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* new item Summary of IDEA as reauthorized in November 2004, a 30-page PDF from the Council for Exceptional Children

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* Individual Education Plans (or Individualized Education Program). Also see IEP Forms.
* Seven Steps, explains the steps of the IEP process
* IEP Process Overview, from assessment to implementation
* Summary of Special Education Timelines for disciplinary and IEP development actions
* IEP Roles, Multidisciplinary Team member roles for each step of the IEP process
* new item Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Notice of Procedural Safeguards, dated February 2008, this 38 page document replaces the "Rights of Children with Disabilities and Parent Responsibilities" (July 2005) and the shorter ABCs rights brochure as the parental rights document to offer at least annually at IEP meetings
* Sound Advice to Parents on handling the IEP meeting
* Limits on Holding IEP Meetings without the parents attending
* Psychological Tests and Test Interpretation Tools, also includes downloadable printout templates for MS Excel
* 10 Special Education Options, descriptions of contact hours, caseloads, and related services, with option number for each and examples for some. Here's the same file as an MS Word 6.0 document.
* Related Services, descriptions of related services, with two-digit codes for all and examples for some
* Justifications for Restricted Placements, samples of some Least Restrictive Environment IEP wording, borrowed from an Alaskan school system 
* Paraeducators
* ParaEducator Praxis testing dates, cutoff scores by state, and other information from the Educational Testing Service
* ParaEducator Praxis Tutorial from the Educational Testing Service
* ParaEducator Survey for Praxis Training Sessions as a PDF file and as an MS Word document
* Guidelines for Determining the Need for Paraprofessional Support, for use during Sevier County IEP meetings
* Working Together for Successful Paraeducator Services, a 35-page PDF from the U.S. Department of Education's Northwest Regional Laboratory
* 20 Suggestions for a Teacher and Paraeducator to Work More Effectively Together, from LD Online
* Guidelines for Paraeducator Education, policy paper from the Northwest Regional Lab on designing training for TAs
* Roles for Paraprofessionals in Effective Schools, a 1997 publication from the U.S. Department of Education
* Paraeducator Job Description, for an Attendant
* Paraeducator Job Description, for an Inclusion Classroom Assistant
* Paraeducator Job Description, for a Speech/Language Assistant
* Paraeducator Job Description, for an Assistant in a CDC or SDC
* Annual Paraeducator Evaluation, in a narrative, descriptive format
* Annual Paraeducator Evaluation, in checklist format
* Professional Development Resources and Training Opportunities
* Calendar of Training Offered After School Hours at the Trula Lawson Center (Sevierville) During SY 04-05, all teachers, administrators, and parents welcome. Presenters may change; watch for individual announcements prior to each inservice. The same schedule as a PDF file.
* Principles of Learning and Teaching (Praxis II) Preparation, and the same file as an MS Word document
* Mentoring Teacher's Handbook, a 90-page manual from Massachusetts
* Disability Characteristics, 168 pages, with questions at the end of each section; good summary, great for Special Education Praxis Test preparation
* Forms for IEP development, career tracking, parent contact, etc.
* Tennessee Special Education Links
* Educators, the State's main link for teachers' professional information and resources
* Special Education, the State's main link for Special Education information
* Curriculum Frameworks, the State's curriculum outline
* Professional Growth, the framework for evaluation of teachers
* Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, forms, benefits, and information for state employees
* Course Codes and Endorsement Codes, for the 2000/2001 school year
* Praxis Score Requirements for Tennessee

County Forms

* SCS Anecdotal Documentations, the green sheets for adding incidental reports to students' records
* Information for SPED Census, the form (in MS Word) for faxing to Rebecca Campbell after programming changes involving any Special Education student
* Special Education Staffing Report, for building-level IEP Monitors to update the Trula Lawson Center records monthly (by faxing to Rebecca Campbell after each month's updates)
* Eligibility Report, to document eligibility for Special Education services and the instructions for completing it. Save it to your own hard drive because depending on your default printer's setup, you may have to reset a few tabs to get the check boxes to line up. Or here is the Eligibility Report as a PDF file.
* 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.
* Tracking Calls Home one way, or a second way to record talks with parents
* Note to Home, a progress update to send home with the student each day
* IEP Progress Report Cover Sheet, for the parent and teacher to send and receive comments each grading period
* Positions in Sevier County
Please contact the Sevier County School Board (select "Information" link) or (865) 453-4671 for the list of positions open. Contact Dr. Sandy Enloe (865) 453-1036 for more information on special education positions available. 
* Certified Special Education Teachers (Tennessee endorsement 105, 460, 461, or 465) for various settings (self-contained, resource, and inclusion). 
* Speech/Language Pathologists (Tennessee endorsement 068, 464, or 498)
* Certified, Noncertified, and Substitute Teacher Applications are available in MS Word under the "Documents" link at this Sevier County page
* Noncertified Positions (Paraeducators and bus drivers)
Please contact the Sevier County School Board at (865) 453-4671 for more information. Click here for an Application for Employment with the Sevier County School System (for teaching assistants or others requesting work that does not require certification). Or select this one, Application for Teaching Employment with the Sevier County School System, for those requesting teaching or other certified positions. If you have matching certification from another state, contact the Tennessee Department of Education in Nashville (615) 532-4880 about getting an out of state certification for Tennessee.
* Application for Employment with the Sevier County School System, for teaching assistants or others requesting work that does not require certification
* Application for Teaching Employment with the Sevier County School System, for those requesting teaching or other certified positions
* Flexible Inservice Credits, for professional staff to document the 6 (or more) hours of Inservice time required each year. The same form as an Acrobat PDF file.
* Claim for Traveling Expenses, for covered employees to be reimbursed for driving their own vehicles on official business
* Dental or Vision Direct Reimbursement Claim Form, for covered employees to receive back part of their payments for covered dental work or eye exams, glasses, contacts, etc. (form was revised to add vision in January 2004)
* Bus Conduct Report, the driver's form for reporting student behavior and corrective action taken
* Bus Maintenance/Completion Reporting Form, Sevier County Schools Form 620, for the driver to indicate a problem and the garage staff to report how they fixed the vehicle

State Information

 * Teaching Jobs in Tennessee, from the state's list
 * Application for Tennessee Teaching License or Amendment to Licensure, the form for adding education credits, additional endorsements, or Praxis scores
* Table of Endorsement Titles and Corresponding Codes, includes most (but not all) Tennessee Teaching License add-on endorsement codes. Link to the full list. This also lists disability codes.
* 2004-2005 Total Teacher Salary for Sevier County, based on formal degrees and years of experience ("Total" means including state and local funding)
* 2004-2005 Total Supervisor Salary for Sevier County, based on formal degrees and years of experience ("Total" means including state and local funding)