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North Allegheny School District

April 14, 2016

Preparing all students for success in a changing world

 Special Education Carry Over from

March Meeting

 Budget Update  Building Level Questions and

Concerns

Next meeting scheduled for May 12, 2016 Topics of Discussion are: Policies Update and Miscellaneous Questions and Concerns

 Policy #3890 is in compliance with Chapter

14 of the Pennsylvania Department of Education Special Education Regulations and Standards §14.133.

 The Policy provides guidance to IEP teams

to address behavior support programs and techniques that are varied and designed to develop and maintain skills to enhance student’s learning.

North Allegheny Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS)

Level 1 Classroom Management Universal Interventions for all students:

• Proactive, preventive

Level 2 Positive Behavior Support Plan (PBSP) attached to the IEP Secondary Interventions for some students at risk

• High Efficiency
• Rapid Response

Level 3 Positive Behavior Support Plan attached to the IEP. The interventions are more restrictive in nature and may modify the student’s rights during implementation (restraints). Tertiary Interventions for individual students

• Assessment based
• Intense, durable procedures

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Positive Behavior Support Policy (PBS)is based on the Facilitated Self- Assessment (FSA) requirements for the Compliance Monitoring for Continuous Improvement (CMCI) by the Bureau of Special Education.

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Questions include:

• Does the LEA have a current PBS policy?
• Do student’s IEPs that permit the use of restraints explaining how

restraints will be used only with PBS and with the teaching of socially acceptable behavior?

• Are personnel authorized and trained in the use of restraints?
• Is there evidence in students’ IEPs of a plan for eliminating the use of

restraints?

• Are prone restraints prohibited and never used?
• If a student was restrained, was the parent notified and a meeting

convened within 10 school days (or a written waiver provided by the parents)?

• Did the LEA complete an updated FBA and Behavior Plan

for any student for whom the LEA reported a crime?

 The Gifted Written Report (GWR) is submitted

electronically to the parent via email or regular mail.

 The School Psychologist contacts the parent via

phone to discuss the results of the GWR.

 A cover letter is enclosed with the GWR, which

will include the contact information for the School Psychologist and a statement that the parent(s) may contact the School Psychologist.

• Qualifying for Gifted Services at North Allegheny School

District

• Performed by the Gifted Multi-Disciplinary Team (GMDT)
• 2 prong criteria:

▪ General Ability Index (GAI) score of 127 or higher on an individually administered cognitive ability test OR other multiple criteria strongly indicating gifted ability.

AND

▪ The need for specially designed instruction by:

A demonstrated significant strength in at least one academic area (Reading or Math) on an individually administered achievement test (e.g., Weschler Individual Achievement Test): Reading: 97th National Percentile Rank or higher on the Reading Comprehension subtest or Reading Composite or Math 97th National Percentile Rank or higher on Math Problem-Solving subtest or Math Composite. Scoring at the 90th percentile or higher in at least one area of the Gifted Rating

• Scale. Subtests include: Intellectual Ability, Creativity, Leadership,
• r Academic Skills.

 The curriculum is kept current in many different ways

including:

• Attendance at professional conferences
• Reading and research on local trends and topics
• Discussion with Student Assistance, Law Enforcement, and

Medical Professionals

▪ Police Partnership Meetings ▪ Gateway Rehabilitation ▪ Pyramid Healthcare ▪ PASAP Conference ▪ Northern SAP ▪ PA Attorney General Office ▪ Allegheny General Hospital ▪ Passavant Foundation

An example to share added lessons to the tobacco curriculum on the dangers of hookah lounges and vaping

 Yes, Naloxone will be stored at the middle and high school

buildings next school year.

 Naloxone Standing Orders, Board Policy and Administrative

Procedures are in draft form:

• The standing order authorizes NASD to maintain two doses
• f the nasal Naloxone kits in the Health Office Emergency

bag with two additional doses stored in the medication cabinet.

• NASD Health Services PA licensed nurses (LPN, RN, CRNP)

will be trained in the use of Naloxone by the PA Department

• f Health or other agreed upon program every two years.

 Board Policy # 209.1 Pediculosis (Head

Lice)

• http://www.northallegheny.org/domain/2184

 Adopted on November 18, 2015  Based on the management of head lice

(Pediculus humanus capitis) in the school setting should not disrupt the educational process

 Evidence-based strategies include:

▪ Abandoning “no-nit” school policies ▪ Allowing children to remain in class and participate in school-sponsored activities when live lice or nits (the eggs of head lice) are found on their heads ▪ Notifying parents/caregivers at the end of the school day when findings indicate the presence of a head lice infestation ▪ Educating parents/caregivers about evidence-based treatment options

 Homeroom at NASH serves a variety of

purposes:

• Attendance
• Breakfast
• Pledge to Flag and Morning

Announcements

• Activity Meetings
• Collaboration and Extra Help

 Senior pictures can be taken at school on the

same day junior pictures are taken in the fall by Madia Photography.

• Date for the 2016-2017 school year is scheduled for

September 8,2017.

 Madia publishes the dates of free sittings prior

to the summer break and is able to schedule up to 400 students.

 After free pictures are taken, Madia mails proofs

to students at his expense. With the pictures are

• ptions for parents to choose ‘touch ups’ with
• prices. These fees are optional.

 Madia has been the NASH photographer for the

past several years to keep yearbook pictures consistent throughout the yearbook.

 They provide the school with a disc that includes

all senior pictures in alphabetical order.

 Madia provides all of the club, athletic pictures,

and action shots for the yearbook at no charge.

 Madia also takes the junior pictures with no

• bligation to buy.

 Photographers are selected via the

building administration

 Feedback from administration, parents,

and staff help to determine the need for changing photographers or for decisions related to selecting photographers

 Can multi-purpose rooms be used for indoor recess

instead of classrooms?

• Most schools are not able to use the multi-purpose or LGI

rooms as they are utilized for other reasons during the same times (lunch, band, orchestra, etc.)

 Can we put more than one homeroom in a

classroom for recess?

• Often times the rooms are too small to allow two homerooms
• f students the room they need for indoor recess
• Some schools allow “free choice” for students to mix rooms

during recess

 Small buildings

• Two six-hour assistants
• One two-hour assistant
• Two-three sections per grade level

 Large buildings

• Two six-hour assistants
• Four two-hour assistants
• Five to six sections per grade level

 District

Expectations

• Curriculum
• Safety
• Policies and

Procedures

• Equitable learning

experiences

 Building

Expectations

• Personality of the

building

• Implementing

building level procedures

• Building-specific

programs (assemblies, community service, etc.)

 Pick-up numbers are used at several

elementary buildings for afternoon dismissal

 Some schools use the same numbers

and some use different numbers each year

 It is a building decision for the

implementation of the dismissal procedure at each building