Are you looking for a way to give back to your community? Have you considered serving as a surrogate parent for a school district? You may be wondering, what is a surrogate parent?A surrogate parent represents a student with disabilities in all special education matters relating to the identification, evaluation, educational placement and provision of a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to the child.For more information on surrogate parenting check out this short presentation on InspirED: Surrogate Parent OCALI Surrogate Parent for a Child with a Disability.If you decide to serve, please complete the training at https://ohiosurrogateparent.org/For more information please contact Karen Johnson or Chrissy Cline with questions.
Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Ensuring Access to the General Curriculum for All Learners, a new video-based learning series, has just been released by our friends at OCALI! This FREE learning series provides educators and other specialists with the strategies, research and support resources to effectively design instruction and assessment in a way that provides universal access across courses, lessons and learning activities.What makes this series even better is that it was created for educators, by educators and is grounded in research and evidence-based practices. There are lots of practical, easy-to-use strategies and resources that are designed to ensure ALL learners have access to the general curriculum. You can access the website at the following address, literacyaccessforall.org.
Posted Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Ohio’s strategic plan for education, Each Child, Our Future, puts the whole child at the center, where each component of the plan works harmoniously to support a whole-child approach. Likewise, Ohio’s Whole Child Framework also places the whole child at the center, with district, school, family and community supporting the needs of the whole child using a comprehensive approach. A whole child approach broadens district and school focus beyond academics to include meeting students social-emotional, physical and safety needs. The Whole Child Framework provides a blueprint to meet these whole child needs, which are foundational to a child’s intellectual and social development and necessary for students to fully engage in learning and school.
Posted Friday, December 4, 2020
Planning Guide for Ohio Schools and DistrictsNow Available(Click Picture for Guide)
Posted Monday, August 31, 2020
The parties in the Doe v. Ohio Department of Education class action have submitted a proposed settlement to the U.S. District Court for approval. The first step in the approval process of the settlement is to provide notice of the proposed settlement to affected students and their parents. To accomplish this, the Department requests your district take the following steps as soon as possible:Post a copy of the Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement on your district’s website;Post a copy of the Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement in a central location in each building that is open to the public in your district;Provide a copy of the Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement directly to the parents or students through email, any electronic portals (for example, parent or student portals used to distribute grades, assignments or forms) or other means reasonably calculated to reach the parents or students in your district.If you have any questions about this process, please call the Department’s Office of the Chief Legal Counsel at (614) 752-5807.
If you have any questions about this process, please call the Department’s Office of the Chief Legal Counsel at (614) 752-5807.
Posted Monday, December 9, 2019
On September 18, 2018, the State Board of Education adopted the revised grade-level Ohio's Learning Standards-Extended for students who are assessed using the Alternate Assessment for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (AASCD). Ohio's Learning Standards-Extended are specific statements of knowledge and skills linked to the expectations in Ohio's Learning Standards. The extensions build a bridge that provides grade-level access for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to the content of Ohio's Learning Standards. Ohio's Learning Standards-Extended can be found on the Department's website.
Posted Monday, October 1, 2018