Enhancing Educational Programs Within Schools

Training in Special Education Administration for Principals and Other Administrators

October 2005 - May 2006
Hilton Garden Inn, Glastonbury

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Program Description

This professional development program on the administration of special education is designed to assist principals and other administrators, as educational leaders, with ensuring quality programming for all students, including students with disabilities.

Seven comprehensive sessions focus on specific competencies, systems change, and the unification of special and general education as per Connecticut's Standards for School Leaders (1999). The program combines interactive seminars with job-embedded reflection to assist participants with application and utilization of information into educational practice. Examples of seminar topics include: Legal Issues; No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; LRE; School-Based Practices Profile (SBPP); and IEPs Based on the General Curriculum.

This program is appropriate for superintendents, principals, assistant principals, central office administrators, and administrators-in-training. Special education administrators with limited experience or who are new to Connecticut are also welcome to participate.

Registration Information

There is a $150.00 registration fee per applicant. Checks must be made payable to Rensselaer at Hartford . Mail completed registration form (see page 10) with payment by September 26, 2005 to:

Leadership Initiative
SERC
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown , CT 06457-1520

Questions regarding registration / CEUs should be directed to Heather Penfield, Senior Project Assistant, (860) 632-1485, ext. 263, or penfield@ctserc.org.

Registration is limited. Sixty-five (65) superintendents, principals, assistant principals, central office administrators, and administrators-in-training will be selected to participate on a first-come, first-served basis with consideration to regional distribution. Special education administrators with limited experience or who are new to Connecticut are also welcome to participate.

The Connecticut State Department of Education has agreed to accept full participation in all sessions and completion of application / reflection as fulfillment of the 36 clock-hour special education requirement for certification. Questions regarding certification and the 36 clock-hour requirement should be referred to the Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Educator Preparation, Certification Support and Assessment, (860) 713-6969.

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CEU Information

SERC will award 3.6 CEUs (which serve as fulfillment of the 36 clock-hour special education requirement for certification) to qualified participants for full participation in this professional development program, including completion of post-seminar reflection and application. Participants must be pre-registered, have written confirmation from SERC, and attend all seven days in their entirety to receive CEU credit. Per Connecticut CEU Guidelines, the process of designing and implementing activities and programs for CEU credit must now include an application of learning component. No partial credit can be awarded.

Key Program Components: Training in Special Education Administration

• Comprehensive seven-day program on specific competencies, systems change, and the unification of general and special education as per Connecticut Standards for School Leaders (1999).
• Interactive seminars followed by job-embedded reflection to facilitate the application and utilization of new information/knowledge in professional practice.
• Feedback from selected seminar leaders on post-seminar reflections prepared by individual participants regarding application and utilization.
• Opportunities to network and dialogue with administrators from across all educational disciplines throughout the seven-day program, and during one luncheon provided to participants.
• Valuable resource materials disseminated through the Connecticut State Department of Education and SERC.
• Priority consideration in selection for participants who choose to register for additional professional development offerings through SERC’s Leadership Initiative.

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Questions regarding registration / CEUs should be directed to Heather Penfield, Senior Project Assistant, (860) 632-1485, ext. 263, or penfield@ctserc.org.