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Special Education

Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Training Project

Module Title:

A Principal's Role and Special Education in Massachusetts Help for Viewing PowerPoint Presentation

Module Goal: To provide information regarding general and special education laws and regulations to assist principals and assistant principals in integrating the various components of the role of principal.

Module Objectives:

• To discuss regulatory requirements for ensuring a responsive school environment that meets the needs of diverse learners

  • Professional Development Plans
  • District Curriculum Accommodation Plan
  • Instructional Support Services

• To review the responsibilities of the school principal under Massachusetts Special Education Regulations

  • Instructional support
  • Coordination with special education
  • Educational services in home or hospital

• To highlight the six basic principles of federal and state special education law that drive district practice

  • Parent and student participation
  • Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
  • Appropriate evaluation
  • Individualized Education Program (IEP)
  • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
  • Procedural safeguards

• To summarizes key concepts in relationship to special education eligibility, IEP development and placement determination

Intended Audience: Principals and Assistant Principals in Elementary, Middle and High Schools

Training Length: 1 - 2 hours

Module Components: PowerPoint Presentation with thirty-nine annotated slides and three supplemental handouts.

Handouts:
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  A. Memorandum on the District Curriculum Accommodation Plan (DCAP) - Slide 9

  B. Parent's Rights Brochure - Slide 28

  C> Special Education Eligibility / Initial and Reevaluation Determination / ED 1 - Slide 31