Siras Systems Newsletter- October 2023

 

IMPORTANT Information for all users in SIRAS

• CAASPP and ELPAC supports_for 2023-2024 have been updated by the CDE and are being updated in SIRAS.
   
• New Icons for completed forms: You can change the icon as a preference on your account.  Two new options have been added to the menu (Thumb and Dog).  Go to Tools/My Account or Mange Users/Edit Preferences to make your selection.

• Use the Student Data Overview links on your home page to monitor your caseload. Review your students who have overdue or upcoming meetings (annuals due within the next 30 days and triennials due within the next 75 days).

• Review your open meetings regularly. Finalize IEP meetings as quickly as possible, right after parent consent has been received. Finalized IEPs are sent to CDE as they occur throughout the year. The absence in reporting of a timely IEP meeting appears late.
   
• Join SELPA for SIRAS Office Hours for Training of Trainers (ToTs)/Advanced Users/District Administrators and 504/SST Modules. 

IMPORTANT Information for SIRAS Data Administrators in SIRAS

• User accounts for agency staff:  A new process for SIRAS accounts is underway for staff from agencies.  Contact [email protected] for account creation.
   
• If you have not sent data from SIRAS recently, please continue to send data to ensure that all data are in CALPADS for Fall 1 reporting.
   
• Review CALPADS Fall 1 snapshots.  Compare these reports to those you saved on Census Day.  Make any needed changes to SIRAS records and send/re-send to CALPADS.  
   
• Schedule SELPA and/or SIRAS Fall 1 review meetings now. Follow the Data Monitoring Procedures posted on the SIRAS4AdminsPadlet prior to meeting with SELPA.
   
• A list of 2023-2024 SELPA Reporting Due Dates is linked here.  In addition, reference the CDE Fall 1 2023 suggested due dates/checklist.
   
• Fall 1 LEA Approval is upon us.  Refer to the suggested SELPA due dates document  and collaborate within your LEA to ensure that all data will be in CALPADS prior to LEA approval. Review problem-solving resources on posted on the SIRAS4Admins and SIRAS4CALPADS Padlets.
   
• Program settings will be used to calculate the district’s LRE indicators using Fall 1 data. It is important to review them for accuracy, specifically for the Preschool/TK/K students.
   
• Finalize as many IEP meetings dated on/prior to 10/4/23.  Ensure that the meeting data is posted to CALPADS for Fall reporting.
   
• Review your meeting delay reasons as of Census Day, using the 16.14 CALPADS report. All students on the reports should have valid meeting delay reasons prior to your LEA approval.
   
• Utilize the data tracking worksheet to summarize CALPADS reports for review with SELPA and your director.  
   
• The deadline for Fall DRDP data in SIRAS is December 15, 2023.  Report students with all Unable to Rate on the DRDP Exception list and access DRDP Help on the SIRAS4Admins Padlet.?
   
• Join SELPA for monthly SIRAS Data Network meetings (Office hours with SELPA for SPED Data Specialists).?
   
• The schedule of SIRAS Support Webinars/Zoominarsis posted on the SIRAS4CALPADS Padlet.

SST Tracker and the 504 Modules

>>> 504 Module - SIS Integration now available. Click here for more technical information 

Contact [email protected] for a quote and to arrange

The modules employ Transfer buttons on the MIS Summary page which move the student record from one module to another (for example, SST to 504 or SST to Special Education). If your district is interested in using either the SST Tracker or the 504 Plan Developer email Siras Systems for assistance to get started. 

Optional Costs:
     - Customized 504 Forms
     - SIS Integration of demographic and contact data
     - Training & Workshops

SIRAS CCSS Goal Alignment to Assessment & Worksheet Project

Siras Systems is looking for volunteers to assist in the development of short assessment worksheets connected to the goal stems when developed in the GoalWizard. Our hope is that we can combine our resources and efforts to develop material for CCSS goal stems. SIRAS Systems will help coordinate and facilitate the development of the assessments, configure and import the files into SIRAS when complete. This project will take about a year to fully materialize. This cooperative effort benefits the outcomes of the students we serve. Users in the SIRAS family can easily and efficiently develop baselines, evaluate the student’s progress toward their goals, determine whether the goal is met and present this evidence at the annual review meetings. Your participation and contribution to this project as a SELPA would be greatly appreciated by many. All participants that assist would be added to our Acknowledgement page for professional recognition. If you are interested in assisting with this project, email Steve Ormbrek at [email protected] 

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