This annual ETL (Educational Team Leaders) Seminar is offered for people from Massachusetts who chair IEP team meetings. Each year, we will select topics of interest to support IEP Team Leaders to strengthen collaborative and compliant practice. The event is designed to provide professional development and face-to-face opportunities for maintaining the state-wide professional community of Educational Team Leaders. The 2024 Seminar theme is leadership opportunities and the new MA IEP.
The cost for the day includes continental breakfast and lunch, and this event provides an 8 hour certificate of attendance.
Agenda for 2024:
9:00-9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 10 Keynote and Q & A, Deputy Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Russell Johnston
10-11 Lessons Learned in Lowell, Implementing the New MA IEP, Frank Vicente and Alexis Florence, Boston Public Schools
11:10-12:10 Parent / Student Engagement and the New MA IEP, Leslie Leslie, Federation for Children with Special Needs
12:10 – 1 Lunch (provided)
1 – 2 Preparing and Engaging Related Service Providers in the New MA IEP, Jan Hollenbeck, OTD, OTR/L is co-owner of PASS – The Partnership for Advancement of School Service-Providers, LLC
2:10 – 3:10 Preparing for Students with Special Health Needs, Elizabeth Bostic and Karen Robotaille, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Children & Youth with Special Health Needs
3:10-4:30 New MA IEP Make and Take: Checklist to Promote Consistent IEP Development and Feedback, Laurel Peltier, Frank Vicente, Alexis Florence, Sharon Jones & Mary Geiring, facilitators
4:30-5 Reflections and Feedback
IEP Team Leader Community of Practice Members registering for and attending the ETL Seminar will receive credits for their attendance as part of their overall PDPs awarded for the Community of Practice.