NEW SPED SECTION NUMBERING GUIDANCE
Scheduling for Students with Disabilities - Spring, 2022 Recommendations
As the Department of Specialized Instruction and Inclusion continues to embed resources and professional development opportunities regarding inclusive practices, including how and where students with disabilities are educated, the following recommendations are being provided to all building administrators as master schedules are developed.
Starting in the 23/24 SY, the following changes will go into effect:
The LUNCH period has been removed from all CCS Elementary Schools.
This will mean that schools will NO LONGER ‘Roll’ attendance, but instead this process will be automated. All schools will have H1 – H7 ONLY as part of their Elementary Attendance period.
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The Activity period has been added to all CCS Elementary Schools.
The Activity period will be used during the school year for various reasons, such as ELO. However, one important reason will be to add the Educational Access course to eligible students.
The Educational Access course allows FCCS staff members, that have permission to work with our foster placed students, access to their educational information. This course has been added to every school by the Infinite Campus Support Team, and every student in the District who is Foster Placed will be scheduled into this course. There will be some course and section setup required. However, once school starts, all scheduling for these students will be handled by Central Enrollment Staff ONLY.
All Special Education Courses have been removed from CCS Elementary Schools.
We will no longer be using “E” courses, except for APE & Vocational Studies courses (these are the only exceptions). It is the intent of the Department of Specialized Instruction and Inclusion, in collaboration with the entire Academic Services team, that students with disabilities are afforded opportunities to be educated with their typical peers as often as possible (based upon the school schedule) and appropriate (based upon their learning needs).
What this means: Students with disabilities will be educated in the general education setting (with or without accommodations) or in a co-taught/inclusionary setting within minimal “pull-out” services.
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In order to have consistency in our coding system for SPED courses, please begin using the following numbering system for the 2022-2023 schedules (note: course numbers are already set in Infinite Campus): Below are the section numbers that should be used to differentiate between the student populations in each course.
Please note: we will no longer be using “E” courses, except for APE courses (that is the only exception).
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Section #
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Student Group
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Notes
100
Inclusion Course
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Gen ed & special ed students on one roster, with one gen ed teacher and one intervention specialist assigned to the course
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200
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CHIP Resource Room
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Hearing Impaired
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300
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TDH Resource Room
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Transitional Developmentally Handicapped
400
Tutor Resource Room
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Students who receive 1 period of special education services per day with a tutor, and are scheduled into gen ed courses the remainder of the day
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Grade Level | Section Assignments |
| Grade Level | Section Assignments |
PK Inclusion | 100 – 109 |
| Inclusion Courses | 110 - 199 |
Kindergarten | 1 – 9 |
| CHIP Resource Room | 200 - 299 |
1st Grade | 10 – 19 |
| TDH Resource Room | 300 - 399 |
2nd Grade | 20 – 29 |
| Tutor Resource Room | 400 - 499 |
3rd Grade | 30 – 39 |
| Cross-Categorical Resource Room |
Includes special education students across all high-incidence disabilities, including ED. Cross-categorical RRs should have an instructional assistant assigned if there are ED students on the roster
500 - 599 | |||
4th Grade | 40 – 49 |
| High-Incidence Resource Room |
Includes special education students across all high-incidence disabilities, with the exception of ED
800
ED Resource Room
Includes only students with the ED designation, and requires an instructional assistant600 - 699 | |||
5th Grade | 50 – 59 |
| MD Resource Room |
Low-incidence students are assigned to the multiple disabilities room for special education services
700 - 799 | ||||
6th Grade | 60 – 69 |
| ED Resource Room | 800 - 899 |
*Splits: |
| Orthopedic Impairment Resource Room | 900 - 999 | |
*Kindergarten / 1st | 1001 |
| N/A - Pre-K Staggered Start Blocker | 1111 |
*1st / 2nd | 1012 |
| N/A - KDG Staggered Start Blocker | 2222 |
*2nd / 3rd | 1023 |
| N/A - CH Blocker | 3333 |
*3rd / 4th | 1034 |
| N/A - IM Blocker | 4444 |
*4th / 5th | 1045 |
| N/A - CH and IM Blocker | 5555 |
*5th / 6th | 1056 |
| N/A - 6th Grade Blocker | 6666 |
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Any course whose course number starts with an ‘N’ (No Show, Unable to Locate, Gifted Academy, Support Center, etc.) can be assigned the section number 9999. |