Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC) - School District 622

Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Members Present: Jill Kuehn, Karon Joyer,
Toni Malone, Barb Thibaudeau, Janet Boland,
Karen Cory, Joanne Kern, Sally Butwin, Sonya
Czerepak, Jill Miklausich
Members Absent: Marsha Stohler, Kevin
Marschel
Others Present: Duane Woeste and Julie
Koehler (Special Ed. Supervisors)
ACTION MINUTES
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Meeting Date: January 12, 2010
Recorder: Rhonda Nelson
Date/Time/Place of Next Meeting:
March 9, 2010
6:00-7:30PM
District Ed. Center – Room 202
AGENDA ITEM ACTION DECISION
1. Call to Order 1. Meeting called to order by Co-Chair
B. Thibaudeau, at 6:04PM.
2. Approval of Agenda 2. K. Cory Moved to approve the agenda; J.
Boland Made the second and the MOTION
CARRIED.
3.
4.
Approval of Previous Minutes
Follow Up on Previous Items
3. T. Malone Moved to approve the minutes
from the October 6, 2009 meeting; K. Cory
Made the second and the MOTION
CARRIED.
4. Adaptive Activities – D. Woeste reported on
the Grade 7-12 survey to parents regarding
adaptive athletics for after school. Surveys
have been returned and it appears there is an
interest in several sports as well as an interest
in an adaptive league.
ACTION: K. Joyer to meet with Cheri
Bender and the 2 high school athletic
directors to outline programming.
EBD, SLP or Minority Representation -- K.
Joyer reported that special ed. administration
is making personal phone calls to invite a
wider representation on SEAC.
ACTION: SEAC Co-Chairs or other
members may submit parent names to K.
Joyer.
(continued)

5.
New Agenda Items
5.
Update Mission Statement – This item was
tabled from last meeting. Suggestion to pull
small sub-committee to discuss resources.
ACTION: T. Malone and S. Butwin agreed
to meet with K. Marschel to discuss.
Wrap Up CIMP Report – D. Woeste asked if
members read the CIMP report from last
meeting and invited questions. It was noted
that special ed. teachers have been
participating in extensive training.
ACTION: Possible CIMP meeting in April
where T. Malone and J. Boland can view
trend data and suggest recommendations.
MDE Website; SEAC Resources – D. Woeste
reported that the Minn. Dept. of Education
has information on their website about
special ed. advisory councils. It was also
noted that last fall the Minn. Association of
Special Ed. Directors (MASE) developed a
SEAC model for districts.
ACTION: D. Woeste will send email link
about SEAC to R. Nelson who will forward
on email to SEAC members.
ACTION: Suggestion per committee
member to look at SEAC training module at
the March 9 th SEAC meeting.
Secondary Workgroup Update/Transition – J.
Koehler reported on activities that the Special
Ed. High School Work Group has been
accomplishing. The primary focus is to
address special ed. programming and services
(based on recommendations from an external
audit conducted in Spring, 2007).
ARC/622 Training Collaborative – J. Koehler
explained how the district has been
collaborating with ARC to provide
information to parents about transitioning
students. However, several meetings were
cancelled due to lack of interest. Committee
members were asked for their thoughts or
opinions. Several suggestions were to create
more “detailed” flyers for case managers to
distribute at conferences or IEP meetings;
increase mailings to home; obtain permission
for ARC to tape a session and create CD’s for
parents to view at home. Another suggestion
(continued)

6.
Other
Adjournment
6.
was to partner with other established
transition type companies such as Life
Works. It was stated that the district is
already involved in a partnership with
Midway Training Services.
Special Ed. Update – K. Joyer noted there
was parental concern over the possibility of
Carver elementary being closed due to the
AYP article in the St. Paul paper. She read
the newsletter from the Carver principal
reassuring parents that Carver is not closing
and that the school is taking steps to address
concerns about student academic progress.
Use of Stimulus Funds – K. Joyer reported
that John Glenn and North are getting major
remodels in their multi-needs kitchens with
appliances and cupboards, etc. Additional
stimulus fund purchases included 3 vans for
transporting students from Next Step, North
and Tartan to vocational activities.
K. Joyer stated that Special Ed. is waiting for
the report back from MDE as a result of the
MDE Site Monitoring visit conducted in
November.
T. Malone moved to adjourn meeting at
7:31PM. Meeting adjourned