1. Please type your full name , title and email address. *This question is required.
Your LEA name, number, and corresponding Differentiated Level of Support are in the table below. When completing this survey, you must know your Level of Support because questions and requirements populate based on your identified level.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are a newer charter school and do not see your LEA name listed, you do not have enough historical data to create a determination report.
*The following question deals with inexperienced staff members at your LEA and the requirement for "new" staff to attend SESTA's Essential Components to the IEP training.
The SDE allows the district/charter to determine what is meant by "new" staff; however, special education staff who are in their first year in the profession MUST attend Essential Components. The SDE encourages LEAs to require staff members who do not have a solid understanding of the IEP process to attend SESTA's Essentials training.
Please provide information about the training attended.
*NOTE: Your LEA must create an action item(s) aligned to the training the LEA's staff attended. When creating your action item(s), keep the following steps in mind:
- Analyze the Data
- Clarify and Prioritize the Problem(s)
- Attend a webinar, training, or PD aligned to the priority(s)
- Implement Solutions: The Action Item/Plan
- Monitor and Evaluate
It is a requirement for the special education director or designee(s) to identify appropriate staff to attend a SESTA or SDE training around an area of needed improvement as indicated by the LEAs' Determination report. If staff members could not attend a training, please contact Debi Smith, Support and Monitoring Coordinator, for a list of training modules aligned to the LEA's area of need.
Your LEA is in Level 3: Directing.
Level 3: Directing is a 3-year process. As an LEA in Level 3: Directing, you are required to;
Year 1 of identification- complete a self-assessment around a chosen area of need
Year 1 of identification- create a 3-year SMART goal targeting your chosen area of need
Years 2 & 3 of identification- Report evidence of progress towards the SMART goal
The LEA Determination and Differentiated Level of Support module on the Idaho Training Clearing House under RDA Monitoring contains step-by-step information about your requirements. Lesson 8, Resources & Reminders, within the module, contains all the necessary documents to complete your requirements.