English Learners with Disabilities or Suspected of Having Disabilities Joni Magee ESE ELL/Special Education Coordinator MELLC Meeting - March 6, 2015

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1 English Learners with Disabilities or Suspected of Having Disabilities Joni Magee ESE ELL/Special Education Coordinator MELLC Meeting - March 6, 2015 English Language Learner & Special Education Coordinator The ELL/Special Education Coordinator provides leadership within ESE in the development and implementation of statewide initiatives, programs, and policies to improve the English language development and academic achievement of English language learners with disabilities or suspected of having disabilities. 2 and Secondary Education 1

2 Responsibilities Serve as a liaison ESE Office of English Language Acquistion and Academic Achievement (OELAAA) ESE Special Education Planning and Policy (SEPP) ESE Massachusetts Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Local education agencies Stakeholders Institutions of Higher Education Professional associations 3 Office of English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement Create a needs assessment survey with EL and special education fields to inform initiatives Develop ELL/special education advisory and guidance documents Provide technical assistance on related matters Promote continuum of services and programming for students who are English learners with disabilities Facilitate professional development to support delivery of services connected to ongoing initiatives 4 and Secondary Education 2

3 Special Education Planning & Policy Advisories and guidance regarding the intersections of EL and special education IEP revision Interpretation & translation services Family and community engagement Accessibility & accommodation considerations 5 Massachusetts Tiered Systems of Support Culturally and linguistically designed tiered systems of support and interventions for EL and bilingual students Intersections of EL and special education Universal Design Learning (UDL) 6 and Secondary Education 3

4 ELL/Special Education Guidance Family Engagement Interpretation and translation services Pre-Referral/Intervention/MTSS Referral Parental Consent Initial Evaluation Independent Evaluation Evaluation Team Meeting Individualized Education Program (IEP) Section 504 Program placement and related services Annual Reviews Re-evaluations 7 ELL & Bilingual Students with Disabilities English language & bilingual learners with disabilities in practice Program Placement Services Instruction Assessment Monitoring Interpretation and translation services Exiting from EL services 8 and Secondary Education 4

5 Survey - jmagee@doe.mass.edu Please identify your district s top four needs in order of priority with regard to: 1.) special education eligibility processes 2.) programming and related services 3.) ELL/special education exiting criteria for students who are English language learners/bilingual learners with disabilities or suspected of having disabilities. 9 Survey - jmagee@doe.mass.edu Please identify your district s top four needs in order of priority with regard to: 1.) family participation during the eligibility process for special education determination 2.) programming and related services for students who are English language learners/bilingual learners with disabilities or suspected of having disabilities. 10 and Secondary Education 5

6 Next Steps ELL/Special Education joint professional development including a conference Interpretation & translation training and potential registry Family Engagement RFQ Ongoing Guidance & Advisories Website for Resources, Glossary & Links 11 Contact Information Joni Magee, ELL/Special Education Coordinator jmagee@doe.mass.edu Telephone: (781) and Secondary Education 6