Mission
Our mission is to ensure every child has equal access to participate in high quality education and opportunity to progress toward grade level indicators that represent the state of Ohio's high academic expectations about what students should know and be able to do.
Contact
State Support Team Region 6
1045 Dearbaugh, Suite #1
Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
Directions To This Location
Phone: 419.738.9224
Toll Free: 800.686.2945 (Ohio only)
Fax: 419.738.9199
Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00AM - 4:00PM
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Breaking News
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Ohio’s Office for Exceptional Children is exploring policies to help districts ensure that their special education students meet new state requirements for the Ohio Core. The Ohio Core requirements provide three ways for students with disabilities to meet graduation requirements:
- As a part of the transition planning process an IEP team for a student with a disability may decide that based on the student’s post secondary goals he/she will complete the required Core coursework. If accommodations are needed in these courses, they should be indicated on the student’s IEP. The IEP team also may consider using education options described in the information about the Core coursework to assist the student in meeting the course requirements. Core coursework should be noted in the post secondary transition planning section under “Course of Study” on the student’s IEP.
- Based on the student’s goals identified in his or her post secondary transition plan, the IEP team may decide to use the opt-out provision for the required Core coursework. The student would complete courses needed to meet the goals for employment or post-secondary education indicated on his or her transition plan on the IEP. This should be noted in the post secondary transition planning section under “Course of Study” on the student’s IEP.
- The IEP team may decide that a student with a disability will meet graduation requirements solely by meeting the goals on the student’s IEP, as permitted by section ORC §3313.61(A)(1). This should be noted in the post secondary transition planning section of the student’s IEP.
For additional information on the Ohio Core go to education.ohio.gov and keyword search Ohio Core.
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Kathe Shelby is pleased to announce the availability of the online resource, Going Places with a Standards-Based IEP or GPS-IEP. As Ohio requires that all IEPs be standards based, the GPS-IEP is designed to provide assistance to school personnel as they develop standards-based IEPs to prepare Ohio's children for their future beyond school. This is in keeping with the requirement in IDEA that all children with disabilities have access to and make progress in the general education curriculum.
Go to www.edresourcesohio.org/ for Kathe's announcement and the link to the GPS-IEP itself, the script for the resource, and a copy of the IEP for T.J., the child discussed in GPS-IEP.
As additional GPS-IEP scenarios and scripts are available for children from preschool age to secondary age who have varying disabilities , Kathe will send out e-blasts announcing them. The scenario that Kathe will be announcing first is for K.D., a girl in the fifth grade who has a cognitive disability.
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Whose IDEA Is This now available in the following 10 languages:
To access these documents go to www.education.ohio.gov. Use the keyword Whose IDEA Is This to search for the documents.
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Learning Point Associates has assembled resources focused on taking advantage of ARRA funds to create an education system that works for all learners.
Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center is a resource at the Learning Points web site. Some of the resources at the site include the archived webinar, "Leveraging Stimulus Funds for Lasting Change" . The following panelists highlighted strategies on investing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding to achieve a significant impact on teaching and learning:
- Ray Bryant, superintendent of schools, Elmira City School District, Elmira, New York
- Stephanie Federico, chief of staff, Providence Public School Department, Providence, Rhode Island, and member of the Providence mayor's Stimulus Task Force
- Peggy Hinckley, superintendent of schools, Metropolitan School District of Warren Township, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Joan Wodiska, director, Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee, National Governors Association, Washington, D.C.; long-term school board member
View the webinar.
Download PowerPoint (Adobe® PDF® 1.4 MB)
Background Information on Federal Guidance
Download PowerPoint from Education Recovery and Reinvestment Center
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The newest Ohio Core outline and PowerPoint are posted at the Region 6 State Support Team website. Both of these documents can be downloaded:
New Ohio Core Outline
Ohio Core Power Point
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