Special education a Sample Clauses

Special education a m., p.m., and mid-day runs - refers to bus runs involving transportation of students with special needs to and from school or any educational institution/agency as evaluated by the Special Services department. Drivers must successfully complete the required training designed for special ed drivers within three (3) months following the start of the new route and maintain their qualifications while driving the special ed route. (NOTE: Special Ed routes will only have packaged middays for bidding when necessary to maintain consistency between students and drivers. This will be determined by the Supervisor of Transportation and the drivers' bidding committee.)

Special education a. Conditions of Professional Service 1. Employment All existing and newly hired 1-A licensed special education teachers will be obligated to participate in twelve (12) hours of APS provided professional development. Twelve (12) hours of professional development, provided outside of the regular duty day, is a condition of employment during both the first and second years for all 1-A licensed special education teachers in APS. Starting in the 2014-2015 school year, all newly hired Special Education and 1-A special education teachers who are assigned to teach in an Intensive Global Support 1 (IGS1), Intensive Global Support 2 (IGS2), Social Communication Support ( SCS2 or SCS3), Social Emotional Support 1 (SES1), and Social Emotional Support 2 (SES2) classroom (self-contained or full-day as defined by the district Special Education Department) are required to attend three (3) days of training prior to the beginning of school. 1) For current special education employees assigned to teach in the programs previously listed, attendance for the training is optional. a) Compensation for the training will be at the employee’s daily rate of pay. For educational diagnosticians, social workers, transition specialists and licensed school psychologists, one year of qualified experience is designated as at least) six hundred (600) hours of verifiable experience (W-2 forms are acceptable verification of experience). 1) Days or hours of experience in different school years may be totaled for experience.

Special education a. A posted 1.0 vacancy at a school with no acceptable applicants can be traded for up to five .2 contracts to other special education teachers in that same type of classroom, at the discretion of the principal. 1) A .2 contract extension is an agreement to buy a teacher’s prep time. This also applies if a school has a half time (.5) vacancy but nothing smaller than a .5 will be considered when buying a teacher’s prep time with a .2 contract extension. 2) The Special Education Department will review each school’s FTE allocations on the 20th, 40th, 80th and 120th count days at 4: 30 p.m. and notify principals and the head special education teacher of any changes in the site’s allocations. a) A principal can contact the Special Education Department at any time to ask for a review of FTE allocations. b) When additional FTE allocations are provided the principal will notify the special education staff in order to hire for vacancies and/or make arrangements for those teachers who are willing to accept a .2 extended contract until the vacancy is filled with an acceptable applicant. 3) If the principal agrees to trade the posted vacancy for extended contracts, the Special Education Department will create and process those extensions, backdated to the date of the posted vacancy,