ASPEN

Who should be ASPEN certified?
 ASPEN training is required during the 2025-2026 school year for all licensed special education teachers, SLPs, school psychologists, elementary school counselors, as well as all Education Support Professionals (ESPs) in SEB and Autism self-contained support classrooms who do not have a current Mandt certification. Staff members working in any other special education setting may choose to attend ASPEN at the discretion of their building administrator and at the cost of their school. 

Full Certifications: Aspen has options to complete a 1 day in person training or online training.

Recertification: All employees certified in Aspen must re-certify yearly, within the month that their certification expires.

Mandt

Who should be Mandt certified?
Mandt training is available this summer to specific elementary schools with self-contained special classrooms (SCSCs) in the following areas: Social Emotional Behavior (SEB), Autism, Functional Academics (FA), and Academic Communication (AC), and secondary schools with Social Emotional Behavior (SEB) self-contained special classrooms.

All teachers, 35-hour ESPs, and 25-hour ESPs in these settings are encouraged to become Mandt certified this summer in preparation for the upcoming school year. It would be ideal for schools to attend the same session as teacher/ESP teams to the extent possible. Participants in the roles named above will be paid to attend by the special education department. Licensed staff will be paid a stipend $200 per day, and ESPs will be paid their hourly rate.

Full Certifications: Please note, full-day participation is required on BOTH dates. Registration is on Canvas Catalog, and the class will be capped based on room capacity requirements.

Recertification: All employees trained in Mandt, must re-certify each year, prior to the date of expiration.

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