The Indiana Special Education Charter Cooperative (ISECC) develops and supports capacity within schools, maintains student and school data for compliance, and maximizes services and outcomes for students, staff and families of students with special needs. 
 

Backed by 29 years experience in education, ISE offers schools a cooperative model for servicing exceptional learners – providing support and assistance across a broad spectrum.   
 

Specifically, the ISECC will: 
 

Reporting

• Complete all necessary paperwork for federal and State special education grants and reports;

• File all child count reports required by the Indiana Department of Education;

• File all required special education reports with the Indiana Department of Education;

• Work with School to collect data to ensure timely submission of all required special education reports;

• Review all special education files for legal compliance at a minimum one time per year;

• Complete and manage all data including CODA and required data entry;

 Personnel

• Work with school leaders and special education personnel to identify member schools’ areas for programmatic focus for improvement in educational services to students with disabilities;

• Work with schools to develop necessary systems and structures to maintain accurate records and to ensure compliance;

• Assist school personnel to develop and use databases to aggregate student data;

• Identify and coordinate direct service needs and providers for students;

• Coordinate psychological evaluation services and providers;

• Coordinate Teacher of Record (ToR) and Teacher of Service (ToS) across participating schools in pooling resources and providing services; as available and in compliance with Article VII.  May involve additional fees to schools in need and will be arranged on a case by case basis;

 Results

• Engage psychological evaluation staff to assist with pre- and post- evaluation, reporting and follow up work with school personnel;

• Ensure high quality case conference committees through training and ISECC staff in attendance at case conference meetings;

• Assist school personnel as needed to facilitate case conference committees and IEP’s;

• Provide school personnel with resources and workshops to ensure compliance with state and federal special education law;

• Provide school personnel information and technical support with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Article VII;

• Provide resources and support to schools in helping to keep parents informed;

• Plan and facilitate workshops and summer institute for participating schools;

• Coordinate systems across schools to encourage resource pooling and sharing that includes, but is not limited to information, expertise, training opportunities, coordination of ToR and ToS, equipment and assistive technology; and

• Develop operational policies and procedures to make explicit operational protocols and procedures.

Please contact Institute for School Excellence, info@schoolexcellence.org or 800.778.9334 to enroll your school.