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What's an ELC?

An electronic learning community (ELC) is an online "space" where groups of professionals and parents can come together to communicate, collaborate, and support each other in the development of shared knowledge and skills.

What's New?

2012 Data Upload Information

Go to the CIMS Documents page for instructions and uploading directions for the 2012 Special Education Discipline, Initial Referral 60-Day Timeline, and Early Childhood Transition reports.

2011-2012 CIMS Documents Ready

All CIMS documents, tools, and resources have been updated for 2011-2012 and are now posted across the pages on this community.

New Print Feature

Look for the new printer icon across various sections and pages. Clicking this icon will allow you to view and print a "printer-friendly" version of the content. For example, on the SAM Tools and SAM Deadlines pages, using the printer icon you can now easily print the list of deadlines for each year.

2012 Data Upload Information

Go to the CIMS Documents page for instructions and uploading directions for the 2012 Special Education Discipline, Initial Referral 60-Day Timeline, and Early Childhood Transition reports.

2011-2012 CIMS Documents Ready

All CIMS documents, tools, and resources have been updated for 2011-2012 and are now posted across the pages on this community.

New Print Feature

Look for the new printer icon across various sections and pages. Clicking this icon will allow you to view and print a "printer-friendly" version of the content. For example, on the SAM Tools and SAM Deadlines pages, using the printer icon you can now easily print the list of deadlines for each year.

What is...?

CIMS?
SAM?

The Special Education Continuous Improvement Monitoring System (CIMS) in Idaho includes various monitoring activities that happen either on a 5 year cycle or annually. Each district or LEA is assigned to one of the years on the 5 year cycle. Districts are also required to participate in some of the monitoring activities that happen annually, when identified as a need.

The Self Assessment Monitoring (SAM) occurs in the first year of the 5 year CIMS cycle and is a continuous improvement process. SAM is a self assessment done mainly by the district with technical support from the Idaho State Department of Education. The purpose of Self Assessment is for the district to analyze their own data and identify needs and the appropriate resulting improvement activities for increased compliance and performance.