Quarter 2, 2019-20

Quarter 2 Newsletter

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2020 ISRD Winter Institute Click HERE to register! January 21-23, 2020 Embassy Suites Orlando Lake Buena Vista South Who's Invited? Superintendents, ESE Directors, ESE Staffing Specialists, Principals, Assistant Principals, and School Psychologists

Links & Resources available on the ISRD website: Click HERE to view the easy-to-navigate Documents Library! Click HERE to view the LiveBinders shelves that ISRD has organized for each job title in our targeted audience. This is the best way to quickly access "ESE Directors Want to Know" and "ESE Staffing Specialists Want to Know" survey questions. Click HERE to view archived ISRD Newsletters.

ISRD Request for Services ISRD works hard to serve your needs and interests. Your opinions and concerns are an important part of our planning efforts. Please complete the survey to provide suggested topics for future events: ISRD 2019-20 Request for Services

Interesting Articles & Resources

Mindfulness for Rookie Teachers , Dr. James Butler, Free Spirit Publishing What Principals Want Their Special Education Teachers to Know , Andrew Hawk, Free Spirit Publishing Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness in Middle School , Stephanie Filio, Free Spirit Publishing SchoolCounselor.com e-Newsletter , schoolcounselor.com The Extraordinary School Counselor , blogspot Understood.org

November 2019 6 - HEC Regional School Counselors Conference (Lake Placid), Register Now!  12 - ISRD Advisory Council Meeting (Adobe Connect), Register Now! (advisory council members ONLY) 13-14 - New ESE Directors Mentoring Meeting (Sarasota), Register Now! 18 - Leading Within a MTSS: Day 1 of 2        Register Now for PAEC Region         Register Now for NEFEC Region         Register Now for HEC Region 18-20 - ESSEI Conference (Orlando) 20 -PAEC Regional Directors & BEESS Discretionary Projects Meeting (PAEC), Register Now! 21 - PAEC Regional School Counselors Conference (Tallahassee)

Click to view the full 19-20 calendar!

"The Buzz" Click the link above to view the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS) weekly memo!

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 48 small and rural Florida school districts. Click HERE to view the 2019-20 ISRD Annual Report.

Alice Schmitges Program Administrator [email protected] Amber Keene Support Specialist [email protected]

Does your school or district have a success story to share? Share a few paragraphs about a student, school administrator or implementation of a program for students with disabilities for the next issue! Please send the information to Amber at [email protected].

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