Office of Special Programs

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Special Programs

Spring Special Education Leadership Conference Agenda
April 23-25, 2012

Each director must have a laptop computer. In addition, prepare and bring the following documents to be reviewed and applied during the financial workshops scheduled Tuesday, April 24:

A copy of the district FY 12 (2011-2012) project application
A copy of the special education budget spread sheet for FY 12 (2011-2012)
Passwords to the online plan and Annual Desk Audit (ADA)
A copy of the Chart of Accounts (or access to the School Finance website)
If possible, review with the district Treasurer or Financial Officer the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) information (which was emailed) and the MOE 2013 screens in the online plan for students with disabilities, and come with any questions
If possible, the FY 13 projected budget total state and local expenditures

Spring Conference - Presentations Click on the links below for the Adobe PDF version of the presentations.
*Monday - April 23*
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Pre-Conference Symposium Support for Personalized Learning (SPL): An Overview
1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Welcome	Pat Homberg
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	WVDE OSP Updates
	Enrolled House Bill 4260: The Autism Bill	Anne Lambright, Esq.
	Autism Academy	Jo Donna Burdoff
	Literacy Academy	Ellen Oderman
	Math Academy	Mary Pat Farrell
	Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Initiative	Kathy Knighton
	Parent Educator Resource Center (PERC)	Betsy Peterson
	Special Education Technology Integration Specialists (SE-TIS) and T1 Project (Teaching and Technology for the 1%)	Valerie Wilson
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.	WVDE OSP Updates Policy 2419 Revisions High Cost/High Acuity Applications Deaf Child's Bill of Rights Accessible Instructional Materials American Sign Language (ASL)	Sandra McQuain Deborah Ashwell Annette Carey
4 p.m. - 5 p.m	West Virginia Special Education Stakeholder Team (WVSEST)
*Tuesday - April 24*
8 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Balancing the Scales: The National Perspective on Moving from Compliance to Performance	Nancy O'Hara
8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.	Update: Council of Exceptional Children (CEC)/Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)	Don Bucher
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Five Year Online Strategic Plan Making the Connections	Sandra McQuain and Lanai Jennings
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.	Medicaid Funding	Vickie Mohnacky
11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Proportionate Share for Students Parentally Placed in Private Schools	Sandra McQuain
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.	Linking the Five Year Online Plan to the Special Education Budget	Janice Hay and Sandra McQuain
2:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.	Five Year Online Plan Compliances	Sandra McQuain
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	WVCEC/CASE Meeting
Wednesday - April 25
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.	Keynote Address	Jorea M. Marple, Ed.D
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.	Policy 4373: Expected Behaviors in Safe and Supportive Schools	Don Chapman and Ann Lambright
11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	IDEA Transition Requirements: WV Birth to Three (Part C) & BOEs	Ginger Huffman and Pam Rousch
11:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Closing	Pat Homberg
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.	Post-Conference Symposium Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) Eligibility: Connecting SPL to SLD	Pat Homberg, Susan Beck, Allen Sexton and Ellen Oderman

2011 Fall Conference materials

2011 Spring Conference materials

Office of Special Programs
Building 6, Rm 304
1900 Kanawha Blvd
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-558-2696
Fax: 304-558-3741