Please join the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Training & Consultation Team for this IN PERSON Training.
The Cyclical Monitoring for Continuous Improvement (CMCI) Educational Benefit Review (EBR) training is provided to teams who are to ensure that students with IEPs are receiving educational benefit. Teams will be provided with the legal background on EBR and participate in a four-step process to analyze and compare three years of IEPs to determine if a student has received educational benefit. While working alongside their EBR Facilitator, after determining if the selected students received educational benefit, EBR teams will identify/target specific areas related to their school-age grade bands, and discuss technical support or professional development needs to support their knowledge and expertise of educationally beneficial IEP composition.
The intention of this training will not only to fulfill requirements for cyclical monitoring, but for districts to consider integrating EBR as a best practice when composing IEPs annually. For this training, the EBR Facilitator (Special Education Administrator, Principal, LEA representative, or designee) will be asked to attend with their team. It is highly recommended that schools attend as a team along with their EBR Facilitator. EBR Teams must be comprised of at least 1 Special Educator, at least 1 general educator, and at least 1 Related Service Provider, and the EBR Facilitator. Importantly, the AIU offers districts the opportunity to work at a quiet location off site to focus on the requirements of CMCI EBR.
