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ESE Staff Development Calendars

Preschool Training Calendar 2010 (.PDF)

Fall Training Calendar 2010 (.PDF)
Multimedia Presentations

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(Slides with Voice Over)

Sunshine State Standards Access Points 2009-2010
Putting it Altogether – Revisiting the Florida Alternate Assessment 2009 – 2010 Administration
PCI Reading Program Level 1 Training (Meville To Weville)

Vodcasts

(Video On Demand)

Procedural Safeguards
FCAT Accommodations January 2009

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Welcome to ESE!

Laura E. Pincus
Director, Exceptional Student Education
 Telephone: 561-434-8626
Fax: 561-434-8384

 

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Important Information for Parents and School Staff:

On January 30, 2009, The School District of Palm Beach County entered into an agreement to improve services to students who are emotionally/behaviorally disabled (E/BD) and/or having behavioral issues that have resulted in repeated disciplinary removals (suspensions from school).

The School District of Palm Beach County, Department of ESE, is committed to the use of positive behavior interventions and support to assist school staff, students and their families to improve both student behavior and achievement.

                                                 

 

 

 

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Multimedia Presentation 

     

 

Explanation of the Settlement Agreement

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  Settlement Agreement

 

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For more information please contact:

Gerald M. Evans
Procedural Compliance Coordinator, Department of ESE
Telephone: 561-434-7322
E-Mail: evans@palmbeach.k12.fl.us

 

 

                                                

Did You Know?

The School District of Palm Beach County serves approximately 34,209 Exceptional Student Education (ESE) students which include 7,494 gifted students. Eligible ESE students are provided services from birth through age 22. ESE services are available at all public school sites throughout the district.

 

The School District of Palm Beach County is committed to providing exceptional students a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in accordance with federal, state, and local mandates. In keeping with this philosophy, the School District:

 

    • Provides every exceptional student with an appropriate individualized education program (IEP)
    • Offers exceptional students services that are available to every other student
    • Provides placement alternatives that enable students to be educated in the least restrictive environment.
    • Encourages the participation of parents in the educational process
    • Ensures the right to due process and equal protection under the law

In Florida, students may be determined eligible for the following programs: 

     
    • Intellectual Disabilities (InD)
    • Speech Impaired (SI)
    • Language Impaired (LI)
    • Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH)
    • Visually Impaired (VI)
    • Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities (EBD)
    • Specific Learning Disabled (SLD)
    • Gifted (GIFT)
    • Hospital/Homebound (HH)
    • Dual Sensory Impaired (DSI)
    • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
    • Developmental Delay (DD)
    • Established Condition (EC)
    • Physically Impaired (PI)

              • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

              • Other Health Impaired (OHI)

              • Orthopedically Impaired (OI)

       
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The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law requires all teachers be highly qualified. ESE teachers must have core content area verification in addition to having ESE certification to become highly qualified. Contact Ernesto Lontoc at 434-8799 for further information or visit this web link:

http://www.palmbeachschools.org/9266/HighlyQualified/NCLBinfo.asp

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