Greetings Directors and Evaluators:
This is a reminder for two upcoming calls. On August 9, we are convening two Evaluators Teleconferences to plan our upcoming calls and to review activities from the Project Directors Conference. On August 16, Greg Roberts, Ph.D., will present on Fidelity of Implementation of Research-Based Practices. Details and dial-in information are listed below. We are also pleased to announce two new installments to our Making a Difference Publications - Nevada and North Carolina. Nevada's pages highlights key strategies to improve student performance, meaningful parent involvement, and recruitment and retention. North Carolina's pages describe the progress made towards attaining their goals of improving reading instruction for students with disabilities, implementing school improvement efforts (which involved positive behavior supports), and improving the quality and quantity of teachers for students with disabilities. To read these two articles click on the state's link found on the Signetwork homepage: http://www.signetwork.org/index.html Evaluators Call: August 9 Topic: Planning Sep-Dec Calls, Overview of SIG Day 1st Call Time: 1p Eastern / 12p Central / 11a Mountain / 10a Pacific 2nd Call Time: 4p Eastern / 3p Central / 2p Mountain / 1p Pacific Length: 60 minutes Dial: 1-888-387-8686. You will be prompted for a room number which is: 2576984#. You must enter the # key at the end of the number to enter the call. To mute your line press *6, to un-mute your line press *7. Joint Directors and Evaluators Call: August 16 Topic: Fidelity of Implementation of Research-Based Practices Presenter: Greg Roberts, Ph.D., Special Education Strand of the Center on Instruction <http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/tech_assist/strand.asp> , University of Texas, Austin Facilitator: Larry Wexler, Project Officer Time: 3:00p Eastern / 2:00p Central / 1:00p Mountain / 12:00p Pacific Length: 90 minutes Dial: 1-888-387-8686. You will be prompted for a room number which is: 3460322#. You must enter the # key at the end of the number to enter the call. To mute your line press *6, to un-mute your line press *7. http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/tech_assist/strand.asp Greg Roberts, Ph.D. is Principal Investigator and Director of the Special Education Strand of the Center on Instruction <http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/tech_assist/strand.asp> , and Principal Investigator for Dissemination Core of the Texas Center on Learning Disabilities. Dr. Roberts is trained as an educational psychologist, with expertise in quantitative methods, measurement, and program evaluation. He has an undergraduate degree in special education and taught primary-aged children with emotional and learning disabilities for three years, as well as first and sixth grades. Audrey Desjarlais SIGnetwork Team Technical Assistance and Consulting Services 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1268 541.346.0373 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
