AREA COOPERATIVE FOR

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

December 2015

ACES Mission
ACES is
committed to
providing a full
continuum of
special education
and
at-risk services
for
students in
member districts
from
pre-school
through 12th
grade, as well as,
to build the
capacity of the
educators and
school systems in
addressing the
issues that
interfere with
educational
outcomes.

ACES Vision
ACES will strive to
be a
comprehensive
program of
services for
students whose
behavioral
difficulties and
academic issues
interfere with
their educational
performance. The
key to this service

Important Upcoming Monthly

Due Dates Trainings To Do List

12/15/2015: December

Child Count due in Core

Data
The December Core
Data/MOSIS webinar
is scheduled for
Wednesday,
December 2, 2015, at
1:00 p.m.

Information about
this webinar can be
found at
http://dese.mo.gov/co
mmunications/webina
r/core-datamosismonthly-webinar-8.

DESE Due Dates can be found

here:
http://k12reports.dese.mo.gov/Da
ta_acquisition_calendar/

Paraprofessional Training
February 25, 2016
MO-CASE Winter/Law
Institute

January 14-15 Stoney Creek

Inn Columbia, MO
New Special Education
Teacher Cohort Meetings
(NWMSU CIE Building):
December 8th, 2015
January 12th, 2016
March 15th, 2016
LASE Meetings
(Maryville Administration
Building):

December 3rd, 2015Dyslexia

Complete December 1 Child

Count, and submit by
December 15
Submit ICAP in IMACS
(Cohort 1)-due December
31st
Share your thoughts on the
changes to Part B of IDEA
on Monday, December 14,
20 2:00-3:00 PM
http://dese.mo.gov/commun
ications/webinar/part-bstate-plan-public-hearing-10
-ORTuesday, January 12, 2016
9:00 -10:00 PM
http://dese.mo.gov/commun
ications/webinar/part-bstate-plan-public-hearing-20

January 21st, 2016-Life

Skills

Tiered Monitoring Cohort

CAP
Cohort 1
Albany
Fairfax
King City
Nodaway Holt
Pattonsburg
Stanberry
West Nodaway

2015-2016
Self-Assessment
Cohort 2
Jefferson
Maryville
North Nodaway
South Holt
Tarkio
Union Star
Worth County

Maintain
Cohort 3
Avenue City
Craig
Mound City
North Andrew
Northeast Nodaway
Rock Port
South Nodaway

Directors Desk
It is hard to believe that we are almost halfway through the school year, but I feel like I blinked, and November
was here and gone before I knew it!! November brings a month that reminds us to be thankful, and I have so
much to be thankful for in this role. Each Monday, the ACES staff gets to collaborate with each other, gather
resources and prep for the week ahead. This is a valuable time for us to gather to reboot and recharge, and I am
very thankful for your support of these days that are so needed. I also cannot express how thankful I am to work
with these ladies who love serving and helping others. Their passion is unmatched!!
Our ACES staff has been active in many happenings in our school districts, just as I know your staff has been
very busy. We are experiencing a lot of transfer students, and many new referrals following the end of the 1 st
quarter and parent teacher conferences. As you experience new student needs, please do not hesitate to
contact Jodie or I for assessment support, or one of the social workers for behavior support. We have already
been able to provide information and support the transition for these students who have transferred from a
previous ACES school districts, and we would be happy to help in any way we can.
I hope that you find that December is a joyous time of year for you, and for your students. We know that this can
often be a tough time for many, so I would encourage you to reach out to your School Social Workers with any
student need you see. Their knowledge of community resources and mental health resources amazes me every
day, and I know all three Social Workers would love to make the holiday season the best it can be for their
students. If you have any other needs, please do not hesitate to contact me!
Tamara

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ACES Board
Meeting
Schedule

November Statistics

January 20th, 2016

April 1st, 2016

Area Cooperative for

Educational SupportACES

Office Manager
Heather Griffith
griffith@maryville.k12.mo.us

Educational
Diagnostician
Jodie Kurtz
kurtjod@maryville.k12.mo.us

Social Workers
Lisa Christmas

dfujinami@maryville.k12.mo.
us
660.254.6133

Donna Hurt

School Psychologist Behavior Visits: 9

School Social Worker Visits: 44

Social Worker Trainings Conducted: 0

Director Visits: 8

Director Trainings Conducted: 5

December Child Count

The December special education child count is due December 15, 2015, via the December MOSIS Student
Core submission. Every student with an IEP or services plan who is receiving services on December 1
should be reported by one, and only one, district. All students receiving special education services under
an IEP (including ECSE speech-only or itinerant students) and parentally-placed private school students
receiving services under a services plan are to be reported.
When the MOSIS file is certified, the special education child count data are populated to Screen 11 of Core
Data. Since there is no submit process in Core Data for the December cycle, the certified MOSIS file is
considered the officially submitted data.
The required verification sheet is located on the MCDS Portal and can be accessed the day after certifying
the MOSIS December Student Core file. Instructions for accessing and returning the verification sheet for
the 2016 school year can be found here: http://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/Instructions%20for%20CC
%20veri.docx.
If you have situations where a student is attending a non-resident district, please work with the other
district to ensure only one district is reporting the student. There are two options for reporting students
attending a non-resident district. The first option is to follow a Resident 2 model where the attending
district reports the student as a Non-Resident (NR), and the resident district does not report the student at
all. In general, Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) students served by a non-resident district should
be reported by the serving district as Non-Resident (NR).
The second option is to follow a cooperative/alternative school model. The resident district does the
reporting and reports the student as a Resident 1 (R1) student.

Mental Health Tidbits

lisachristmas@maryville.k12.
mo.us
660.254.6136

Debbie Griffith-Fujinami

Diagnostic Assessments: 43

Transfer Students: IEPs must be reviewed, and

accepted or rejected. Transfer IEPs cannot be
amended.

If accepted, the transfer IEP becomes the

LEAs IEP and must be implemented
EXACTLY as written, in full (all sections of
the IEP).

If rejected, then the LEA must provide

comparable services until such time a
new IEP is developed for the student.

Comparable Services: The LEA in

consultation with the parents of the
transfer student must determine what
special education services are
comparable to those described in the
transfer IEP. Comparable is defined as
similar which indicates the services do
not have to be exactly same as those on
the transfer IEP.
Transfer forms: http://dese.mo.gov/special
education/compliance/specialeducationforms

The most influential of all educational

factors is the conversation in a child's
home.

1212A S. Main
Street
Maryville, MO
64468
660.582.3768

lynnt@maryville.k12.mo.us

ACES

Director
Tamara Lynn

Compliance
Corner

ACES Monthly
Data Report

Ideas for Increasing Communication with Students

Join your students for lunch once a week

Give whole class rewards-play Uno, cards or board games as a group
Use brain breaks paired with activity-walks, Brain Gym activities, group
yoga . . . Dont forget to join in!
Join in a recess game, or walk with a group of students
Write positive notes, and leave them in the students desk
Build in time to share about their favorite things; use class starters as
discussion topics