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�o�y°Fefgoy <br /> Town of Reading <br /> V_ Meeting .Minutes <br /> /NCOPQO�P <br /> ■ Entrance and exit criteria for Special Education programs <br /> • Ms. Wilson commented that she did not want to publish the criteria, <br /> because would prefer that it not be public. The information is not <br /> currently documented and there is.no intention to do so. She <br /> expressed that she prefers these decisions are made by the teams. <br /> • It was discussed that the Walker report references utilizing and <br /> implementing entrance and exit criteria. <br /> • There was discussion on creating program descriptions, including <br /> goals,focus areas, methodology,to be utilized as guidance for teams <br /> and families. Ms. Wilson agreed that this is something that can be <br /> done and will work with the PLCs to create them. <br /> b. New business: <br /> ■ FY19 budget - <br /> • Concerns about a letter that went out to from the Middle School <br /> Principals were discussed and the impact on Special Education <br /> students missing electives/specials. <br /> • Substitute.teachers for Special Education - budget line.items do not <br /> reflect any allocation of funds for subs: Ms. Wilson commented that <br /> this is not part of the SpEd budget, so would need to confirm,with <br /> Gail Dowd, but it is her understanding that there is funding for subs. <br /> • Budget reflects restructuring team chair position to a building based <br /> model. Will utilize a model of shared leadership at the building level <br /> will allow more responsiveness to student and family needs. <br /> ■ LLD review update was provided by Ms. Wilson <br /> • Ms. Wilson spoke.with a consultant from Landmark who <br /> recommended we focus on the middle school successes.The plan is <br /> to.work with Melissa Orkin from Tufts to do a parent survey and <br /> evaluation. <br /> • Will review and apply learnings to elementary level. We would be <br /> able to start some of the practices that have been successful at Parker <br /> and apply them at Joshua Eaton this year. <br /> • Ms. Wilson will send evaluation.proposal and parent survey to SEPAL <br /> • It was stated that the plan proposed and being implemented by Ms. <br /> Wilson is a departure from what was discussed and agreed upon in <br /> previous SEPAC meetings on evaluation Bridge and Specialized <br /> reading in the District. The new plan has been contracted and is <br /> underway. <br /> ■ SEPAC LLD Subcommittee was dissolved until further need <br /> • Given the above discussion and plan for moving forward without the <br /> involvement of SEPAC, it was determined that there currently is no <br /> need for an LLD Subcommitte. <br /> • Sarah McLaughlin proposed dissolving the subcommitte until further <br /> need. It was seconded by Sarah Scaffidi. <br /> Page 1 2 <br />