County Forms

1. Parent Survey, for guardians to rate the evaluation and Special Education planning process
2. Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians
3. Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records
4. Record of File Review, the page that goes on top of the left side of the IEP record, for reviewers to sign
5. Individual Education Plan (IEP), just in case you need it. The blank IEP as a PDF file.
6. Notice of Provision of Free, Appropriate Public Education, the summary page that parents/guardians receive with the IEP
7. Extended School Year Service Plan for use before and during the ESY placement to document goal progress
8. Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file
9. Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
10. Parents' Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML. Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
11. Student's Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML
12. Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services
13. Assessment Report, a cover sheet for the test administrator to indicate results, recommendations, and comments from the assessment testing sessions
14. Release of Information, the letter guardians sign so Sevier County can either send or get a student's Special Education records; the same file in PDF format
15. Continuation of Educational Services in MSWord and as a PDF File, so guardians can indicate previous Special Education enrollment when their child moves around or out of Sevier County
16. Special Education Exit Form, for a student reaching 18 years old and choosing to terminate Special Education services.  The same form as a PDF file.
17. Medication Administration Form, for parents to allow their child to be given or take a prescription or over-the-counter medication at school. Please see Use of Medicines by Students, BP 627 for the complete procedure.
18. SCS Anecdotal Record, for documenting day-to-day incidental reports to students' records. You may want to print this one on green paper to match what is currently in the files.
19. Regular Education Interventions Checklist
20. Request for Special Transportation, complete and fax to Rebecca Campbell
21. Field Trip Permission to Parents one fill-in-the-blanks model to send home. Also see Field Trips and Excursions, Sevier County School Board Policy 515.
22. Tracking Calls Home one way, or a second way to record talks with parents
23. Note to Home, a progress update to send home with the student each day
24. Class Listing of Accommodation/Modifications, for the caseload manager to share with the students' general education teacher(s)
25. Assessment Summary, 1-page tracking of a single student's assessment progress over her or his school career
26. Four Year Educational Plan, a worksheet to plan credits for grades 9 through 12
27. CDC Transition Planning Worksheet for 17 - 21 year olds, to track by name or total number your students' transition to work progress
28. Review of Progress Toward IEP Goals, for use in drafting six week progress reports
29. Student's Skill Summary, another way of reporting progress on IEP goals
30. IEP Progress Report Cover Sheet, for the parent and teacher to send and receive comments each grading period

    Package for Requesting Homebound Services
    These are in Adobe PDF file format.

    1. Cover Letter to Parents and Students Requesting Homebound Services, from the Director of Special Education
    2. Request for Homebound Services, the form to complete
    3. Homebound Medical Form, the doctor's medical evaluation (for use with other-than pregnancy-related requests)
    4. Homebound for Pregnancy Form, the physician's verification
    5. Homebound for Pregnancy Information, two pages of questions, answers, and advice
    6. Release of Information, permission for the school system to get information to and from the physician
    7. Parent Acknowledgement, consent for the teacher to come to the home

Application for Tennessee Teaching License or Amendment to Licensure, the form for adding education credits, additional endorsements, or Praxis scores

Materials in Sevier County and Tennessee

1. Roles/Responsibilities for Service Delivery Options in Sevier County neighborhood schools
2. Continuum of Special Education Services provided by every Sevier County neighborhood school
3. Levels in the Needs-Based Planning Process, information for school building-based staff
4. Child Find in Sevier County
5. Extended School Year Services for Sevier County
6. Extended School Year Questions and Answers
7. Least Restrictive Environment Guidance for Sevier County

Other Materials

1. Office of Special Education Programs, materials for IDEA and IEP guides
2. Tennessee Special Education Programs and Services, the 70-page PDF file of SpEd rules for the state
3. EduHound, "Everything for K-12 education," a thorough site with searchable categories
4. Free Worksheets Link of School Express
5. How Stuff Works, nifty browsing site for the generally curious
6. Quia Web has zones for teachers and students; both are customizable by subject and there are a lot of ready-made activities as well.
7. Bloom's Taxonomy, help wording educational objectives
8. Edsitement, the National Endowment for the Humanities' education homepage
9. Teaching Strategies for Students with Diverse Learning Needs, 89-page PDF from Nebraska, with good samples of what to try for lower functioning students especially
10. Educational Programming Resources, from the Indiana Resource Center for Autism
11. The Savvy Teacher's Guide: Reading Interventions That Work, Jim Wright's 52-page PDF
12. Resource Room, materials for students who "learn differently," including gifted, home-schooled, and older learners
13. Internet Public Library, with a great reference link that is only a small part of the site
14. Brain Connection's education links
15. US Department of Education's Federal Resources for Education Excellence, searchable by subject
16. US Department of Education's Online ordering for Education publications, also searchable
17. Sites for Teachers.com, repeats many of the sites given elsewhere, but this is a great site to start from for teachers
18. EduMart, a searchable site for teaching materials
19. Internet Special Education Resources, auditory, video, and reading materials
20. Assessment Assistance, by grade and test
21. Alternate Assessment from the Miami Museum of Science
22. Teacher Page on Rubrics good, quick summary from Exploring the Environment

Other Special Education Sites

Advocacy Sites