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		<title>Time Off From Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are absent from work for three or more days you are required to produce a Dr. Note to excuse your absence.

Aesop Attendance, Sub Caller Program
FMLA Fact Sheet
FMLA Request Form
Certification of Healthcare Provider (Employee)
Certification of Healthcare Provider (Family Member)

FMLA Fact Sheet 28
Personal Day Reminders Form
Return to work Physician Cert Form
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4 style="text-align: center;">If you are absent from work for three or more days you are required to produce a Dr. Note to excuse your absence.</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/aesop-check-out-our-new-attendance-sub-caller-program">Aesop Attendance, Sub Caller Program</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/FMLAFactSheet.pdf">FMLA Fact Sheet</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/FMLALeaveRequest.pdf">FMLA Request Form</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/FMLAEmployee.pdf">Certification of Healthcare Provider (Employee)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/FMLAFamily.pdf">Certification of Healthcare Provider (Family Member)</a></li>
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<p><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/FMLA-Fact-Sheet-28.pdf">FMLA Fact Sheet 28</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/PersonalDayReminders.pdf">Personal Day Reminders Form</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.kcsec.org/wp-content/documents/ReturnWorkPhysicianForm.pdf">Return to work Physician Cert Form</a></p>
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		<title>Easy IEP Things To Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wilson</dc:creator>
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Area
Problem
Solution


Re-evaluation
The IEP started last year and   the re-eval date is 3 years out from today.
The IEP start date is key. If   the IEP was started last year, the IEP start date should reflect the same.   Then, the re-evaluation date will be reflective…back date the IEP to last   [...]]]></description>
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<td width="223" height="20"><strong>Area</strong></td>
<td width="315"><strong>Problem</strong></td>
<td width="387"><strong>Solution</strong></td>
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<td height="68">Re-evaluation</td>
<td style="text-align: justify;" width="315">The IEP started last year and   the re-eval date is 3 years out from today.</td>
<td width="387">The IEP start date is key. If   the IEP was started last year, the IEP start date should reflect the same.   Then, the re-evaluation date will be reflective…back date the IEP to last   year when it started for an acurate re-eval date</td>
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<td height="221">Re-evaluation</td>
<td width="315">The re-evaluation date does not   update on the final conference report in the final eligibility paperwork even   though the date is correct in the eligibility info section of the blue   menu.  It does update on the IEP final   conference report, but on the eligibility conference report, it shows up as   either the 60 day limit date, or the old re-eval date.</td>
<td width="387">This is a known issue.  It is the way the database is designed to   work. The problem generally occurs when the Eligibility date is not entered   which is a point of reference. Once the Eligibility date is entered, it automatically   feeds the correct date into the Conference Reports.</p>
<p>On the other hand, when a date is manually entered and no initial date had   been entered, a second conference report must be created with the correct   date. Then, the first report with the incorrect date can be deleted. The   database design assumes the Eligibility date has been created and the date   will be automatically populated with the accurate date.</td>
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<td width="223" height="255">Report   Card Wizard</td>
<td width="315">the  report    card  wizard  says  there  are  no    annual  goals  in  this  students&#8217;  IEP,    but  when  I  go  to  his  documents,    they  are  there.    How  can  I  do    a  report  card  for  him  if  his    goals  don&#8217;t  show  up  in  report  card    wizard,  and  how  can  I  make  them    appear  there?</td>
<td width="387">The first is; there were (2)   finalized IEPs created with the same start and end dates.<br />
They were also created on the same day which produces an error when trying   to<br />
access the data via generating a report card. This has been cleaned up.</p>
<p>The second was; an event started and was not finished after the (2)   IEPs<br />
were finalized. It was an attempt to create another IEP which never came to   be.<br />
The report card wizard also tried looking at this event which also produced   an error.<br />
This has been cleaned up.</td>
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<td height="234">Related Services</td>
<td width="315">If you enter a related service   and then delete it, it often still shows<br />
up and prints out in the final IEP copy.    This has happened multiple times.<br />
It also adds the deleted minutes into the total service minutes.  It happens<br />
when  you delete by checking the box   to delete the entire entry, and it also<br />
happens even when you go in and delete each bit of information in the   related services text boxes individually.</td>
<td width="387">This generally happens when the   Related Service is Not deleted. Directly above The Related Services bar has   options &#8220;yes&#8221; and &#8220;no&#8221;. If &#8220;no&#8221; is selected and   you check the delete box for the elected Service, the service will not delete   (it will<br />
