ISRD Newsletter 
Quarter 1
 Click the links below to register for upcoming ISRD events and to view event details! 
For additional information, please contact Alice Schmitges at schmitgesa@nefec.org.

8/2/17 | 
Adobe Connect
ESE Directors, Principals & Assistant Principals

9/7/17 | 
Adobe Connect
All are welcome

11/13/17 | Crawfordville
All are welcome

11/14/17 | Gainesville
All are welcome

11/15/17 | HEC
All are welcome
"ESE Directors Want to Know"  & "ESE Specialists Want to Know" are informal surveys that Alice sends on behalf of ESE Directors & Specialists who are requesting feedback from their colleagues. Alice will share any question or concern  (anonymously, if you wish) with all of your peers so you can determine how they are handling this situation in their district! We compile these questions and answers in a Live Binder at the end of each quarter so that the information can be easily referenced if ever needed. Click the links below to see all questions and responses from quarters 1, 2, and 3 of the 2016-17 grant year; the keyword to access the Live Binder is Success. 





Planning for ISRD's 2017-18 grant year activities is still underway!

If you have not already, please click HERE to complete the ISRD 2017-18 Needs Assessment Survey. Your opinions & concerns are an important part of our planning efforts. Completing this survey will help us to better serve your needs and interests during this coming year!

Click HERE to view the "The Buzz" BEESS Weekly Memo!

QUICK LINKS

with a Directory and Profiles of Member Districts, resources,
and more

contains ESE forms, documents, and manuals currently in use in member districts

for the latest on current State legislative changes
 
 
Travel Reimbursement Changes!

As of July 1, 2017 ISRD will adopt a new travel reimbursement request policy.  ISRD must receive travel reimbursement requests within six weeks of the event in which you are requesting reimbursement for. Requests received after the six week deadline will not be paid. 
        

Does your school or district have a success  story to share?  Send us a few paragraphs about a student, school administrator or implementation of a program for students with disabilities for the next issue!

keenea@nefec.org


  ISRD Events at a Glance!
 
August 2017
2-  LEA/ESE Data Training, Adobe Connect
30-  New ESE Directors Mentoring Session, Adobe Connect

September 2017
7-  Professional Learning Community Book Study, Adobe Connect
26-  Training for School Psychologists, PAEC
27-  Training for ESE Specialists, School Counselors, & School Psychologists, PAEC

October 2017
10-  Prinicpals' EWS/Gradaution Training, HEC, PAEC, NEFEC
11-  Regional Directors Meeting, HEC
17-  Training for ESE Specialists, School Counselors, & School Psychologists, Gainesville
24-26-  BEESS New Directors Academy, Tallahassee
27-  New ESE Directors Mentoring Session, Tallahassee (face-to-face)



Click HERE to view and print the full 2017-18 tentative calendar!
 
About ISRD

 

ISRD provides training and technical assistance for district and school-based administrators to support positive outcomes for students with disabilities across a network of 46 small and rural Florida school districts.

 
Contact Information

Institute for Small and Rural Districts

3841 Reid Street

Palatka, Fl. 32177

386-329-3894

 

Alice Schmitges, Specialist

schmitgesa@nefec.org

Amber Keene, Administrative Assistant
keenea@nefec.org