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Meeting Dates: Thursday: June 23, Tuesday June 28 (Room 174 - 1-9:30 p.m.),, Thursday July 7 (WIki), Monday July 11 (1-7 Project work 1-2:30, Presentations, 3-7) , July 14 (3-9, 1 p.m. Greenville Elementary School, 6822 Greenridge Drive, Library or Office)

Leaders: Marni Bruntz; marnirae@sbcglobal.net; 920-819-5691 MaiKou Heu; heumaikou@aasd.k12.wi.us; 920-205-8342 Erica Laabs; ellaabs@gbaps.org; 920-213-0178

7/23/2011

Class Goals

 * Learn categories of special education
 * Criteria for qualifying for special education
 * Expectations of the special education director
 * Forms related to special education process

Projects
==Erica: Simulation of new special education director presenting at her first staff meeting. Class members will each play a role of a different staff member. Erica will present her management style, strategies for working with the staff, and expectations regarding special education in her new school.==

==Marni: Birth - 3. Marni will explore and present methodologies for identifying and providing services for birth - 3 year olds. She will discover resources to support special needs of preschool children. She will provide a list of related community resources in support of such programs.==

==Mai Kou: Mai Kou will present adaptations to school counselor lessons in relation to meeting the needs of special education students during guidance lessons in the regular education classrooms. She will show several such lessons to the class.==


 * ==Class Schedule==
 * ===June 28th -===
 * ===The Special Education Process: Referral to IEP===
 * ===Erika will present the IEP forms and special education teachers responsibilities===
 * ===Report out on categories of special education - []===
 * ===Review of special education job description===
 * ===Begin acronym list===
 * ===**July 7th - Wiki: Julie Hodges, School Psychologist, Special Education Teacher, Certified Special Edcuation Director, Research Wrights Law and Design Presentation, Continue development of Acronym List**===
 * ===**July 11th -Wiki: Assistive Technology, Birth to 3 and Expulsion/Suspension Presentations, Acronym Test**===
 * ===**July 14th- Mistakes not to Make - Stay out of mediation!**===