be hidden). You must make sure &#8220;yes&#8221; is selected, and then check   delete and save. This will completely delete the service and resolve the   problem of adding the extra minutes.</td>
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<td height="51">IEP Document</td>
<td width="315">IEP did not transfer to the   tranferred district</td>
<td width="387">The IEP was not finialized   before the transfer. It was in draft form. All of your data entered is in   tack. Go to the bottom and save an continue each enitity</td>
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<td height="102">Indicator 13</td>
<td width="315">there needs to be a goal for;   Education or Training, employment and Independent Living if applicable. In   the current format you can only enter yes or no for each of these areas,Not   Applicable is not a choice. An additional choice of Not Applicable needs to   be added to Education, Training, and Independent Living Skills.</td>
<td width="387">Per the FACTS document, the only   allowable options for that question are Yes or No. They do not allow N/A as   an option. The options of Yes, No or N/A are aligned with the allowable   responses that the state outlines for those questions.</td>
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<td height="51">Report Card Wizard</td>
<td width="315">Report Card Wizard &#8211; dates are   not printing out</td>
<td width="387">(2) finalized IEPs created with   the same start and end dates. They were also created on the same day which   produces an error when trying to access the data via generating a report   card.</td>
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<td height="102">Report Card Wizard</td>
<td width="315">Report Card Wizard &#8211; dates are   not printing out</td>
<td width="387">an event started and was not   finished after (2) IEPs<br />
were finalized. It was an attempt to create another IEP which never came to   be.<br />
The report card wizard also tried looking at this event which also produced   an error.</td>
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<td height="34">Report Card Wizard</td>
<td width="315">Student not appearing for   updating records and goals</td>
<td width="387">Student was made non-Eligibale   and returned to general education by mistake</td>
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<td height="34">Student</td>
<td width="315">When I enter a new student, it   states the student already exist</td>
<td>Student may exist in an &#8220;inactive&#8221; state</td>
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<td height="170">Reporting Periods</td>
<td width="315">Reporting periods 1 &amp; 2 or 2   &amp; 1 are contained within one reporting period when I&#8217;m trying to print   one reporting period</td>
<td width="387">What happened is; Reporting   Period 2 document was created first, then someone went back and created   documentation for Reporting Period 1. Since Reporting periods are cumulative,   it picked up Reporting period 2 within the Reporting Period 1 document. Then,   a Reporting Period 1 document was created and picked up Reporting Period 2 (…   since they are cumulative).  Remove   both documents. You can go back and create a Reporting Period 1 picking up   the same information which is already in the database – only for Reporting   Period 1. This will allow for a cleaner Reporting Period.</td>
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<td height="35">Caseload</td>
<td>I cannot transfer caseloads</td>
<td width="387">Need to make both user&#8217;s same   user-level, then go to Wizard to &#8220;transfer&#8221; or &#8220;copy&#8221;   caseload pending situation</td>
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<td height="80">User-Level</td>
<td width="315">Can&#8217;t use &#8220;private   facility&#8221; user-level at Aggregate level</td>
<td width="387">Most private facility staff   members and building managers are entered at the local level versus the coop   level. The aggregate level typically houses Coop staff only that do not work   in one of those roles.</td>
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<td height="120">Reporting Periods</td>
<td width="315">I continue to get old goals after I created   a new final IEP. I had 14 goals, which required updating to 9. I contnue to   get 14 in my reorting period</td>
<td width="387">(8) IEPs have been created for   the same student with the same information. (2) of the (8) have been   finalized by mistake. Final IEP with the earliest date has the 14 goals which   perioding period picks up this data. Inactivate the (2) created by mistake, to   allow the current IEP to pick up the current goals within the most acurate   IEP.</td>
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<td height="160">Rollover</td>
<td width="315">determine the roll over for the   preschool students?  (By their age)&#8230;.In other words, some students at   the PreK level are in PreK for two to three year&#8230;&#8230;.I&#8217;m hoping that they   don&#8217;t automatically roll over all PreK students to be Kdgs</td>
<td width="387">even though pre-K has kids ages   3 &amp; 4 (for two Pre-K levels), there&#8217;s only one code (by means of the   state) for pre-K kids…..meaning they will rollover to the next grade level.<br />
It is recommended we upload new data with grade levels to correct problem,   or  manually changing the second level   of pre-K kids (who moved to &#8220;K&#8221;) back to pre-K.</td>
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<td height="120">Special Education Session</td>
<td width="315">I have deleted the speech and   language in the special education section several times, but it keeps showing   up in the draft IEP (even though it’s not in there~)….I want the top section   (general education to be the same), but the bottom special education section   to be empty</td>
<td width="387">check the Eligibility tab (not   the Eligibility process), then scroll down to the Primary &amp; Secondary   disabilities. Then check and make sure they are not selected…..or related   services may have been overwritten twice</td>
