Free Training Opportunities

SpEd Forms has created a variety of free training opportunities to use with your staff and are adding more as they are developed. See our current opportunities below: 

Live Online Training using Google Meets

New Teacher Training –  August 18th from 2:00-4:00pm
Limit of 240 participants – If we get more that want to sign up we will add another training date. Topics in the training include:

• Browser set-up
• Setting up Educator Profile
• Setting up Team Member List
• Navigation tips/ General Information / Quick Tips
  • Use SpEd Forms’ navigation arrows
  • Red typeface
  • Blue typeface
  • Text box expansion
  • Display hidden text
  • Dropdowns or text box 
  • Text box expansion
  • Printing documents
  • Exclusive rights
• Working with Student list 
  • Information on the student list page
  • Sharing student with team members
• Forms Menu
• Working with Forms
  • Communication log
  • Emergency Health/Transportation Information
  • Special Education Data Sheet 
  • EVW/ReEval PWN & parental consent
  • Notice of Team Meeting
  • Evaluation Report
  • Service Plan Menu IEP and IFSP
  • Restrictive procedures
  • Dismissal
  • Other forms and logs
• Adding documents to history
  • Finalizing a document
  • Scanning and uploading a document

Tips/Tools/Tricks for Teachers – August 27th 2:00-4:00pm
Limit of 240 participants – If we get more that want to sign up we will add another training date. Topics in the training include:

• Educator Profile
  • Update team member list
  • Your materials and procedures
• Student list
  • Update student list
  • Share students with appropriate staff
  • Transfer case management
  • Change status for students that have left school 
  • How to sort student list by birthday, meeting date, eval date, etc.
• Personal Goal Bank
• Assessment Tracking
• Educator Reports
  • Combined report
  • Teacher workload Analysis
  • Team Meetings in the Next 90 Days
  • Student History Progress Report
  • Blank Forms in PDF Format
  • Services Report
  • Searchable reports

Sign up for training here

SpEd Forms YouTube Channel

Current available videos include:

• Initial Training Part 1  47 minutes
• Initial Training Part 2  53 minutes
• Admin Training Using SpEd Forms Reports to Inform Leadership Decisions 50 minutes
• Validating and Finalizing an IEP 2 minutes  – Created by Christine Balgord of White Bear Lake Schools 
• Amending an IEP  1:31 minutes  – Created by Christine Balgord of White Bear Lake Schools 

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Google Slides Presentations:
(to copy and use with staff)

• Explanation of SpEd Forms Version 2020 – created by Shilo Morlang of Duluth Public Schools: SpEd Forms – a New Look
• Teacher Training:  *Coming Soon!

We hope that these options will be beneficial to you as you prepare for this upcoming, unprecedented school year. Stay safe and well!