Stronger IEPs, Stronger Outcomes: Building Consistency with Polaris
IEP quality can vary widely from one educator, building, or program to the next, and that variation is often difficult to see until a review puts many IEPs side by side. The issue is rarely effort.
More often, teams simply lack a shared structure for the work. This session will explore where inconsistency tends to enter the IEP process and how shared structure at each point can help, using Polaris, Everway's IEP goal development and progress monitoring platform, alongside the writing and compliance systems your district already runs.
What you'll learn:
- Where does variance enter our IEP process, and how does it shape our compliance posture?
- How is an IEP goal-development tool different from the IEP writing and compliance systems we already run?
- How can shared goal banks and consistent monitoring workflows raise goal quality while returning time to our teams?
- How can instructional data from Unique Learning System and enCORE connect with Polaris for a more continuous picture of student growth?
Join this 60-minute session where we will walk the IEP process point by point, share results from a published time study that cut a single annual IEP review from 14 hours to under three, and leave you with a consistency standard you can apply in your district regardless of vendor.
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Meet the speakers
Emilie Koss
Solutions Specialist
Emilie Koss is a former special education teacher with 15 years of experience supporting students with severe to profound autism and moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Throughout her time in the classroom, she used Everway solutions to provide accessible, differentiated instruction and meaningful learning opportunities for her students. Emilie now serves as a Solutions Specialist at Everway, where she has spent the past two years partnering with educators and districts to implement tools that support inclusive learning and student success.
Dan Kerins
Account Executive
Dan Kerins, is an Account Executive with Everway who works to supports school districts in NYS in utilizing a wide range of supports for students with disabilities. Dan has a background in education and assessments, strong technical expertise, and 10 years experience providing professional services to educators in a variety of settings. He has a passion for utilizing technology to support learners from all walks of life, with the ultimate goal being to produce better, and more equitable, educational outcomes. When not at work, Dan is an avid sports fan, mediocre golfer, and trivia champion.
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