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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">TO: School District & ESD Superintendents and Special Education Directors</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The message below is being sent to you on behalf of:</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Sarah Drinkwater, Ph.D.</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Assistant Superintendent</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Office of Learning-Student Services</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">______________________________________________ </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">April 2, 2014</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>RE: Parent Involvement Survey</b></span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">As part of the State Performance Plan (SPP), Oregon Department of Education (ODE) with support from ICF International conducts an annual parent survey to measure how well districts and ESD’s reach
out to parents of children with disabilities and engage them in the education of their children. ODE uses the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) Family Survey. Each district and county is surveyed once during the six-year
sampling cycle, and survey results are incorporated into the district’s <a href="http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1831"><font color="blue"><u>Special Education Report Card.</u></font></a> In small districts, all families are surveyed; in large districts
random sampling is used (Beaverton only for the current 2013-2014 survey).</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The survey results report the percent of parents who say that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities. The survey includes
questions on the district’s efforts to partner with parents, the quality of special education services, and the impact of special education services on family and parent participation in the special education process.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The attached revisable sample letter was developed by ODE. We encourage you to share this letter with parents at annual IEP meetings or include the letter during the distribution of the Special
Education Report Card. Please revise the letter to include your district or ESD particulars, information on local parent involvement activities and volunteer opportunities. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">We have attached a sample revisable flyer that you could send home to your families or post in your buildings. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The following district’s will be receiving School Age surveys for the 2013-2014 school year: Adrian, Athena-Weston, Beaverton, Bethel, Brookings-Harbor, Douglas County SD 4, Douglas County SD 15,
Dufur, Eagle Point, Falls City, Greater Albany Public, Harper, Helix, Huntington, Jefferson County, Jewell, John Day, Klamath County, Lake Oswego, North Lake, North Marion, Paisley, Philomath, Prospect, Rogue River, Scio, Sherwood, South Harney, St. Helens,
Silver Falls, Suntex, Ukiah, and Vale. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">The following ESD’s will be receiving EI/ECSE surveys for the 2013-2014 school year:</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Columbia, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Umatilla, and Yamhill</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;">We anticipate that the surveys will be mailed to parents in mid-April. If you have questions or would like a copy of the survey, please contact Jeremy Wells at 503-947-5782 or <a href="mailto:jeremy.wells@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><u>jeremy.wells@state.or.us</u></font></a>.</span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><b><i>Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant </i></b></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Oregon Department of Education</i></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Office of Learning l Student Services </i></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>503-947-5738 l FAX: 503-378-5156 l </i><a href="mailto:ruby.sandberg@state.or.us"><font color="blue"><i><u>ruby.sandberg@state.or.us</u></i></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>The Oregon Department of Education is an equal opportunity agency and employer.</i></span></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><span style="font-size:9pt;"><i>Messages to and from this email address may be made available to the public under Oregon law.</i></span></font></div>
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