GaDOE staff will host the K-12 Special Education Directors' Webinar monthly. The webinars will support the implementation of IDEA and improve results for students with disabilities. Presentations are posted here prior to the meeting and the recorded webinars are posted soon after.

All Directors' Webinars are from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

2024-2025 Director's Webinar Dates

Director's Webinar Registration Link​​

• August 13, 2024​
• September 10, 2024
• October​ 8, 2024
• November 5, 2024
• December 10, 2024​
  
• January 14, 2025
• February​ 11, 2025
  
• March 11,​ 2025
• April 8, 2025
• May 13, 2025​

Meeting Handouts 2024 - 2025

​Directors' Webinar August 13, 2024

• Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Update  
• Communication Matrix        
• General Supervision Updates  
• Budget Updates                    
• Incarcerated Students   
• Child Find Data Reminders​ ​                                                                                      

Meeting Handouts 2023 - 2024

Directors' Webinar May 7, 2024

• ​General Supervision Updates
  
• Budget Updates
  
• FY24 Cross-Functional Monitoring Document
  
• IDEA Maintenance of Effort Exceptions Checklist
• ​May Directors Webinar Announcement​​​
  

Directors' Webinar April 9, 2024

• GRVA Updates
  
• EL Presentation
  
• Parent Survey
  
• HI/VI Updates
  
• Significant Developmental Delay
  
• April Directors’ Webinar Announcement​​
  

​Directors' Webinar March 12, 2024​

• Home School Reporting
  
• Serving Students Experiencing Homelessness
  
• Effective Together_English Learners with Disabilities
  
• Budget and Grants Updates
  
• FY24 FTE 3 Errors
  
• Directors' Webinar Announcements
  

Directors' Webinar February 6, 2024

• GAA 2.0 Training and Monitoring
  
• IPSE Grant Pilot
• VR Updates_McCall Scholarship 
  
• State-Defined Alternate Diploma
  
• New OSEP Preschool Guidance
  
• PS Outcomes Survey
  
• ACS Status Change
  
• DHH_VI Scholarship
• ​No Data Quota John T Wheeler Memorial Scholarship Application
  
• AI and Cora Camp Memorial Scholarship Application​
  
• February Announcements​​
  

Directors' Webinar January 9, 2024 - Recording​​​

• ​Directors' Announcements
  
• IDEA Budget and Grants Updates
• Pulsewrx Program Introduction
• Family Engagement and Outreach Updates
• GVRA Updates
  

Directors' Webinar December 5, 2023 - Recording​

• High-Cost Grant Fund
  
• Excess Cost: An Overview
  
• Continuation of Services
  
• Professional Learning Announcements​​

Directors' Webinar November 7, 2023 - Recording

• GVRA Updates
  
• Interventions and Specific Learning Disability
  
• Speech and Language: Best Practices Speech Sound Production​​
  

Directors' Webinar October 10, 2023 - Recording​

• FTE 1 FY Child Find​
  
• Instruction and Systemic Improvement Unit
  
• Outreach Unit
  
• GVRA Updates
  
• Professional Learning Updates
  

Special Directors' Webinar: An Overview of the GAA Rubric and Accompanying Resources

• ​GAA Eligibility Presentation
  

• General Supervision Webinar​​​
  

Directors' Webinar September 12, 2023 - Recording​

• ​Special Education Directors' Webinar Reminders
  
• Budgets and Grants Update
• Incarcerated Students
• ​School Psychologist Consortium​​​
  
  

Directors' Update August 8, 2023 - Recording​

Directors Webinar August 8, 2023 - Recording

• Updates from the State Director​​
  
• UPar and Technology Tools
  
• Updates from GVRA
  
• ​GVRA District Office Information​
  
• Roosevelt Warm Springs Updates
  
• Georgia Stable/P2C Matching Scholarship Program
  
• IPSE Grants
  
• Supporting Transition in Districts​