FYI at a Glance
· Co-Teaching
1.0 Workshops
· Co-Teaching
2.0 Workshops
· Transition
IEP: New Regulations and Rules Workshops
· City’s
Council for Community Accessibility Seeks Nominees
· Library
Corner
Coming Up
xCo-Teaching 1.0 Workshops:
The Indiana Department of xEducation
in conjunction with the Indiana Institute’s Center on xEducation and Lifelong
Leaning, will host a series of workshops xfocusing on basic co-teaching principles and
strategies
xin October and November
2007.
Attendees
will learn:
· How
communication and collaboration skills can be maximized to
ximprove student
outcomes;
· How
and when various co-teaching models match student, curricular, and adult xneeds; and
· How
school and classroom environments can support collaborative learning and xteaching.
General
and special educators who plan to co-teach, teachers in the beginning stages
of a co-teaching relationship, and practitioners who need more specific
information on “what co-teaching really is” and need the
“how tos” are encouraged to attend along with co-teaching
partner(s), grade or content level, or leadership teams.
Training
dates and locations inlcude:
October 10, 2007
Greenwood, Indiana
Valle Vista Golf Club and Conference
Center
755 Main Street
October 25, 2007
Columbia City, Indiana
Marshall Community Center
107 North Walnut Street
November 8, 2007
Jasper, IN
Southern Indiana Education
Service Center
1102 Tree Lane Drive
There
is no registration fee associated with these workshops. If you attend a
Beginning Regional Workshop, you will be eligible to enroll in the
Collaboration and Co-Teaching Summer Camp, to be held in June/July of 2008
and receive three hours of graduate credit through full attendance and
project requirements. More information will be forthcoming to those eligible.
For questions or to register, contact Trish Merida at (812) 855-6508 or
e-mail pmerida@...u.
Co-Teaching 2.0 Workshops:
For educators who are interested in furthering and extending co-teaching
practices, mark your calendars and plan to attend, the Indiana Department of
Education and the Center on Education and Lifelong Learning’s
Co-Teaching 2.0 workshops.
If
you have attended a basic level co-teaching workshop in the past year,
practiced fully shared teaching collaborations for extended periods of time,
served as a model for quality co-teaching practices within your school,
are interested in building and extending co-teaching capacity, or want to
take your co-teaching to the next level, these workshop opportunities are for
you.
Training
dates and locations are:
October 11, 2007
Greenwood, Indiana
Valle Vista Golf Club and Conference
Center
755 Main Street
October 26, 2007
Columbia City, Indiana
Marshall Community Center
107 North Walnut Street
November 9, 2007
Jasper, IN
Southern Indiana Education
Service Center
1102 Tree Lane Drive
There
is no registration fee associated with these workshops. If you attend a
Beginning Regional Workshop, you will be eligible to enroll in the
Collaboration and Co-Teaching Summer Camp, to be held in June/July of 2008
and receive three hours of graduate credit through full attendance and
project requirements. More information will be forthcoming to those eligible.
For questions or to register, contact Trish Merida at (812) 855-6508 or
e-mail pmerida@....
xTransition IEP: New
Regulations and Rules Workshops: Parents and educators, the
Institute’s Center on Community Living and Careers, in conjunction with
the Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners, will
host a series of regional workshops focusing on the new regulations and rules
for transition services for young adults based on IDEIA and the proposed Article
7. Monitoring expectations of the Transition IEP will also be addressed.
Workshop
dates and locations:
Thursday,
October 11
Holiday Inn
Airport
Evansville, IN
Tuesday,
October 23
Pike Township
Training Center
Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday,
October 24
Holiday Inn Select – City
Center
Lafayette, IN
Thursday,
October 25
Strongbow Inn
Valparaiso, IN
Tuesday,
October 30
Holiday Inn Lakeview
Clarksville, IN
Wednesday,
October 31
Holiday Inn
Richmond, IN
Thursday,
November 1
Landmark Conference
Center
Ft. Wayne, IN
Friday,
November 2
Valle Vista Golf Club
Greenwood, IN
Thursday,
November 8
The Mayfields Ballroom
Bloomington, IN
There
is no registration fee associated with these trainings. For content
questions, contact Nancy
Zemaitis at (317) 232-0570 or e-mail zemaitis@...
or Teresa Grossi at (812) 855-6508 or tgrossi@....
To register, contact Susan Harris at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail skharis@....
In Our Community
City’s Council for
Community Accessibility Seeks Nominees:
The City of Bloomington’s
Council for Community Accessibility (CCA) is soliciting nominations for its
annual awards ceremony. The group recognizes individuals, businesses and
organizations that make the community more accessible for people with
disabilities.
The CCA advocates on behalf of people with disabilities, promotes awareness
of the challenges faced by people with disabilities, and works to develop
solutions to problems of accessibility in the community.
· Award
categories include:
· Kristin
Willison Volunteer Service Award
· Business
Service Award
· Professional
and Community Service Award
· Housing
Service Award
· Self-Advocacy
Award
· Mayor’s
Award
Nomination forms are available in the Community and Family Resources
Department in City Hall, 401 N. Morton Street, Suite 260. Forms also are
available online at http://www.bloomington.in.gov/cfrd.
Nominations must be returned by September
21, 2007.
For information about award nominations or the CCA, contact Craig Brenner,
Special Projects Coordinator, at (812) 349-3471 or e-mail brennerc@....
Library Corner
New Items: The
following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana
residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at
the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924,
send e-mail to cedir@..., or
visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street
in Bloomington.
Abeel,
S. (2004). My thirteenth winter: A memoir. New
York: Scholastic.
Banks,
M., & Kaschak, E. (Eds.). (2003). Women with visible and invisible
disabilities: Multiple intersections, multiple issues, multiple therapies. New
York:
Haworth Press.
Hans,
A. (2003). Women, disability, and identity. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Henderson,
L., & Winram, P. (2007). Building life skill portfolios. Verona,
WI: IEP
Resources.
Poindexter,
A. (2006). Self-directed instructional courses: Young people with mental
retardation/intellectual disabilities [electronic resource]. Detroit:
National Association for the Dually Diagnosed.
Riley,
C. (2006). Disability and business: Best practices and strategies for
inclusion. Lebanon, NH:
University Press of New England.
Wehmeyer,
M., & Field, S. (2007). Self-determination: Instructional and assessment
strategies. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Corwin Press.
Welner,
S., & Haseltine, F. (Eds.). (2004). Welner’s guide to the care of
women with disabilities. Philadelphia:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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