Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) - School District 622
Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) - School District 622
Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) - School District 622
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<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Education</strong> <strong>Advisory</strong> <strong>Council</strong> (<strong>SEAC</strong>)<br />
Members Present: Jill Kuehn, Karon Joyer,<br />
Toni Malone, Barb Thibaudeau, Janet Boland,<br />
Karen Cory, Joanne Kern, Sally Butwin, Sonya<br />
Czerepak, Jill Miklausich<br />
Members Absent: Marsha Stohler, Kevin<br />
Marschel<br />
Others Present: Duane Woeste and Julie<br />
Koehler (<strong>Special</strong> Ed. Supervisors)<br />
ACTION MINUTES<br />
Page 1 of 3<br />
Meeting Date: January 12, 2010<br />
Recorder: Rhonda Nelson<br />
Date/Time/Place of Next Meeting:<br />
March 9, 2010<br />
6:00-7:30PM<br />
<strong>District</strong> Ed. Center – Room 202<br />
AGENDA ITEM ACTION DECISION<br />
1. Call to Order 1. Meeting called to order by Co-Chair<br />
B. Thibaudeau, at 6:04PM.<br />
2. Approval of Agenda 2. K. Cory Moved to approve the agenda; J.<br />
Boland Made the second and the MOTION<br />
CARRIED.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
Approval of Previous Minutes<br />
Follow Up on Previous Items<br />
3. T. Malone Moved to approve the minutes<br />
from the October 6, 2009 meeting; K. Cory<br />
Made the second and the MOTION<br />
CARRIED.<br />
4. Adaptive Activities – D. Woeste reported on<br />
the Grade 7-12 survey to parents regarding<br />
adaptive athletics for after school. Surveys<br />
have been returned and it appears there is an<br />
interest in several sports as well as an interest<br />
in an adaptive league.<br />
ACTION: K. Joyer to meet with Cheri<br />
Bender and the 2 high school athletic<br />
directors to outline programming.<br />
EBD, SLP or Minority Representation -- K.<br />
Joyer reported that special ed. administration<br />
is making personal phone calls to invite a<br />
wider representation on <strong>SEAC</strong>.<br />
ACTION: <strong>SEAC</strong> Co-Chairs or other<br />
members may submit parent names to K.<br />
Joyer.<br />
(continued)
5.<br />
New Agenda Items<br />
5.<br />
Update Mission Statement – This item was<br />
tabled from last meeting. Suggestion to pull<br />
small sub-committee to discuss resources.<br />
ACTION: T. Malone and S. Butwin agreed<br />
to meet with K. Marschel to discuss.<br />
Wrap Up CIMP Report – D. Woeste asked if<br />
members read the CIMP report from last<br />
meeting and invited questions. It was noted<br />
that special ed. teachers have been<br />
participating in extensive training.<br />
ACTION: Possible CIMP meeting in April<br />
where T. Malone and J. Boland can view<br />
trend data and suggest recommendations.<br />
MDE Website; <strong>SEAC</strong> Resources – D. Woeste<br />
reported that the Minn. Dept. of <strong>Education</strong><br />
has information on their website about<br />
special ed. advisory councils. It was also<br />
noted that last fall the Minn. Association of<br />
<strong>Special</strong> Ed. Directors (MASE) developed a<br />
<strong>SEAC</strong> model for districts.<br />
ACTION: D. Woeste will send email link<br />
about <strong>SEAC</strong> to R. Nelson who will forward<br />
on email to <strong>SEAC</strong> members.<br />
ACTION: Suggestion per committee<br />
member to look at <strong>SEAC</strong> training module at<br />
the March 9 th <strong>SEAC</strong> meeting.<br />
Secondary Workgroup Update/Transition – J.<br />
Koehler reported on activities that the <strong>Special</strong><br />
Ed. High <strong>School</strong> Work Group has been<br />
accomplishing. The primary focus is to<br />
address special ed. programming and services<br />
(based on recommendations from an external<br />
audit conducted in Spring, 2007).<br />
ARC/<strong>622</strong> Training Collaborative – J. Koehler<br />
explained how the district has been<br />
collaborating with ARC to provide<br />
information to parents about transitioning<br />
students. However, several meetings were<br />
cancelled due to lack of interest. Committee<br />
members were asked for their thoughts or<br />
opinions. Several suggestions were to create<br />
more “detailed” flyers for case managers to<br />
distribute at conferences or IEP meetings;<br />
increase mailings to home; obtain permission<br />
for ARC to tape a session and create CD’s for<br />
parents to view at home. Another suggestion<br />
(continued)
6.<br />
Other<br />
Adjournment<br />
6.<br />
was to partner with other established<br />
transition type companies such as Life<br />
Works. It was stated that the district is<br />
already involved in a partnership with<br />
Midway Training Services.<br />
<strong>Special</strong> Ed. Update – K. Joyer noted there<br />
was parental concern over the possibility of<br />
Carver elementary being closed due to the<br />
AYP article in the St. Paul paper. She read<br />
the newsletter from the Carver principal<br />
reassuring parents that Carver is not closing<br />
and that the school is taking steps to address<br />
concerns about student academic progress.<br />
Use of Stimulus Funds – K. Joyer reported<br />
that John Glenn and North are getting major<br />
remodels in their multi-needs kitchens with<br />
appliances and cupboards, etc. Additional<br />
stimulus fund purchases included 3 vans for<br />
transporting students from Next Step, North<br />
and Tartan to vocational activities.<br />
K. Joyer stated that <strong>Special</strong> Ed. is waiting for<br />
the report back from MDE as a result of the<br />
MDE Site Monitoring visit conducted in<br />
November.<br />
T. Malone moved to adjourn meeting at<br />
7:31PM. Meeting adjourned