What’s inside the September 15, 2013 Workbook? A Presentation for Part C Service Areas September 26, 2013

September 26, 2013 Welcome! 2

September 26, Agenda September 15 Workbook –Strand Report –Monitoring Activities Report (MAR) –Report of Findings and CAPs C-8c (Early Childhood Transition: Timely Transition Conference) –Reports of Closeout NEWSearch Feature – NEW! CIMS Reminders

September 26, 2013 Part C Workbook is open! 4

September 26, 2013 Strand Report The Strand Report summarizes your service area’s performance on State Performance Plan (SPP) indicators Updates include: –C-1 (Timely Service Delivery) –C-7 (Timeliness of IFSPs) –C-8 (Early Childhood Transition) –Updated statuses for all tasks –Rows with updates are shaded in blue Access the September 2013 Strand Report from your Reports Page 5

September 26, 2013 Strand Report (cont.) 6

September 26, 2013 If you’re a Mozilla Firefox user, you will not see “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” on your Strand Report in CIMS C = Thumbs up D = Thumbs down Please note, the print version shows the icons correctly! 7 Note re: Mozilla Firefox

September 26, 2013 MAR The Monitoring Activities Report (MAR) is included in every Workbook and provides important information to locals Some messages are universal and go to all locals –MEGS Self-Assessment –Unique Identification Code Some messages are targeted, and are sent only to specific locals –Reminders to review Letters of Findings 8

September 26, 2013 MAR (cont.) 9

September 26, 2013 Letters of Findings One Letter of Findings and corrective action plan (CAP) issued for: –C-8c (Early Childhood Transition – Timely Transition Conference) 10

September 26, 2013 CAP Reminders CAPs due November 1, 2013 If you received a CAP, please contact your technical assistance provider 11

September 26, 2013 Reports of Closeout If your service area had a finding of noncompliance (and related CAP) in September 2012, your Report of Closeout is available on the Reports page 12

September 26, 2013 NEW Search Feature! 13

September 26, 2013 Search Tab 14

September 26, 2013 Question 1: What are you searching for? 15

September 26, 2013 Question 2: Search Types 16 Hold the Ctrl key to select more than one item.

September 26, Click Search, and results return at the bottom of the screen. Search Results

September 26, 2013 Service Area History 18 Leave everything blank and click Search.

September 26, 2013 Export Results 19

September 26, 2013 Sort Results 20

September 26, 2013 Need Help? 21

September 26, 2013 CIMS Reminders 22

September 26, 2013 Home Page 23

September 26, 2013 The CIMS Process 24

September 26, 2013 Open WB  Acknowledge Reports Reports must be acknowledged You cannot complete work in your Workbook until you’ve acknowledged your reports Where should you start? –Review Strand Report –Review MAR 25

September 26, Assemble a RAP Team (if necessary) Why? –If your service area has a CAP to complete Who? –A CIMS coordinator (special education director or service area designee) –Early On ® Coordinator –Parents –LICC representative –Service providers –Data experts or program specialists –Special education administrators/general education administrators/ISD monitor

September 26, 2013 Complete Tasks with the RAP Team Compliance –Review Strand Report –Review Report of Findings and complete CAP for C-8c Note about RAP Teams: If your service area is completing a CAP, you must convene a RAP Team. Otherwise, your service area may decide if a RAP Team is helpful to review your new data. 27

September 26, 2013 Provide Feedback After completing tasks, provide feedback, and your Workbook will be complete 28

September 26, Resources -

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September 26, 2013Questions?Questions? 31

September 26, For More Information CIMS Website – CIMS Part C Help Desk –(866) MDE –Vanessa Winborne, Early On Coordinator –Colleen O’Connor, Education Consultant,