1. Revised 20031 Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) for New Teacher Orientation

2. Revised 20032 Philosophy for IEP Writing We believe that students’ Individual Education Plans must be written based on discrepancies and areas of concern/needs that have been identified through assessment and data collection.

3. Revised 20033 What We Need To Know….. How to link assessment and IEP How to link competencies (PLOP) and IEP How to write measurable goals and objectives that can be measured and mastered in a year How to monitor and collect data How to tie IEP to TEKS

4. Revised 20034 Conduct/Gather Assessment PLOP Draft prior to ARD IEP Conduct/Gather Assessment Conduct/Gather Assessment IEP Progress Reports Update IEP

5. Revised 20035 Individualized Education Plans (IEP) Goals and objectives should be tied to areas of concern from PLOP. Goals need to be based on a TEKS strand with instructional level, but do not reference a TEKS number. Goals and objectives should be measurable. Goals should be able to be mastered within a year.

6. Revised 20036 Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) This is a plan to address specific behavioral concerns Begin with a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) Draft BIP is brought to the ARD and finalized in the ARD

7. Revised 20037 Manifestation Determination Review (MDR) What is an MDR? Why do we need an MDR? Who needs to have an MDR conducted? When is an MDR considered? Where is an MDR conducted?

8. Revised 20038 Next Steps….. Upcoming Training –The IEP Writing Process –Advanced IEP Writing –Writing and FBA/BIP Getting Technical Assistance –Diagnostician –Campus staff –District staff