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.
DSA
Required 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).
DSA
Suggested 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
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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
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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 Programs
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 304
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-2696 (Phone)
(304) 558-3741
800-642-8541 (In-State Toll Free)
Monitoring
Assignments
Hancock
Brooke
Effective July 2012
Ohio
M arshall
Wetzel
M onongalia
M organ
M arion
Preston
Tyler
Harrison
Pleasants
Ritchie
Wood
Jackson
M ason
Gilmer
Lew is
Braxton
Tucker
Hardy
Randolph
Pendleton
Webster
RESA 1-Susan Beck
RESA 2-Allen Sexton
Kanaw ha
Nicholas
Lincoln
Pocahontas
RESA 3-Matt Dotson
RESA 4-Susan Beck
Boone
Fayette
Greenbrier
M ingo
Jefferson
Upshur
Clay
Cabell
Hampshire
Grant
Calhoun
Roane
Putnam
Wayne
Taylor
Doddridge
Barbour
Wirt
Berkeley
M ineral
RESA 5-Anne Monterosso
RESA 6-Anne Monterosso
Logan
Raleigh
Summers
RESA 7-Allen Sexton
Wyoming
M onroe
M cDow ell
M ercer
RESA 8-Matt Dotson
OOEP/WVSDB-Debbie Ashwell