Placing a student in SESIS

You can identify and reserve placements for students in the following situations:

• Elementary and middle school students who require Special Class, Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) or Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS) provided by a District 75 provider.
  
  
• Elementary, middle, and high school students in specialized (District 75) schools who require a new Special Class placement.
  

To place a student in SESIS

1. Locate the student’s profile.
   How?
   
   
2. From the Actions bar, click the Place Student link.
   
   The placement form appears.
   
   Tip: This form is sometimes referred to as the “placement generator.”
   
   
3. In the Parameters section, review the Recommended Programs drop-down menu and, if necessary, select the appropriate program.
   
   Note: The Recommended Programs field is pre-selected based on the primary program recommendation in the student’s most recently finalized IEP. If the student has the same frequency for ICT and Special Class, Special Class will be selected over ICT as it is harder to place. If two Special Classes have the same frequency, the first entered in SESIS will be selected.
   
   
4. Review the remaining pre-selected fields and make adjustments, if necessary.
   
   
5. In the Rules section, check or uncheck search criteria as appropriate.
   
   Note: Selecting more boxes will yield fewer search results.
   
   
6. Click the Search for Placements button.
   
   A list of available classes appears.
   
   
7. Review the list and locate an appropriate class.
   
   Check the checkbox next to at least one class (up to five classes) to view the class properties.
   
   
8. Click the Review Selected button.
   
   A list of the selected classes appears. The following information is displayed for each class:
   
   
   • Class ID
   
   
   • Physical Location DBN
   
   
   • Program
   
   
   • Staffing Ratio
   
   
   • Language of Instruction
   
   
   • Ages
   
   
   • Grades
   
   
   • Math
   levels
   
   • Reading
   levels
   
   • Capacity (number of filled seats and the total available seats)
   
   
   • Accessibility
   
   
   • Distance from the student’s home address
   
   
   
9. Click the magnifying glass () icon next to the class you want to review.
   
   The Class Properties window appears.
   
   Note: To view the Class Properties, position the mouse over the Class ID.
   
   
10. Click the Select () icon to view the Class Student Roster.
    
    
11. Click the close () icon to close the Class Properties window.
    
    
12. Click the green check mark () icon next to the class to place the student in that class.
    
    The selected class is highlighted in yellow and the system message “Successfully created a placement for…” indicates the placement was successfully created.
    
    Tip: To create the Prior Notice Package for Placement (link to topic) immediately after placing the student, click on the guided action at the top of the page.
    

Related topics
Completing the Prior Notice Package (PNP) for Placement in SESIS
Reviewing a student’s placement information in SESIS