District Self-Assessment(DSA)

DSA• Districts are required to conduct an annual self-assessment of their special

education program.• Districts are required to establish a local Steering Committee to assist in

the DSA.• The Steering Committee will review data, review student files and

determine compliance and improving student performance and results.

DSARequired Members

• Required steering committee members must include: Parents;

General and special education teachers;Principal representatives of each programmatic level; and Vocational/technical school representative(s).

DSASuggested Members

• Other members who are not required are:Local board members; Other agencies; (ie. Head Start, Division of Rehabilitation Services)County office personnel;Part C personnel; and Others at the district’s discretion.

DSA• Complete the Self-Assessment Workbook• Address each indicator in the workbook• Two types of Indictors (SPP and WV) • Indicators marked Compliance must be at 100%• Maintain documentation for 5 years

DSA

• File Review Procedures (Sampling Rule) • File Review Protocol• General File Review• Transition File Review

Indicator #13• Discipline File Review

Indicator #4

DSA

• The self-assessment process should be considered the district’s needs assessment for the allocation of resources and improvement planning.

• Improvement plans must be used as a data source for the district’s Five Year Strategic Plan including the yearly LEA Application Plan.

DSA

Contact the monitor assigned to your district for questions and support.

Office of Special Programs1900 Kanawha Boulevard East

Building 6, Room 304Charleston, WV 25305

(304) 558-2696 (Phone)(304) 558-3741

800-642-8541 (In-State Toll Free)

Marshall

Jefferson

Ohio

Hancock

Brooke

Wetzel Monongalia

PrestonTyler

Pleasants

Wood

MarionBerkeley

Morgan

Hampshire

M ineral

Hardy

Grant

Tucker

TaylorHarrison

PendletonRandolph

Pocahontas

Greenbrier

Barbour

Upshur

Webster

Nicholas

Fayette

Raleigh

Monroe

Mercer

Summers

McDowell

Wyoming

Boone

Kanawha

Roane

Calhoun

Gilmer Lewis

DoddridgeRitchie

Wirt

JacksonMason

Cabell

Putnam

Wayne

M ingo

Lincoln

Logan

Braxton

Clay

Monitoring AssignmentsEffective July 2012

RESA 1-Susan Beck

RESA 2-Allen Sexton

RESA 3-Matt Dotson

RESA 4-Susan Beck

RESA 5-Anne Monterosso

RESA 6-Anne Monterosso

RESA 7-Allen Sexton

RESA 8-Matt Dotson

OOEP/WVSDB-Debbie Ashwell