Accommodations
Wording to avoid using in accommodations:
Jamie can go to the (nurse/counselor) office as needed
(Nurse/counselor) will be available for XYZ situation
Instead, use generic wording like:
Follow the attached Health (etc) plan for emergency action plans, details, and additional protocols
Ability to access (preferred person, safe adult, space to decompress, etc.)
We now have a Spanish version of the 504 Meeting Packet,
You can access it through the Special Programs Portal/504 docs & forms.
Here’s the LINK to the Portal document. Download and save it to your desktop/504 folder or continue to access it at the Portal when needed.
A learning moment with Colleen:
504 Teaming Structures:
Team members should include student, parent/guardian, 504 coordinator, general education teachers and any other support staff such as admin, counselor, SPED staff or nurse. For initials or Re-evals do not make eligibility decisions alone.
Annual reviews:
Consider a system that collects general education teacher input before each annual review. If a general education teacher cannot participate in the 504 meeting you can still share progress in classes as well as their recommendations for any needed or potentially unnecessary accommodations via email or phone call.
Caseload management
Convene a team, include all required team members, ask many questions and have many points of data to review. Then it is much easier to determine if the plan is still needed or if the current plan is adequate and appropriate to meet the student’s needs. I can’t stress enough how important it is to have the student at the table for these conversation and to collect current information from the students’ teachers.
Considerations:
- Pick a day a month to hold all your annual review meetings for students due. This will require some coordination and planning and may not work for all families.
- If you are the student’s counselor, if possible, have someone else be in the role of the 504 coordinator.
Reviewing Documents
- Teachers can see the 504 Accommodations plan in TeacherVue as long as the plan has been finalized.
- Parents can see 504 Accommodations Plan (verified with IT, should be working now) in ParentVue, located under Special Education tab
- Students can see 504 Accommodations Plan in StudentVue