IEP Software Implementation Checklist

Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 15, 2008

By Beth DuBose, former Special Education teacher

SIIA Software Implementation Guideline for Educators

SIIA has released a checklist for schools and districts to help in the implementation of both instructional and administrative software. I thought this would be important for anyone researching and implementing IEP software systems. Most school districts have not carried out large-scale IEP software implementations before, and the document that SIIA created is a guideline for educational institutions to be successful in enterprise-level software implementations. The document provides “The Ten Essentials” to having an effective software implementation, and can be used for an IEP software implementation as well. These factors are crucial to both the IEP software vendor and the school district as they work together to provide an effective implementation. SIIA also provide a table indicating a software implementation cycle for both instructional and administrative software, so schools and districts can have a realistic view of the timeline in implementing such a system. Hopefully this will provide districts with an effective tool as they venture into their IEP software implementation. The SIIA Software Implementation for Educators can be downloaded at http://www.siia.net/education/pubs/pp_Checklist.pdf

About the author

Beth DuBose has a B.A. in Early Childhood Education and was a K-5 Reading Intervention Specialist for three years. Upon completing her Masters in Special Education, she taught 1st though 5th grade Self-Contained Emotional Behavioral Disorders for a year, where her classroom became the model classroom for integrating America’s Choice Curriculum and Special Education.