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Generated: 2026-05-10. Discovered during unified-RAG searches. These are resources you already own — many were in your Bancroft folder before this research compile started, and you may not have realized how comprehensive they are.

Use this doc when: you're about to go online to look up an IEP-writing question. Check here first — there's a good chance the answer is already on disk or in your unified RAG.

1. Bancroft IEP Writing Resources Folder

Path: /Users/mekocewalker/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Bancroft ES/2024-2025/IEP Writing Resources/

Contents

File Purpose
IEP Manual 07-21.pdf THE OSSE IEP Manual from July 2021. The canonical operational reference for all DC IEP writing. Read this cover-to-cover at least once.
Guide to Writing IEP with Notes PDF.pdf Annotated walkthrough of an IEP with implementation notes — likely DCPS-internal training material
Principles for Writing Instructionally Appropriate IEPS_0_0.pdf Best-practice principles document — likely from a state ed agency
How-to-Write-IEPs.pdf General IEP writing guide
Completed_Sample_IEP.pdf A worked example — useful as a model
Part B Initial Evaluation & Reevaluation Policy Webinar.pdf OSSE training webinar slides on initial eval and reevaluation procedures
iepguide.pdf Likely another general guide (filename ambiguous)

Suggested workflow

Caveat

The IEP Manual is from July 2021 — predates the July 2022 5-A DCMR Chapter 30 update and several OSSE bulletins (ESY Aug 2023, Initial Eval Oct 2024). For anything compliance-critical, cross-check against:

2. Your Own IEP Goals Bank

Path: /Users/mekocewalker/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Bancroft ES/IEP_Goals_Bank_Master.md

You created this as a comprehensive goals bank organized by domain (drawing on Bancroft teaching materials 2013-2026), structured for SMART criteria. Domains covered:

  1. Reading/Literacy
  2. Mathematics
  3. Written Expression
  4. Social-Emotional
  5. Communication/Language
  6. Behavioral
  7. (and more)

Use case: Starting library when drafting goals — but always individualize to the student's specific baseline. Don't paste verbatim.

3. Real Bancroft IEP Examples (Caseload Archive)

Path: /Users/mekocewalker/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Bancroft ES/[year]/IEPs [year]/

These are your actual student IEPs (FERPA-protected — local only). They're in the unified RAG index, which means you can query them for examples of how specific sections were written:

Use case: When stuck on phrasing for ESY eligibility, accommodations, or services pages, search the RAG for examples of how you've phrased it before. RAG query examples:

mcp__unified-rag__search_teaching("ESY eligibility critical skills regression")
mcp__unified-rag__search_teaching("accommodations classroom presentation response")
mcp__unified-rag__search_teaching("present levels of academic achievement first grade")
mcp__unified-rag__search_teaching("services page push-in pull-out frequency duration")

4. DCPS IMPACT Guides (Special Education Teachers)

RAG-indexed at:

These explain the IMPACT components you're evaluated on, including:

Use case: Understanding how your work is evaluated. Cross-reference with ../iep-legal-timelines.md.

5. WTU Contract (Bancroft 2022-23)

RAG-indexed at: Bancroft ES/2022-2023/WTU Contract Introduction.pdf

Section 36 covers individual performance-based pay; Section 37+ covers special-ed-specific provisions including legal compliance and service delivery duties. Worth knowing the contractual context for SpEd workload.

6. Special Education Textbooks (Unified RAG Library)

These are full SpEd textbooks indexed in your search_library table. You can query them on any conceptual question.

Author Title Year Why useful
Hallahan, Daniel P. Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education 2019 The canonical SpEd intro textbook. Glossary alone is excellent (FAPE, FBA, fMRI, functional academics, etc.)
Heward, William L. Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, 12e 2017 Another major SpEd textbook; chapter on collaborating with families is strong
Merrell, Kenneth W. School Psychology for the 21st Century: Foundations and Practices, 3e 2022 Has the cleanest summary of FAPE legal history including Endrew F., Forest Grove, Florence County
La Salle-Finley, Tamika P. Creating an Inclusive School Climate / The Development of Emotional Competence in Young Children 2023 ESSA + IDEA intersection; disproportionality data
Encyclopedia of School Psychology (Watson & Reynolds eds.) 2011 Quick lookup for SpEd terms
Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (Salkind ed.) 2008 Same, broader scope

RAG query examples for these textbooks

mcp__unified-rag__search_library("Endrew F FAPE substantive standard")
mcp__unified-rag__search_library("functional behavior assessment IDEA")
mcp__unified-rag__search_library("least restrictive environment continuum placements")
mcp__unified-rag__search_library("specific learning disability eligibility criteria")
mcp__unified-rag__search_library("dual identification ELL special education evaluation")

7. Bridges Intervention Implementation Plan (Math)

Path / RAG: Bancroft ES/2025-2026/Claude Math Planning/Bridges Intervention Implementation Plan.md

You created a Bridges-to-IEP-goal alignment plan with sample IEP goals (one-to-one correspondence, place value, etc.) tied to specific Bridges modules. This is your curriculum-to-IEP bridge work — useful as a model for similar alignment work.

8. Reference: How to find more

To search any topic across all your indexed teaching materials:

# Via Claude Code MCP tools (preferred):
mcp__unified-rag__search_teaching("YOUR QUERY")
mcp__unified-rag__search_courses("YOUR QUERY")  # Berkeley research, not SpEd-specific
mcp__unified-rag__search_library("YOUR QUERY")

# Via finding a file by name:
find "/Users/mekocewalker/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Bancroft ES" -name "*KEYWORD*" 2>/dev/null

Bonus: the scan-mail tool (newly built — ~/.local/bin/scan-mail) lets you search Shannon's emails for any IEP-process question:

scan-mail --sender flaherty --keyword "annual review" --since 2025-01-01 --full-body

What's NOT in your local archive (gaps)

These are areas where the research surfaced authoritative external resources that you'd need to either bookmark or download separately:

Maintenance

If you add new local SpEd resources to the Bancroft folder, the unified RAG ingestion will pick them up on its next run (Saturday 7pm cron — see memory unified_rag.md). Then they'll show up in search_teaching queries.

Part of the DCPS SpEd Case Manager Yearbook · Back to index