Monday, May 5, 2008

1. The Autism Master Plan was submitted to the Assistant Superintendent for review, and will be submitted to the Superintendent’s cabinet and the Board of Education.

2. Lynn has been invited to present the autism overview inservice to Schallenberger at a Fall inservice/staff development.

3. The committee approved posting information re the book Autism in the School-Aged Child on the AAC website link. The committee discussed and approved adding a general disclaimer to written resources so it would be clear that a posting did not imply endorsement.

4. The committee approved changes to the parent brochure. The brochure will be given to the CDC, school psychologists, SLP’s and posted to the website.

5. The committee reviewed goals for the 2007-08 school year and set goals for the 2008-09 school year. The 2008-09 goals are:
•review data from staff and parent survey
•improve communication with targeted stakeholders
•explore and develop opportunities to host guest speakers
•ongoing training and staff development
•ongoing monitoring of the autism program

6. Commencing with October 6, 2008, the committee will meet on the first Monday of the month through May, with the exception of January. The date for the January meeting is Monday, January 12, 2009.

Monday, April 7, 2008

I. Lynn reported that the staff surveys had been distributed with a return date of April 16. The parent survey will be sent out later in April. The results of both surveys
will be shared at the first AAC committee meeting of the 2008-09 school year.

II. Lynn presented the autism overview inservice to Los Alamitos and reported that the staff was engaged and receptive. Additional schools will be targeted for this presentation in the coming school year.
Information on upcoming workshops and seminars is posted on the AAC link on the sjusd website.

III. The committee received updates on the tasks assigned at the March meeting. Jennifer and Marnie completed the “tips” on autism, Kathy submitted an article that included the tips and information about the AAC to the PTA District Newsletter, and Lynn sent the article for Spanish translation and distribution for school site newsletters. The Special Education Referral Process that the committee worked on last year had already been posted to the website.

IV. Sarah Rodriguez brought the template for the informational brochure for parents, and led the committee through the steps of creating the brochure. She will have the draft available electronically for the committee to review before the next meeting.

V. Final meeting of the school year will be Monday, May 5.

Monday, March 3, 2008

I. The committee reviewed the proposed staff survey and recommended a few changes. The staff survey will be sent at the same time as the parent survey.
Results will be reviewed at the first AAC meeting of the 2008-09 school year.

II. The committee discussed the drop off in attendance at meetings and the possibility of meeting less frequently. It was decided that this issue would be addressed at the May goal setting meeting when the committee determines its priorities for the coming year.

III. The committee discussed implementation of ideas for expanded communication with stakeholders and assigned responsibility as follows.
•articles and “tips” in the PTA Crier - Kathy will be responsible for finding out details
•articles and “tips” in school newsletters - Jennifer and Marni will collaborate and Lynn will disseminate and obtain Spanish translation
•workshops on Classified Training Day - Lynn will schedule
•general information on autistic students for dissemination to target stakeholders- Sarah R. will create template and committee will work on content at the April meeting
•post above information on website link - Kathy will post when completed
•Q&A for parents - committee will develop
•post Special Ed Referral process that committee developed - Kathy will post
•summary of master plan/description of programs, acronym list,resources for questions and information - Nora and Kathy will work on this

IV. The committee discussed the possibility of fundraising and decided it did not have the resources, time or personnel to devote to such a project at this time.
Karen shared information about donorchoose.org, a website that connects teachers with donors for classroom projects and materials. Lynn will make this information available at team meetings, and Kathy will post info on the website link.

V. Lynn reported that the preschool teacher in the SJUSD/Morgan Center program at Terrell had moved to Canoas to work in the K-1 so there is a vacancy in the preschool now.
We have a few IA’s in the program who are currently doing course work and are interested in becoming interns/teachers.
Another class will be added to the program next year at the K-5 level. The class will be housed at either Canoas or Terrell.
Lynn will be presenting her autism overview to the staff at Los Alamitos.

VI. Next meeting is Monday, April 7.

Monday, January 7, 2008

1. The committee spent most of the meeting editing the draft of the Autism Master
Plan. The committee will receive the final draft electronically before the
February meeting.
2. The committee edited the IEP Update/Report Card Flow Chart. Karen and
Miichele will make the corrections and complete the chart for presentation at
the February meeting.
3. Lynn reported that she would be presenting an Autism Overview at the
principals’ meeting on January 9. She is also scheduled to present to two
site staffs in the near future.
4. Next meeting is Monday, February 4.

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