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<td height="40">Document</td>
<td width="315">the system was not saving the   entire report &#8211; cutting off the end</td>
<td width="387">Not enough space within the   notes box &#8211; remove unused space. Database supports ~20 pages</td>
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<td height="340">State Reporting</td>
<td width="315">Not sure what reported to the   state via the database</td>
<td width="387">When we go to do state reporting   the RCTDS code is reported to the state (which would be the school code in   EasyIEP) and the facility 3 or 4 digit number is also reported. The facility   code number is entered on the state reporting page when the IEP is completed.   Also, it is important that whatever code is used in the school code field   matches the code that the local district uses to associate the student with   that location. For example, I may enter the 10 digit RCTDS code, but if the   school district only uses the last 4 digits in their Student Information   System, or has its own number, then the students will not be associated   correctly when the data is uploaded. The codes need to match. An example that   we have seen is that Elim Christian School has 1 RCTDS code but 3 program   numbers. I think this is the case you are referring to so most of those   districts have Elim listed once with the RCTDS code in the school list and   then will report the facility code in the State reporting section</td>
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<td height="100">Ineligibility</td>
<td>Student is no longer eligible for services</td>
<td width="387">staff member will need to hold   an Eligibility meeting to find the student ineligible for services.  In the State Reporting section, if the   student was receiving services, you will leave the section alone except for updating   the Reason for Exit with the dropdown menu.</td>
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<td height="80">Student Caseload</td>
<td width="315">All students are not appearing   on my caseload</td>
<td width="387">You may want to go to the   “Wizard” icon, then “Caseload Wizard”, then see how many students are setup   under your name. If you are not getting a total listing, you may want to add   the students</td>
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<td height="160">Goals</td>
<td width="315">Not able to complete   goals/outcomes to continue with creation of IEP</td>
<td width="387">It looks like the student you   were working on did not have complete information under the Anticipated   Post-Secondary Outcomes / Goals and Services for Education.  You had a goal but you did not have an   outcome, so the system was telling you that you cannot have a goal without   the anticipated outcome.   In order to   correct the problem, click on the first Details button from the Transition   Section and complete all outcomes.    This will clear out your error.</td>
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<td height="200">Transition</td>
<td width="315">Problems listing training in   reference to employment</td>
<td width="387">Training is still related to the   area of employment and that is where it would go.  Say for example we have a student who wants   to be a landscaper.  In the employment   section, we may put in activities such as job shadowing, working a local   nursery to learn how to water and care for plants.  We could have another student who is more   involved and we are working on just starting a task and ending a task.  We would put in the section of employment   &#8220;Task training&#8221;.  The student   would still have postsecondary goal related to training, but is a subset of   being an employable individual.</td>
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<td height="220">Message Board</td>
<td width="315">How do I post questions,   problems, messages to PCG?</td>
<td width="387">To post a question, comment, or   bug report on our message board, go to your district’s site exam:   (https://go2.easyiep.com/iloswego )  On   the main menu page in the middle of the page next to “Send us a message” you   can click on Question / Bug Report / Comment / Suggestion / My Messages  based on what you would like your message   to be. We will then get your message and send you a reply within the next few   hours. A different person is in charge of message boards everyday and we   check the board periodically throughout the day.</td>
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<td height="180">Goals</td>
<td width="315">Goal updates – Should goal   updates be written to correspond with the school quarter or the ordinal   quarter of goal usage? For example, if a goal is written in the 3rd quarter   of the school year, the first time a goal is updated would be the fourth   quarter of the school year but the first quarter progress is being reported.   Make sense? I am just looking for clarification for consistency sake.</td>
<td width="387">The goals should be graded out in the   ordinal quarter of goal usage.  So like   your example if the goal is written in third quarter, it would be graded   graded out the first time 4 quarter, then school would start again and that   would be the second time it was graded out at end of first quarter.  Also, the question does make sense.</td>
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<td height="420">Goals</td>
<td width="315">Staff are also asking if a   personal goal bank can be created in Easy IEP without having to access a   specific student in the system and if so how does this work?</td>
<td width="387">Yes.  When you go to Annual Goals-àAdd   goals-àManage custom goal-àthree options will appears:<br />
1. Add goals from the lists to my goal bank<br />
2. Import goals to my goal bank from case load<br />
