Save the Date! Please mark your calendars for a SPDG Low Incidence Affinity Group Teleconference on September 21, 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern Time. Lori Romano, SPDG Project Director for Florida, will be speaking about Florida's Virtual Exceptional Student Education Online Distance Learning Program and the SPDG efforts related to it. The goal of the SPDG project has been to increase the capacity of Florida's Virtual ESE online service delivery system to include courses leading to endorsements in Pre-K Handicapped, Autism and Severe and Profound disabilities.
The Virtual ESE program provides online coursework and supports for the teachers of these courses. Lori will describe how this program was first created, the collaborative partnerships that have made the program a success, the challenges in creating and sustaining the program, and how she and her colleagues have met those challenges. ************************************************************************ *************** SPDG Low Incidence Affinity Group Teleconference Date: September 21, 2009 Time: 3:00-4:00pm, Eastern/ 2:00-3:00pm Central/ 1:00-2:00pm Mountain / 12:00-1:00pm Pacific Presenters: Lori Romano, Ph.D, Florida SPDG Project Director Facilitator: Toyah Robey, Kentucky SPDG Project Co-Director Dial-in Info: 1-888-387-8686, Rm 3460322# ************************************************************************ *************** Audrey Desjarlais SIGnetwork Technical Assistance and Consulting Services 1268 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 541.346.0373 direct 541.346.0322 fax 541.954.8870 mobile http://www.signetwork.org/