Illuminate (Website to develop electronic IEPs & bill Medicaid)

• Paperwork to bring to IEP (To assist the IEP Coordinator/Case Manager)

To go back to the Front Page, click on the "Wiki" tab on the top left side of screen next to "ioniaisd."

To go back to the Special Education Staff page, click here or choose link from the SideBar (on left side of screen).

Illuminate Resources 

Spotlight on Illuminate: An ICISD Newsletter for Illuminate Users 

• September 2014 - Uploading vs. Hard Copies, Publishing/Closing & the Dashboard
• October 2014 - Required REED & IEP Team Members, New Medicaid Consent & Notification, Customizable Standards Bank, and New REED Protocol for AT & FBA
• November 2014 - Custom Reports, Student Profile, Statewide Assessments, REED & IEP Checklist
• December 2014 - The Latest on Statewide Assessments, REED Participants, and Progress Reports
• January 2015 - Student Supports for Statewide Assessment, SAS Start & End Dates, IEP Facilitation Training 
• December 18, 2014 MDE Spotlight on Student Assessment & Accountability 
• M-STEP, MI-Access, & WIDA Student Supports and Accommodations Table  
• February 2015 - Illuminate Statewide Assessment Changes, Clarification on REED Dates 
• March 2015 - Revision to REED Protocol for AT & Integrity in the Reevaluation REED 
• M-STEP, MI-Access, & WIDA Supports & Accommodations Manual 
• April 2015 - Illuminate Adjusts for Leap Year, Illuminate Releases - Current & Upcoming, Illuminate Refresher Sessions 
• May 2015 - Lessons Learned from Focused Monitoring, Parent Attendance, & Thank You! 
• September 2015 - Documentation of HCA Support, Uploading Requirements, Accommodations Workgroup, & Training/Guidelines Updates
• October 2015 - Links to Standards, Did You Know?, Illuminate Status Updates, & Special Education Bootcamp 

FORMS

• IEP Checklist 
• Early Childhood Transition Checklist.docx (NEW as of 1/14/14)
  
• Program Hours Help Document.pdf (NEW as of 1/9/2014) 
• Service Hours Help Document - revised Jan. 2014.pdf
• How to Proceed when the General Education Teacher is not in Illuminate.pdf (NEW as of 1/9/14) 
• Goal Page-Progress Reporting (PDF) 
• MET Chairperson - REVISED 11-13-13.rtf  
• Consent to Invite Community Agencies  (Use this form, prior to sending out the invitation to IEP, for anyone not part the school district--outside agencies such as CMH, Michigan Rehab, etc. Parents can invite anyone they want...you have to seek parental permission to invite any outside agency to the IEP.)
• Excusal from IEP (MUST have permission from parent to be absent from an IEP. This is highly discouraged, but emergencies happen. Use this wisely.)
• Universal Notice Form (To to document the district's proposals or refusals)
• Procedural Safeguards with Medicaid Annual Notice (Provide at every IEP Meeting; Revised April 2013)
• Procedural Safeguards (Spanish version from MDE, 2009) 

RESOURCES   

• Video on Entering Parent Contact Attempts in the IEP - NEW as of 11/14/15
• Connecting the Illuminate User Interface to the Printed IEP for the Goal Section -NEW as of 11/14/15
• Preschool LRE Considerations - This rubric is a guide to help IEP teams understand and make decisions on the Preschool LRE Continuum - NEW as of 4/27/15
• Suggested Notice Language for Preschool LRE - This resource helps teams document their Preschool LRE decisions on the Notice page NEW as of 4/27/15
• Accommodations VS Modifications (simple guide regarding the difference)
• Assessment Guidelines (MDE Guidelines; Quick Guide)  
• Common Core State Academic Standards 
• Departmentalized Programs (Sample on IEP)
• ECSE & LRE (sample for IEP)
• Goals & Objectives (examples for various grade and academic levels)
• Goals & Objectives Guidelines  (MDE Guidelines; Quick Guide)  
• Graduation: Guidance statements for students who may potentially be graduating with a diploma or certificate of completion
• Guide to Writing PLAAFP & Goals/Objectives (SMART)
• Guidance for Uploading Documents into Illuminate The “What” and the “Where”  - NEW as of 3/13/13
• Guide to Accommodations listed in Illuminate - NEW as of 11/13/12
•  PLAAFP Checklist (This is a basic guide to writing PLAAFP statements.)
• PLAAFP Examples (General academic areas)
• PLAAFP Examples (Transition examples)
• PLAAFP Guidelines  (MDE Guidelines; Quick Guide)  
• Supplementary Aids/Services Examples - These are SAMPLES only, language must be customized to the individual student's needs!
• Timeline for Intials (one page document from MDE)
• Verbiage for Health Care Aide in SAS Section of IEP