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CABE, Policy, Laws, and the Special Education Director Blog 17   While driving my car this week and thinking about the special education leadership lessons I’m learning in the Connecticut Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education, a thought hit me. Years ago, my wife and I were involved with the Special Olympics. But as our […]

Special Education Law with Attorney Sullivan Blog 16   This week was interesting to me. Our presenter for this week’s special education lessons for CT’s first cohort of the CT Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education was an interesting senior law partner named Christine Sullivan. Attorney Sullivan has been practicing law for 33 years. She

Blog 15: Public Policy for Special Education   I just read an article called, Public Policy Models and their Usefulness in Public Health: The Stages Model. Our presenter for our special education class this week, once again, was the brilliant Deborah Ziegler. She reminded us more than once how much she found the abovementioned article helpful in

The History of Special Education Through a Policy Lens Blog 14  In my Connecticut Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education, I have begun working on Tier Two of our learning, which consists of the special education laws. Our presenter this week was a very impressive woman named Dr. Deborah Ziegler. Dr. Ziegler has worked as

Blog 13 Leading Self We’re finishing up with Tier One with Leading Self this week in our Connecticut Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education. We’re learning about developing our action plan, identifying outcomes, and doing a job audit of what we do at work on a typical day to be more prepared to write good

Blog 12 Roles and Goals             This week we talked about roles and goals. I went into this week with the Connecticut Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education with the idea of eventually obtaining a fellowship for the U.S. Department of Education next year and becoming capable of doing a special education leadership position in

Using Data to Make Decisions about Professional Growth Blog 11   This week we learned about using data to make decisions in our professional growth in our weekly session at the Connecticut Aspiring Leadership Academy for Special Education. Our presenter was Mary Beth Bruder. She casually and deftly slipped in again and again on how

How to be a Special Education Leader Blog 10             This week I got to meet Deborah Richards. She was our presenter on what kind of leader we want to become in the special education field. Richards is with the Connecticut State Board of Education and Director of Student Services at Capitol Region Education Council

True Colors Blog 9   Well, this has been kind of interesting. Our special education presenter, Darla Gundler, who has a handicapped daughter who is now a surgeon, spent some time with us going over True Colors. She talked about her daughter’s rise through the special education school system to become a successful surgeon. And

The Department of Education Blog 8             Recently, I have learned more about the Department of Education. The Department of Education chose my school district as one of the school districts to pilot a new program to streamline the special education individualized education programs (IEPs). They want to make IEPs