Free Training Opportunities

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 SchoolsSpEd 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!