SY 24-25 Symposium Presentations
Dear SFUSD Special Education Team,
It was an honor to welcome each of you to the Second Annual Special Education Symposium. Your active participation and the insights you shared were crucial to its success and deeply appreciated.
Your dedication to enhancing the education of our students who receive special education services does not go unnoticed. It is your hard work, passion and leadership that create the affirming, engaging and inclusive learning environments for our students and have such a positive impact on our community.
For your reference, all of the resources and materials from the symposium can be accessed here. If you have not done so already, please make sure to complete this feedback form.
Our staff in the Special Education Services Department look forward to supporting you throughout the school year and are excited about the great work we’ll accomplish together.
Warm regards,
Regina Piper
Assistant Superintendent of Special Education Services
Auditorium Sessions
Title | Presenter | Audience |
Keynote Speakers | Regina Piper Assistant Superintendent, Special Education Services and Dr. Karling Aguilera-Fort, Senior. Associate Superintendent of Educational Services and School Operations | All Teachers |
Legal Training | SFUSD Legal Team Patrick Swillinger and Brenda Arzate | All Teachers |
SEIS Reminders + Updates | SpEd Data & Operations Team Danielle Love | All Teachers |
Goalbook Overview | Goalbook Team | All Teachers |
Session 2 Presentations
Title | Presenter | Audience |
AAC: Future Connections | Molly Hartzell, Nicole Errante, Michaela Sullivan | All SpEd Teachers |
ERMHS Reimagined | ERMHS Team Andi Hilinski | All SpEd Teachers |
IXL (12:30 - 2:00) | IXL Team Linelle Gorman | Mild/Moderate Special Day Class Teachers |
TeachTown (12:30 - 3:35) | TeachTown Team Lisa Stevens-Rath | Extensive Support Needs Teachers (Formally Moderate/Severe) |
Introduction to SPIRE (12:30 -3:35) | Tier 3 Literacy Team Saveth Seang | NEW RSP & Mild/Moderate Teachers
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AccessSFUSD: TeachTown | Kara Schinella & Lena Kazaryan | AccessSFUSD Teachers |
Goalbook | Goalbook Team | All SpEd Teachers |
Co-Teaching for Secondary | Andy Chung & Sara Mireles | Secondary RSP and Mild/Moderate Teachers |
Offer of FAPE: Defensible IEPs and LRE | Gabriel Baker, Sheree Catingub, Kee Fricke-Pothier | All SpEd Teachers |
PreK Overview | Stephanie Richmueller | All PreK Teachers |
Working with Families | Julia Martin, SFUSD SpEd Ombuds & Support for Families, Executive Director: Link to Slides | All SpEd Teachers |
SEIS Training for New Teachers | SFUSD SEIS Team | New SpEd Teachers |
Classroom Management | Behavior Team | All SpEd Teachers |
Session 3 Presentations
Title | Presenter | Audience |
AAC and Bilingualism | Molly Hartzell, Nicole Errante, Michaela Sullivan | All SpEd Teachers |
ERMHS Reimagined | ERMHS Team | All SpEd Teachers |
READ 180 (1:30 - 3:25) | Read 180 Marilyn Feldmeier | HS Read 180 Teachers |
AccessSFUSD Access Supports
| Kara Schinella | AccessSFUSD Teachers |
Goalbook | Goalbook Team | All SpEd Teachers |
SEIS Training for New Teachers | SFUSD SEIS Team | New SpEd Teachers |
Collaborating with Paraprofessionals | Gabriel Baker, Sheree Catingub, Kee Fricke-Pothier | All SpEd Teachers |
Meta-Play (1:30 - 3:25) | Teachtown Lena Kazaryan | PreK SDC Teachers |
Data 101: Easy Data Systems | Behavior Team | All SpEd Teachers |
Session 4 Presentations
Title | Presenter | Audience |
AAC and RSP | Molly Hartzell, Nicole Errante, Michaela Sullivan | RSP Teachers |
ERMHS Reimagined | ERMHS Team | All SpEd Teachers |
Autism-Focused Classroom Programs | Behavior Team | Autism Focused Teachers |
AccessSFUSD Access Structures | Kara Schinella | AccessSFUSD teachers |
Goalbook | Goalbook Team | All SpEd Teachers |
Alternate Pathway to Diploma | Andy Chung & Sara Mireles | Secondary SpEd Teachers |
Intro to the Woodcock Johnson | John Clancy | New SpEd Teachers |
Addressing Sensory Needs | S. Akemi Hata | All SpEd Teachers |
Tier 2 Strategies | Behavior Team | All SpEd Teachers |
SEIS Training for New Teachers | SFUSD SEIS Team
| New SpEd Teachers |
Case Management Resources
Professional Development
For current Special Education Professional Development check out the Special Education Scope and Sequence
Behavioral Support Resources:
Safety Care Training Information
Online Resources
- Behavior Intervention Services GoogleClassroom: Tier 1, 2, & 3 Resources
- Behavior Modules: asynchronous training (ask your admin if you can complete for Prop G!)
- De-Escalation & Crisis Resources
- Behavior Training Request Form: request site-based all-staff training from BCBA team:
IXL Resources:
- SPED Symposium IXL PD Recording
- Guide to Using IXL Strategies Effectively: Foundations I Guide
- IXL Minis: On-demand Short Videos
Read 180 Resources:
- Read 180 Launch Slide Deck (10-30-24)
- Read 180 Video Recording, Password: e@gnb@3&K
Other Helpful Resources:
- How to login to TeachTown via Clever
- 2024-2025 Special Education Landing Page
- HMH Into Reading Video on Navigating Intervention Resources from C&I
Inclusive Schools Network Online Resources
The Inclusive Schools Network, sponsored by Stetson & Associates, Inc., is a web-based educational resource for families, schools, and communities, providing information and resources that facilitate inclusive education practices.
We support schools around the globe by sharing tools and strategies to increase opportunities for students with disabilities and build knowledge of inclusive education.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Resources:
CAST is renowned for its innovative professional development on Universal Design for Learning. Whether you are implementing at the individual, team, school, or district level, we offer hands-on opportunities that empower you to take control of your own learning through instructional rounds, lesson design studios, design thinking activities, and other learner-centered protocols.
Autism Focused Intervention Resources & Modules
AFIRM Modules are designed to help you learn the step-by-step process of planning for, using, and monitoring an EBP with learners with ASD from birth to 22 years of age. Supplemental materials and handouts are available for download.
Autism Internet Modules
Autism Internet Modules (AIM) provide high-quality information and professional development for anyone who supports, instructs, works with, or lives with someone with autism. Developed with partners from across the country, participants can select from over 40 modules to complete at their own time and pace.
Assistive Technology Internet Modules
Assistive Technology Internet Modules (ATIM) is an online learning environment containing 50 AT topics from assessment and funding to content areas such as access to mobile devices, communication, seating and positioning, AT for students with complex needs and more. Developed with partnering universities and nationally renowned experts in the field, ATIM brings you the highest quality content available. Free access as well as professional development certificates and graduate credit are available.
High Leverage Practices in Special Education
The HLP Video Series can support teacher educators and new teachers with concrete, easy-to-access examples of HLPs in action, in real classrooms, with real students. The videos and supporting resources are easily and freely accessible online, offering a practical, real-world illustration of HLPs by teachers intentionally and explicitly using the practice to meet the specific needs of students in their classrooms. HLP videos highlight research-based practices that are captured in settings that resonate with diverse contexts, subject areas, grade-levels, and student needs. Moreover, the videos demonstrate practices across levels of intensity.
This page was last updated on October 31, 2024