ESEA & IDEA Directors Conference
September 23-25, 2024 at Nampa Civic Center
Every year, the Federal Programs Department, the Special Education Department, and the Assessment & Accountability Department partner together to host the ESEA & IDEA Directors Conference.
The 3-day event provides comprehensive annual training for district Federal Programs Directors, Special Education Directors, and District Testing Coordinators and focuses on the many unique aspects of running federal programs within districts and schools in the state of Idaho.
2024 Conference Presentations
Assessment & Accountability
- 33-168: Assessment Exemption – Andrew Bennett
- Assessment Monitoring
- Assessment Resources – Amber Van Vooren
- ISAT Reporting – Kristi Pierce & Amber Van Vooren
- Navigating Assessment Accessibility Features – Karren Streagle
- Use of Assessment Data: Learn from an LEA panel – Paul Kleinert & Aaron Kennedy
- School Improvement Identification
Federal Programs
- Allowable Use of Funds – Stacie Rekow & Michelle Perreira
- Binational Teacher Exchange Program – Christina Alvarez
- Break the Migrant Summer School Mold – Joseph Palmer
- Connections Between the CFSGA and the GRA – Kateryna Dyer & Michelle Perreira
- English Learner Program Overview – Maria Puga
- Equitable Services – Lisa English
- ESEA Overview – Josh Noteboom
- ESSER Monitoring – Lisa English
- Federal Programs Monitoring Process – Stacie Rekow
- Foster Care – Jill Mathews
- GRA How-to – Michelle Perreira
- McKinney-Vento 101 – Emily Kesler
- Migrant Basics – Roberto Trinidad
- Resources and Tools for Supporting Newcomer and Immigrant Students – Maria Puga
- School Improvement – Patty Dalrymple
- SWIP – Patty Dalrymple
- Title 1-A Overview – Stacie Rekow
- Tile II-A – Carol Roessler
- Uniform Grant Guidance Updates – Lisa Pofelski-Rosa & Kateryna Dyer
Special Education
- Data and Reporting 101
- Early Dispute Resolution is No Longer Optional – Geneva Jones
- Getting Started: A Guide to Early Childhood Special Education
- Guide to Idaho’s Dispute Resolution Processes
- IDEA Part B Funding 101 – Lisa Pofelski-Rosa
- Mechanics of IDEA Part B Funding & Completing the IDEA Part B Application – Lisa Pofelski-Rosa
- Moving Beyond the Basic Legal Principals to Understanding How the IDEA Serves Students – Geneva Jones
- Optimize Your School-Based Medicaid In Partnership With the IDEA Part B Funding – Lisa Pofelski-Rosa, Shannon Dunstan, Austin Kohout
- School-based Medicaid 101
- Secondary Special Education
- Section 504 is not the Consolation Prize – Geneva Jones
- SMART 2.0
- Special Education Updates
- Teaching Student Discipline – Geneva Jones
Contact
Cathy Vaughan
Administrative Assistant
(208) 332-6985
cvaughan@sde.idaho.gov