Sarah Strader — IEP Compliance AI Intake

Your Background

Let's start with who you are and what you've built over your career.

Full name

Preferred name (optional)

How many years did you work in special education?

What credentials did you hold?

Mild-to-Moderate Special Education Credential Moderate-to-Severe Special Education Credential Other

What districts did you work in?

What was your most recent role/title?

What grade levels did you primarily serve?

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Your IEP Experience

The day-to-day reality of managing IEPs — what it actually looked like for you.

How many IEPs did you manage at a time in a typical year?

What IEP software did you use?

SEIS SEIS Frontline Other

Walk me through how you personally managed IEP timelines — what was your system?

What was the hardest part of IEP compliance to stay on top of?

Did you ever witness or experience compliance failures in your district? What happened?

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The Compliance Pain

This is the heart of what we're building. Help us understand where the system breaks down.

What are the most commonly missed IEP deadlines in your experience?

What procedural errors did you see most often from other teachers?

What happens in a district when a due process complaint gets filed?

What did teachers struggle with most when it came to procedural compliance?

What would have made your job significantly easier from a compliance standpoint?

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The District Perspective

What did compliance look like from the administration's point of view?

How did your district handle IEP compliance oversight?

Was there a system in place to track deadlines district-wide, or was it left to individual teachers?

Did you ever interact with district administrators or attorneys around compliance issues?

What is the ONE thing districts fear most about SPED compliance?

How do you think a district administrator would respond to a system that automates compliance tracking?

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SEIS & California Specifics

California is Phase 1. Your SEIS expertise is our biggest advantage here.

How long did you use SEIS?

What did SEIS do well and what did it fail at?

What documents in California are legally required and most often done incorrectly?

What are the California-specific timelines that teachers miss most often?

If you were building a compliance system for California first, what would you prioritize?

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Your Role Going Forward

This company works because you're part of it. Let's figure out how.

How do you envision your role in this company?

Are you comfortable being the public-facing expert — speaking to districts, being quoted, doing presentations?

What do you need to feel confident presenting this to a district administrator?

Who is Nikki Page and how might she contribute to this?

Are there other teachers — active or retired — you think should be on the advisory board?

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The Bigger Picture

The most important section. This is where you get to say what nobody's asked you yet.

What would it mean for you personally if this product succeeded?

What concerns do you have about this project?

What does a successful version of this look like in 3 years?

Is there anything about the IEP compliance problem or the district landscape that you think Tommy and Felix don't fully understand yet?

What's the single most important thing the system needs to get right?

📎 Upload Supporting Documents (Optional)

Any materials that would help — IEP templates you've used, compliance checklists, SEIS documentation, training materials, anything from your career that would help build the system.

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You're ready to submit. Everything you've shared goes directly to Felix, who will prepare a summary for Tommy. This is your voice in the product — it matters.

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Sarah's Expert Intake

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Thank you, Sarah.