Workload Issues. a. A SPS handbook of administrative guidelines of OSPI approved administrative rules, regulations, and procedures will be maintained and modified as appropriate by the SPS, utilizing recommendations from the Special Education Service Taskforce. These guidelines will be updated yearly and provided to employees online. b. The district will provide an IEP content and district procedures training two times per year. Attendance to one IEP content/procedure training per year will be mandatory for anyone who is responsible for writing IEPs. c. The district recognizes the need for appropriate training to better serve all students. The building administrator/supervisor will allow employees the opportunity to attend a meeting facilitation training, which will include training to assist facilitators to work with difficult teams. d. The building administrator/supervisor will allow employees the opportunity to attend a Special Education Law training at least one time per year. e. Certificated staff new to special education in the district, will receive the IEP Online training within thirty (30) days of their start date. f. All certificated staff will be required to take two (2) days of special education training designed in consultation with SEA during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years. Elementary teachers will be paid for this training using collaboration hours as outlined in Article IX, Section P. Secondary teachers will be paid for this training if attending beyond the contractual day. g. In order to facilitate the educational assessment and programming of students with disabilities, and to provide health/medical and legal safeguards for the students and employees, the following information shall, to the extent possible, be made available within the receiving building prior to student placement for students being placed from outside the district. For students being transitioned from within the district, access to the student’s IEP online file will be given to the new team as soon as the student’s placement has been verified:
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