3. Create categories for my goal bank<br />
Type in the goal that is desired in the boxes above these three options,   then hit save and continue.  This will   bring you to another page that has three options:<br />
Only import goals from Student X</p>
<p>Only include students for whom I am   Case Manager</p>
<p>Create Categories from the Goal   Area of the Goal</p>
<p>When I tried this, I selected the second one, which attached the goal that   I created to all the students that are on my case load so I can just adjust   the name and save me some time.  I hope   that this helps and makes sense.  It is   a lot easier that it appears to be written.</td>
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<td height="100">Annual Goals</td>
<td width="315">I cannot update Annual goals   through Report Card Wizard</td>
<td style="text-align: justify;" width="387">A second IEP have been created   which is not showing under documents, but appears within the history section   with &#8220;No Annual Goals&#8221;. This is was created after a final IEP and <span>not</span><span> in document form. Once the   event&#8217;s removed, Annual goals should appear from the final IEP.</span></td>
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<td height="40">Related Services</td>
<td>Dates are not acurate</td>
<td width="387">Go to related Services within   blue bar for student, then &lt;click&gt; details to update date</td>
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<td height="161">Eligibility</td>
<td>Getting a red stop sign</td>
<td width="387">Once you bring up the student’s   information, and &lt;click&gt; Eligibility within the blue bar.  Then, &lt;click&gt; on the red stop sign.   Once on the Student history page, the student has been identified out-of-compliance since the IEP has ended &#8211; The student needs to go through the process to   see if eligible, or non-eligible for services. Then,  the appropriate document need   to be created to support the outcome.</td>
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<td height="60">Fee for Service</td>
<td>Service logging options do not appear in Wizard</td>
<td width="387">Someone with admistrative   priviledges need to check the appropriate box on your Personal Information   page. This will allow the appropriate options to appear in &#8220;Wizard&#8221;</td>
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<td height="100"></td>
<td width="315">Students do not appear in   wizards to log fee for service options</td>
<td width="387"><span>Once an IEP   has been finalized</span><span>, you need to go back into the   Related Service option, and log a related service. No minutes are required   because this is associated with a program Not a service. At this time, the   EasyIEP database do not support programs as part of the Fee for Service feature.</span></td>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kids OnLine Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 12:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Kids On line resources http://www.kidsolr.com/
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		<title>From the Director, Lynda Shanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot believe that August is upon us. It is time to shift gears from summer fun to servicing our students. This year our KCSEC theme is “The Power of Team”. The summer has flown by here at the office. We have over 500 employees on the KCSEC team starting the 2011-2012 school year.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cannot believe that August is upon us. It is time to shift gears from summer fun to servicing our students. This year our KCSEC theme is “The Power of Team”. The summer has flown by here at the office. We have over 500 employees on the KCSEC team starting the 2011-2012 school year.</p>
<p>We are asking all staff members to wear your favorite “team” apparel to Opening Day. If you wear your favorite team’s jersey or t-shirt you will be receiving a raffle ticket. We will be raffling some fun items during the course of the morning.</p>
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<p>Beginning of the year information will be posted on the KCSEC website this week. This year our MANDATORY Opening Institute Day is Wednesday, August 17th at Yorkville Middle School. Our day will have a prompt 8:00am start. This will be the FIRST WORK DAY for all central staff members, which is different from past years. If you log into the KCSEC website, you will have access to your staff calendar.</p>
<p>If you are a NEW staff member to KCSEC information regarding New Staff Orientation is also posted on our website. New Staff Orientation begins on Monday, August 15th.</p>
<p>We had positive feedback last year about the format for Opening Day and this year will be similar to last. We will have a half day meeting at YMS, lunch on your own with your colleagues, and have time in your buildings in the afternoon with your classroom teams. Just a reminder, we will not be serving breakfast. Central Staff will be breaking for lunch on your own at approximately 11:30 am. Paraprofessionals and<br />
SEAKC members will have a meeting at the conclusion of our morning from approximately 11:45 until 12:45, prior to your lunch break. There will be a snack provided by our Teacher’s Association, SEAKC, during this time. Thank you SEAKC! Paraprofessionals and SEAKC members will be breaking for lunch at approximately 12:45 pm. After lunch, everyone will be expected to report to your buildings to work with your classroom teams for the remainder of the day until 4 pm.</p>
<p>Please see the website for additional information on beginning of the year activities.<br />
 See you on Wednesday, August 17th at Yorkville Middle School, 920 Prairie Crossing Drive, Yorkville! Registration is from 7:15 am to 7:50 am. Please carpool. . .parking is a premium!!</p>
<p>Lynda Shanks, Director</p>
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