Coaching & Consultation

Kent ISD Special Education provides coaching and/or consultation for:

Autism - Support for Students and Autism/ECSE Programming
Behavior - Support for Students and EI/ECSE Programming
Specially Designed Instruction - Support for Students and Resource/CI Programming

To see the Member District Action Planning and Capacity Building description in full, see this document.

Requests for Coaching & Consultation

Coaching Offered at the student, teacher/team, and/or systems level. Requires director/supervisor approval and includes development of collaborative goals and identified outcomes.
Consultation Offered at the student and/or teacher/team level, is short term and includes 1-3 meetings and/or observations and a summary of recommendations and resources.
Professional Development Coaches and consultants are available to provide professional development opportunities across a variety of special education topics.
IEP Facilitiation Need assistance with IEP Facilitation? This service helps ensure a smooth and efficient process for creating effective IEPs.
Ed Benefit Review Facilitation Interested in EBR facilitation? Our team is here to help you navigate complex educational benefit reviews with expertise and efficiency.

Director Level Request
Defined Kent ISD District Action Planning and Capacity Building process
Action Planning and Goal Setting, aligned to high quality program guides
Longer terms of four or more weeks
Facilitating, modeling, partnering/walking alongside district/team to build capacity
Data collection and progress monitoring (required)
Kent ISD Interdepartmental collaboration encourage as needed and as part of the Agreement to Collaborate identified goals
Moving district towards fidelity of implementation
Expansion plan provided for district's continued growth
Post evaluation included as part of the process

Multiple sources of request
Immediate and Short Term (1-3x)
Typically involves 1-2 observations with follow up and recommendations provided
Team implementation without coach/consultation support
Examples: behavioral observation, SETT, FBA & PBSP with observation and team engagement, facilitating consultation around assessment

Multiple sources of request
Does not require observation, team support, or formalized consultation
Response to a specific request
Typically involves providing step-by-step guidance
Examples: professional development/office hours providing resources, IEP support or SCAP from GSM, FBA & PBSP review

Response to specific request
Individual Student Evaluation
- REED required
- Examples: contentious situation with specific request, low incident request due to expertise needed (AT/AAC)