students learned about jelly fish. |
August Professional Development Days
- 8/9/22 (optional, paid) 8am - 12pm - Welcome Back PD & Collaboration (Sign up in Vector)
- 8/11/22, 8/12/22 - District PD Days at your individual sites
Classified District PD Days (8/12 & 8/15):
Please log in to Vector to see all available events for the 2 PD days
- 8/12/22 (8am - 12pm) - PD in person at your site
- 8/12/22 (12:30 - 2:30) - PD via zoom at your site (sign up in Vector)
- 8/15/22 (8am - 2:30pm) - PD via zoom at your site (sign up in Vector)
Classified Only - August CPI Opportunities
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CPI Opportunities (Space is very limited):
YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS TO BECOME CERTIFIED (8/10 & 8/15)
- 8/10/22 & 8/15/22 (8am - 3:00pm) - CPI (MultiLingual Center, Room F)
- 8/10 Only - 6hrs. paid at your hourly rate
YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS TO BECOME CERTIFIED (8/12 & 8/15)
- 8/12/22 (12:30 - 4:30) & 8/15/22 (8 - 4:30)
- 8/12/22 & 8/15/22 - 2 hrs. paid 2:30 - 4:30
CPI Saturdays in September and October
Special Education Department Staff
If you are interested or know of anyone who would like to apply for the supervisor position, please use this link:

Special Education Transportation
For students that do qualify for transportation, if parents have questions about special education bus routes and pick up/drop off times, please refer them to the transportation department.
Thank you!
NCCSE Professional Development
NCCSE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2022-23
Please note: you must get approval from your site administrator to attend any out of district trainings using the following form:
Out of District Travel Form (FYI: this document is housed in your Cloud Connect under "Forms")
Certificated: If you require a sub, please contact your site office manager for a school business sub. (Due to the shortage of subs, there is no guarantee that a sub will be available. Also, no school business subs are approved on Mondays and Fridays)
VUSD is hiring - Spread the word!
Certificated:
Ed Join - VUSD Speech and Language Pathologist Posting
Ed Join - VUSD Mild/Mod Ed Specialist Posting
Ed Join - VUSD - School Psychologist Posting
Classified:
Instructional Assistant - Behavior Intervention