Polaris Educator Implementation Guide

Introduction

Welcome to the Polaris Educator Implementation Guide. The guide does not need to be completed in a single session; you are welcome to pause and return at any time to fit your schedule and learning needs. Educators who actively engage with the practice opportunities, interactive activities, and reflection prompts will gain the greatest benefit from the experience.

What is Polaris? 

Polaris streamlines and simplifies every step of the IEP planning process, empowering educators to transfer well drafted IEPs to their school's IEP management system that demonstrate alignment of assessment data, present levels, and annual goals. Easily connect student performance on assessments and lesson assignments to track progress of targeted skills and provide clear progress monitoring data.

Every step of the IEP, connected

• Generated present levels: Brings together results from embedded and connected assessments, then turns them into clear present levels of student performance.
• Suggested SMART goals: Suggests specific, measurable, and realistic standards-aligned goals that align directly to targeted skill areas of need.
• Recommended accommodations: Recommends supports that align with identified student needs, such as changes to instruction, materials, or the learning environment.
• Suggested lesson activities: Suggests standards-aligned lessons that connect directly to the student's goals, aligning the IEP to everyday instruction.
• Automated progress monitoring: Turns data into helpful insights that make it easy to track how each IEP goal is developing and decide when to continue or implement interventions.
• Generated progress reports: Provides reports that are simple to read and quick to act on. Communicate progress clearly across the whole IEP team.