Resources

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​NWRIC Staff

• ​SMART eR
• NWRIC Staff Resources 

Coop-Wide

• Case Manager Resources 
• ​SpEd Forms Login
• Riverside Scoring - WJIV
• Infinitec
• Special Education Eligibility  Criteria ​​Checklists 
• Procedural Safeguards

Parent Resources 

• Disability Resources
• ​Special Education Acronyms and Terms
• Procedural Safeguards
• Stand Ready To Serve

Click on the links located in the yellow box to navigate to the resources!

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NWRIC Staff:

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SMARTeR
Employees have the ability in ESS to view their current pay stub and pay history, compensated leave activity, licensure information, as well as download their year-end W-2’s on the web.
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NWRIC Staff Resources 
This shared drive stores NWRIC's department resources, employee forms and procedures, and lending library materials.

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Coop-Wide:

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Case Manager Resources 
​This shared drive stores due process guidance for our member district special education case managers and IEP team members.  This guidance includes but is not limited to meeting facilitation, evaluation reports, IEP development, progress reporting, paraprofessional support, intervention resources, curriculum resources, and student management.
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Riverside Scoring - WIJV
The Riverside Score platform is used it to record information about examinees, assign tests to examinees, record test results, and run reports to analyze the test results.
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Special Education Eligibility Criteria Checklists
This link will direct you to the Checklist page on the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) website.  Once you've accessed this page, you will need to click on Categorical Disabilities which is located on the lefthand side under Special Education.
The criteria checklists can also be found in the case manager resources shared drive in the criteria folder. 
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SpEd Forms Login
SpEd Forms is a special education software system used to write and store special education due process requirements.
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Infinitec
​The Infinitec system is available to all staff in our eight-member school districts. Within this website you will find a wide variety of online professional learning opportunities and curriculum supports.
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Procedural Safeguards
Procedural Safeguards provide an overview of parental rights for parents of children with disabilities.  This link will direct you to Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) website for the most current form(s). 

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Parent Resources:

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Disability Resources
This link will take you to a list of state and national websites that provide general special education, mental health, and transition resource information. 
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Special Education Acronyms
​This document highlights frequently used acronyms and terms in special education. 
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Procedural Safeguards
​Procedural Safeguards provide an overview of parental rights for parents of children with disabilities.  This link will direct you to Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) website for the most current form(s). 
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Stand Ready To Serve 
​Minnesota school districts are required to offer direct and/or indirect special education services to eligible students with disabilities whose parents have chosen a private school option (parochial school or home school programs).
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