9th ANNUAL STATEWIDE EVALUATION
CONFERENCE FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATORS SCHEDULED FOR JAN. 31 - Feb. 2, 2006
Waco,
Texas--“A
New IDEA for Evaluation Personnel,” is the
theme for the ninth annual Statewide Evaluation
Conference for Special Education Evaluation Personnel.
The conference will be held Tuesday, Jan. 31 through
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, at the Omni Bayfront Hotel
in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The
statewide conference is organized and hosted by the
State Evaluation Network which is a Decentralized
Function of TEA. ESC 12 is the lead
for the evaluation network. A variety of speakers will present topics
on legal issues, evaluation methods, bilingual issues, and disproportionality/over-representation
of minority students . The purpose of this conference is to bring
new information on evaluation to school personnel
and provide networking
opportunities with people across the state involved in Special Education.
Approximately
700 participants will attend the three-day event,
and among those
will be educational diagnosticians,
licensed specialists
in school psychology (LSSPs), speech and language pathologists
(SLPs), special education directors, teachers, and
counselors. CPE credits
will be offered for attendees (14 hours TSHA CE credits).
For more information, please contact Eleanor Pate
at (254) 297-1153 or epate@esc12.net
or Celeste Blenden at (254) 297-1149 or cblenden@esc12.net.
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