2010 TED Conference Registration for November 2-6, 2010 in St. Louis, Missouri

Beginning today, you may register online for the conference.

Please Note: All presenters' registrations must be entered online by September 15, 2010 or the presenters' names and sessions will be deleted from the Conference program. Registrations entered after September 15 2010 must pay the ON-SITE Registration fee of $370.00. There is a $75.00 fee for all TED Conference cancellation requests up until October 1. All requests for refunds must be made in writing. Requests for refunds will not be honored after October 1. Online registration will close 5:00pm (EDT) on October 23, 2010. After October 23, you must register on-site at the Conference using only cash or check. If you are paying by check, the mailing address is located at the bottom of the invoice, which you should print off and make a copy of . You must check-out to either pay by credit card or to see the invoice page.

You may register at this link.

Federal Education Policy Update

Follow this link to download a PDF document of the presentation given by Dr. Jane West at the 2010 CEC Conference in Nashville TN concerning federal education policy for 2011.

TED Showcase at the 2010 CEC Convention in Nashville, TN

Select the following links below to view the slide shows from the TED Showcase. All files are in PowerPoint.

The Future of Special Education Teacher Preparation: Continuing the Conversation (Alternative Route Preparation Programs)
Federal Perspective on Teacher Preparation
University Directed Teacher Preparation and Special Education Teacher Roles in Public Schools

Faculty Vacancy: Special Education Assistant/Associate Professor of Special Education - Arcadia University

Assistant/Associate Professor, full-time, tenure track faculty position; duties begin September 1, 2010. Follow this link for more information.

Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Reauthorization

The following two items: recommendations for reaurthorization of the ESEA and a letter to U.S. House Representative George Miller, Chairman of Committee on Education and Labor and U.S. House Representative John Kline, Ranking Member of Committee on Education and Labor - U.S. House of Representatives - can be downloaded as PDF documents.

Open Rank Professor of Special Education

The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announces the availability of a new tenure-track open rank position in Special Education. Successful candidates should be energetic individuals committed to preparing both pre-service and in-service educators to work with diverse students with high-incidence disabilities in a dedicated and accomplished community of faculty, students, and staff. Follow this link link for more...

New TESE Manuscript Submission Process

The editorship of Teacher Education and Special Education has transitioned to Dr. Michael Rosenberg [mrose@jhu.edu]  and Dr. Laurie deBettencourt [deBetten@jhu.edu]  who are using the ScholarOne Manuscripts/Sage Track web-based submission, peer review, and tracking system (formerly known as Manuscript Central). To facilitate timely processing of your work, please create an account [http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tese]  and submit your manuscript electronically.

Assistant Professor position, Montclair State

Department: Curriculum and Teaching. Tenure-track position in Special Education. Appointment includes teaching, mentoring, and advising undergraduate and graduate students in dual teacher certification and LDT-C (educational diagnostician) programs; building strong partnerships with schools, school faculty, and communities; and contributing to a department with a strong vision and innovative programs in special education and inclusion. For more information, follow these links
Position Description
Position Notification
Website

Become a Professor in Emotional & Behavioral Disorders

FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE

The University of Arizona seeks applications from highly qualified individuals who want to become Special Education Professors in Colleges and Universities.

Each Fellowship includes:

Interested? Contact: Dr. Carl Liaupsin at liaupsin@email.arizona.edu or at 520-626-2960

Follow this link to download the flyer.

Project ReQuEST: Research on Quality in Educating Special Education Teachers

Project ReQuEST will prepare four doctoral-level leaders in special education committed to contributing to the teacher quality research base. Through coursework and other opportunities, ReQuEST scholars will acquire: (a) knowledge of issues related to teacher quality, (b) effective pedagogy for teaching special education teachers about evidenced-based practices, (c) background in pedagogical content knowledge, (d) research skills for conducting teacher quality research, (e) knowledge of issues related to students with disabilities who have diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and (f) and knowledge of effective dissemination. The Project will provide a competitive support package that will include: an assistantship, tuition waivers, health insurance, and travel allowance (Approximately $38k annually). Follow this link to read more.

Graduate Fellowship at Southern Methodist University

Visit http://www.smu.edu/EducationPhD and find out more about the Doctoral Fellowships in Education being offered at SMU. The flyer can be downloaded here. If you are interested contact:

Dr. Gale Roid, Doctoral Program Director,
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of
Education and Human Development,
PO Box 750381, Dallas, TX 75275-0381
groid@smu.edu

Doctoral Fellowship - University of Arizona

Become a professor in Special Education. The University of Arizona seeks applications from highly qualified individuals who want to become Special Education professors in colleges and universities. For more information follow this link or contact:

Contact Dr. C. June Maker at 520-621-7822 or at junemaker@hotmail.com

PowerPoint Presentations from the 31st Annual TED Conference at Dallas TX, 2008

Keynote presentations download - you will need Microsft PowerPoint to view the first two.

SSEPC Home page

The Small Special Education Programs Caucus (SSEPC) is an organization devoted to helping support faculty who work in small special education programs at colleges and universities. Members also include educators who work in state departments of education, as well as educators who are employed in the private sector

Department of Special Education Fellowship Opportunities

The University of Kansas Department of Special Education is announcing several new fellowship opportunities for recruitment and support of masters and doctoral level students through the following types of funded projects:

To learn more, please note contact information and other links associated with the grants

TED Diversity Caucus Wiki

The Diversity Caucus is an affiliate of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children. Please read the Diversity Caucus's official Purpose. The intent of this wiki is to raise awareness of Diversity Caucus activities. This wiki is only editable by members of the Caucus.

Wikispaces

Teacher Education Division Awards Criteria And Procedures

The Teacher Education Division (TED) presents awards to professionals and state chapters that acknowledge significant contributions to special education, teacher education, and the TED organization. These are: the TED/Merrill Excellence in Teacher Education Award, the TED Publication Award, the TED Dissertation Award for Doctoral Level Research, the TED President’s award, the TED Distinguished Service Award, Small Special Education Programs Caucus’ Nasim Dil Award for Outstanding Service to Teacher Education , and Certificates of Appreciation.

Awards handbook

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