ISRD Newsletter 
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For additional information, please contact Amber Keene at keenea@nefec.org

11/8/17| Adobe Connect

11/13/17 | Crawfordville

11/14/17 | Gainesville
*This event is currently full, but a waiting list has been create d. Please contact Amber at keenea@nefec.org to be added to the list.

11/15/17 | HEC

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Interesting Articles & Resources




October 2-13, 2017 are Disability History & Awareness Weeks. For more information and resources, including ideas about district, school, and classroom activities, visit the

October is National Principals Month!

ISRD would like to take this opportunity to extend a special THANK YOU to the Principals and Assistant Principals who ambitiously lead the schools in Florida's small and rural districts. 

"The key to student success is a great school, and the key to a great school is a great principal." -principalsmonth.org

Click HERE to see what people across the country are saying about their principals, and be sure to #ThankAPrincipal yourself!
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!

On  July 1, 2017 ISRD adopted 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!
October 2017
17-  Training for ESE Specialists, School Counselors, & School Psychologists, Gainesville           (Live & Adobe Connect)
24-26-  BEESS New Directors Academy, Tallahassee

November 2017
8-  Professional Learning Community Book Study for School Counselors, Adobe Connect
13- PAEC Region LEA Training, Crawfordville
14- NEFEC Region LEA Training, Starke
15- HEC Region LEA Training, Lake Placid

December 2017
5-  PAEC School Counselors Convening, Tallahassee
13- ISRD Advisory Council Meeting, Gainesville


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