The Scoop
Special Services Update - May 1, 2023
Communication, The Scoop & You!
The Scoop is a place for you to make sure you are in the know and have all the information you need. You are responsible for the information in the SCOOP. If you need clarification, please reach out to your Student Support Specialist or me.
Have a great week!
~Keri
Challenge Day Rescheduled for Friday, May 5th
Reminder: We will need all hands on deck and wouldn't want anyone to miss out on seeing the amazing smiles and fun on our students and parents faces! I know the reschedule may mean some of you have IEP meetings that can't be rescheduled, if this is the case, then make sure to sign up for a room at TJHS for your time slot HERE
EOY & Summer evaluation timeline chart
Here is the link to the Google doc with timelines and expectations regarding when to sign and archive evals due at the end of the year/summer.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wn0khMPFn3sQdsxrCAzDiaXSa_1jAY5sqFGacKMvOW0/edit?usp=sharing
ESY classes have been formed.
Hi team!
ESY classes have been formed and staffing ifinalized for students on the spreadsheet you all completed HERE:spreadsheet.
We should have ALL students by now, but IF there are any students NOT on the list please email me, Audra Arnold and Jamie Ballard to add to our ESY classes.
We will need all hands on deck for the first day of ESY if you are still on contract. Please plan on being at GOES or GLJH by 7:45 Monday June 12th to make sure we have a smooth first day. Most staff not working ESY and just there to help can leave by 9:00 that morning.
We still need substitutes for ESY. We are mostly staffed, but can use more people in case someone has to be out unexpectedly. Please let us know if you or anyone you know would be willing to sub. THANK YOU!
COMPENSATORY - If there are ANY students that are ARDed for compensatory services OTHER than speech therapy, please make sure we are aware of it THIS WEEK and they are listed on the compensatory tab of the spreadsheet.
As always this is an ARD committee decision, but please make sure we know of any that school based members will be recommending.
SELA
Students highlighted in yellow are done by the itinerant DHH teacher, so you do not need to complete those.
A Note from Transportation for ESY
A reminder to mark all supplements as pending even if they are not making any “changes”, because transportation goes in and updates if ESY is marked on our lista. The campus for the following school year gets updated on transportation departments list as well so that they have a backup list to use for the following school year. We want to make sure all students show up to the correct campuses for ESY AND the first day of school.
2023-2024 Staffing / Program Placements
EEA will house all PK and PKCollab classrooms from the north and west side of our district. This includes all ECSE programs currently housed at those campuses. The zoned schools for the EEA PK and ECSE are: TCES, CFES, CES, TES, RES, DPES, GOES. This would include all 3 year olds zoned to those campuses and ECSE SLL (district program) as well.
LES will host full day PK Collab programming and continue to have a 3 year old 1/2 day ECSE program. WES will continue to house 1/2 day PK and 1/2 day ECSE programming for WES, and WCES 3-4 year old students.
Please make sure you are updating any changes for next years campus on your transportation supplements and IEPS.
Please review Cross Talk Slides or reach out to your student support specialist (or me) if you have any questions.
SPRING RESPITE
Saturday, May 6, 2023
WE NEED YOU!!! If you are interested in working Spring Respite (8:30-12:30), please let Nancy and Leanne know. Thank you in advance to those willing to help!!!
GameChanger Challenges for the Week
We are TISD GameChangers!!! Here's to a great 2023 being a year of positive change we can make for others!
Points can be earned this week by emailing me shout outs. The email MUST have the subject line as SCOOP SHOUT OUT and in the email list: Team Name and a "copy and paste" shout out for me to put in the SCOOP. 2 points for every shout out. Each person can only earn a total of 2 points (so only send 1 shout out per person).
Let's Celebrate our SLPs for Speech and Hearning Awareness Month this May!
Free App
A free app for Android phone users from the Google play store. Really easy to use and great for our kids (or adults) who are challenged with reading or visual issues.
Providing Prior Written Notice
In Texas a "reasonable amount of time" for a Prior Written Notice (PWN) is within 5 days. PWN provides a notice of decisions that were made in the IEP meeting and what was considered that was rejected and accepted.
Please read this informative document regarding PWN by LRP HERE
April 26, 2023
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Upcoming Events
Appraisals
Challenge Day
Friday, May 5, 2023, 09:45 AM
Tomball Junior High School, Quinn Road, Tomball, TX, USA
NVCI TRAINING
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training is provided by trained personnel in TISD. Dates reflect opportunities for Initial and Refresher trainings offered during the school year. Please check to see if you are current in your certification or if you need an initial, register in Frontline.
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Shout Outs
Shout out to our wonderful OTs for their great job working with our students!
Kimberly Castillo: Thank you for your positive attitude and for being available to support students and staff at CPES. Your calm demeanor has a positive effect on all of us! You are a wonderful LSSP and the district is very lucky to have you.
Jeanette Guzman: For taking in the role of SLP at CPES and jumping in to work with us to take on all the evaluations we have this year. We really appreciate you!
Brenda Knoepffler: Thank you for jumping in to support our students at CPES despite your very busy schedule being the only Bilingual SLP in the district! We are all very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with you and learn from you.
Brenda Knoepffler: Thank you for translating the fluency questionnaire. It is very helpful!
Beth Goodrich for all the grace that she has shown me this year. You are literally the best and are appreciated more than you know.
Kim Keller is a tremendous support to Grand Oaks Elementary - she is frequently in classrooms supporting students, consults with teachers and the other evaluation personnel on campus. She is a truly valuable member and we appreciate our COTA (Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant)!
All the OT’s for always making themselves available to help out with EE evals when an OT is needed even when needed at the last minute. Thank you OTs for all that you for our students! Y’all are THE BEST! 😃
Patsy Ward and Kim Keller are a dream team! We are so blessed by their timely and thorough evaluations. Patsy and Kim work closely together and know the students so well! We are lucky to have such amazing OT support!
Robanne Roberts is such a blessing! Robanne is quick to fax doctor’s offices and schedule and reschedule meetings for us in such a timely manner!
Members of Team Titan. I am so thankful to have these individuals as part of my team. They are always helpful and supportive.
Whitnee Drake for helping me with some quick turn around Adapted P.E. evaluations at LES. Your input and knowledge really helped me create the best plan for those students moving forward!
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More Information
Be sure and check out and read the other Smore Newsletters being produced by Student Support Staff:
The Specialized Support Snippits
PASSionate about Kids - NEW
Behavior Bulletin - NEW