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Teachers, please contact Paul Farmer by phone at (850) 469-5517 or email at pfarmer@ecsdfl.us for help with PEER login username and password.
The ESE Department is proud to announce Kelton Boykin is our department's Teacher of the Year!
Escambia Westgate Center Marks 20th Anniversary of Snoezelen Center
On Thursday, March 26, the Escambia County Snoezelen Foundation and Escambia Westgate Center celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Lacey A. Collier Sensory Complex.
The concept of a Sensory Center began in 2005 with Westgate’s principal, Ms. Susan Barry. Together, she and Judge Lacey A. Collier gathered people together to make the dream of a sensory center a reality.
Students utilize the areas individually, in small groups or as a whole class depending on the needs of each student. This multi-sensory complex was designed based on the Snoezelen (pronounced SNOO-zuh-len) concept developed in the Netherlands over 30 years ago. The word "snoezelen" is a combination of two Dutch words meaning "to explore" and "to relax." A Snoezelen multi-sensory environment employs colors, lights, textures, and music to elicit a variety of responses from individuals with disabilities.
Some of the original Foundation members were present for the celebration. Judge Collier was presented with a “picture quilt” featuring Westgate students enjoying different areas of the Sensory Center.
Exceptional Student Education Mission
It is the mission of the Exceptional Student Education Department to support and sustain the educational structures and practices, to be inclusive of all students with or without disabilities, and to empower them to become responsible and productive citizens in today's global society. Each student will be welcomed, valued, given access to rigorous teaching and appropriately supported to access the general education curriculum.
RECORDS REQUEST
School Records
To request school records contact:
Misti Rauh, ESE Enrollment Specialist, at (850) 430-7534 or MRauh@ecsdfl.us
or
Alisha Dobson, Enrollment Services, at (850) 469-5460 or ADobson@ecsdfl.us
CONTACT FOR ESE DEPARTMENT
The ESE Department is located at the J.E. Hall Center. We are located in Bldg 5, to the right of the main building. Please contact the district office at (850) 429-2977 if there is contact information you are unable to locate here, and we will point you in the correct direction.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS 2025
- Date: March 12, 2025
(Make-up day March 14th if needed) - Location: Tate High School
- Contacts:
- Angela Carden:
ACarden1@ecsdfl.us - Dwight Dumond:
DDumond@ecsdfl.us
- Angela Carden:
ESE DIRECTOR/ PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Sondra Hill, Director
Phone: (850) 429-2977
Email: shill@ecsdfl.us
Renae Ellsworth, Program Planning Coordinator
Phone: (850) 469-5339
Email: rellsworth@ecsdfl.us
COMPLIANCE CORNER
Let’s start the school year compliant!
- Gather your case load assignment data in FOCUS. Go to District Reports, Select ESE and choose the ESE Primary/Exceptionality Other report. This report can be exported to excel and sorted by IEP or Re-Eval due dates.
- Ensure all SIS forms are completed accurately and that they are submitted at the beginning of the year and immediately following any meetings during the year.
- Check your students’ schedules in FOCUS to ensure they are scheduled with you.
- Inform General Education teachers of all student Accommodations, Behavior&/or Crisis plans and Other information regarding their disability.
- Ensure all parents/guardians receive accurate and timely meeting notices. Our district’s practice is to provide a minimum of a 14-day notice, they are notified twice and once must be in writing.
- Please be sure to include the SLP, OT, PT & Adapted PE teacher to meetings if students are being serviced by one of these professionals.
DISABILITY RIGHTS FLORIDA
Disability Rights Florida was founded in 1977 as the statewide designated protection and advocacy system for individuals with disabilities in the State of Florida. Disability Rights Florida is a not-for-profit corporation that has authority and responsibility under eight federal grants. Our services are free and confidential.
INFORMATION FROM FDLRS
At www.fdlrsemeraldcoast.org we are posting a tremendous number of webinars on setting up virtual instruction and other resources from the Florida Department of Education as well as the BEESS discretionary projects. Additional resources are listed under our Family Resources and Educator Resources tabs. Please re-post these links on your sites, or direct people to the FDLRS website; whatever works for letting teachers know that these resources are available.
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