Greetings Directors:
Please save the date for the SPDG Project Director's Webinar on August 24, 2:00pm ET. A description of the session and details to join the online session are provided below. SPDG Project Directors' Webinar: Ohio's Collaborative Initiatives to Improve Teaching of Students with Disabilities Date: August 24, 2009 Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm Eastern / 1:00 - 2:30pm Central/ 12:00-1:30 Mountain/ 11:00 - 12:30pm Pacific Description of the Session: The Office of Special Education Programs began its Program Improvement Grant Priority (325T) in FY 2007. The purpose of the priority is to improve the K-12 high incidence teacher preparation programs so that graduates are not only highly qualifed, but are also well-prepared with knowedge and skills and evidence-based practices to improve results for students with high-incidence disabilities. As of FY 2009, 54 grants have been awarded to Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) in 29 states. This webinar will describe how one state has leveraged these federal resources and integrated the initiative into its "Ohio Planning Framework." This webinar will introduce the 325T Grants, in general, and describe how the Ohio Department of Education, through its Office of Educator Preparation, has embraced the redesign effort within its state. Ohio has revised teacher licensure standards for preparing highly qualified special education teachers with input from a consortium of public and private institutions of higher education (IHE). Collaborative initiatives, developed within Ohio's planning framework, will be highlighted and will show the relationships among the Ohio SIG, its Office of Educator Preparation, and the IHE consortium. Presenters: Bonnie Jones, Ph.D., OSEP Project Officer Linda Morrow, Ph.D., Muskingum University, Ohio John Soloninka, Ph.D., Director of Educator Preparation, Ohio Department of Education Kathe Shelby, Director of Office for Exceptional Children, Ohio Department of Education Jo Hannah Ward, Assistant Director Resource Management, Ohio Department of Education Teleconferencing and ILINC (online room) Login and instructions: 1. Audio Dial-in: 1-888-447-7153 Passcode: 899594 2. Meeting Room Participant Join Link: https://tadnet.ilinc.com/join/jpfmbff. The preferred browser for ILinc meeting rooms is Internet Explorer. After selecting this link, your browser will download the necessary plugins to launch ILinc. To test your system ahead of time, go to: https://demo.ilinc.com/perl/ilinc/lms/systest.pl?activity_id= Facilitator: Jennifer Doolittle, OSEP's SPDG Program Lead Webinar Moderator: Audrey Desjarlais, SIGnetwork, http://www.signetwork.org Session Materials: The presentation files, notes, and webinar recording will be posted one week after the session at: http://www.signetwork.org/notes.html 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/ <http://www.signetwork.org/>
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