Information at a Glance:

2012 Annual NC-CEC Conference
"A Commitment to the Needs of Diverse Learners: Exceptional Educators Leading the Way"
February 8-10, 2012
Embassy Suites, Twin City Quarter, Winston-Salem, NC

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Vivian Correa,  comes to us from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with a vast repertoire of knowledge, research and published works in the areas of  special education, diversity issues, English learners,  and collaboration and teaming.  She will be sharing with us some of her more recent research in serving special needs, diverse populations specifically those in North Carolina.  Dr. Correa will be speaking at 8:15 am on Thursday, February 9th. 

Breakout Sessions:

Meet with your colleagues to learn more about
Universal Design for Learning
Breaking the Code for Reading Success
Teaching Self Advocacy Through Person Centered IEP's
Collaboration 2.0 - Not your grandmother;'s communication

Click here to read the full schedule

Pre-Conference Registration Costs:
$80.00 Full Day
$40.00 Session One or Session Two
Prices include a boxed lunch

General Conference Registration Costs:
$110 for CEC Member
$135 for Non Member
$50 for Student Member
$75 for Presenters
Prices include
Thursday and Friday Conference Sessions
Thursday and Friday Continental Breakfasts
Thursday Awards Luncheon
Thursday Reception

Send your registrations to: Dr. Charles Wood,
NC-CEC Treasurer
UNC Charlotte
Dept. of Special Education and Child Development
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
 
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO NC-CEC 
Sorry, we cannot accept purchase orders or credit cards.

Questions? 
Please contact Charles Wood at: 704-687-8395
Or by email nccec.treasurer@gmail.com

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Vivian I. Correa is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Child Development at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Dr. Correa received her PhD in Early Childhood Special Education from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in 1982. She was an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University from 1982 to 1985. From 1985 to 2006, she served on the faculty in the Department of Special Education at the University of Florida. While at UF, she also served as Chair of the Department (1993-1996) and Associate Dean of the Graduate School (2004-2006). In 2000-2001, Dr. Correa served a one-year term as the Matthew J. Guglielmo Endowed Chair at California State University, Los Angeles.

Dr. Correa has extensive experience providing training in the area of children with disabilities (birth to age five) and their families. She has worked with young children and their families in a variety of early intervention programs since 1975. Dr. Correa’s areas of expertise are in early childhood special education, bilingual/special education, multicultural education, unified teacher education, and working with Latino families. Dr. Correa has over 40 published book chapters and articles in professional journals, and is the co-author of a textbook titled Interactive Teaming: Enhancing Programs for Students with Special Needs (4th Edition). She has also been co-editor of Teacher Education and Special Education and Associate Editor for the Journal for Early Intervention.

In addition to these experiences, Dr. Correa has had extensive experience as a program administrator and Project Director (or co-investigator) on 21 federally and state funded projects over the past 23 years totaling over $6 million. The grants cover areas of bilingual/multicultural special education, early childhood special education, intellectual disabilities, and doctoral leadership.

Dr. Correa has been an active member of the International Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Early Childhood (DEC), Division of Teacher Education, Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL), and the Division for Research (DR). She served on the Board of Directors of CEC from 2003-2006. She is the current Vice President of the Division of Teacher Education.

Dr. Correa is a native Puerto Rican, and has done extensive work with culturally diverse young children and their families. She was co-Project Director with Dr. Don Bailey (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) on a NICHD research grant to study Latino families of children with disabilities ages birth to five in Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, and Massachusetts. She is currently working with Mexican mothers of preschoolers on home literacy practices and shared book reading.

Awards Luncheon:

Included in your registration this year is an invitation to our Awards Luncheon where we will honor our award recipients.  At the luncheon, we will hear from Paul Cuadros, author of "A Home on The Field"

Paul Cuadros moved south as a reporter for Time Magazine on assignment to study the impact of the burgeoning Latino community in North Carolina.  Upon arriving in Siler City, NC, he encountered a culture clash between the Latino immigrant population and the local residents.  

While Paul’s intentions were only to report on this issue,  he became involved with the immigrant families in the town and is moved to make a difference.  It became Paul's goal to show the growing numbers of Latino youth that their lives could be more than the cutting line at the poultry plants, that finishing high school and heading to college could be a reality.  Come and enjoy hearing the inspiring stories of Cuadros and our award recipients as well.

Schedule at a Glance:
Pre Conference Workshops
Wednesday, February 8, 2012: 9:00 am -3:30 pm

MORNING SESSION (9:00—12:00) Addressing Diversity in Schools: Culturally Responsive Classrooms
Dr. Cathy Kea, Dr. Diane Rodriguez, Dr. Theodore Pikes will discuss a paradigm shift in "Preparing Teacher Candidates to work with African-American and Latino Students." The paradigm shift rejects traditional classroom practices in favor of culturally responsive environments.

AFTERNOON SESSION (1:00-3:30) Collaborative Leadership: Teaming for Success
Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman, Director of U-STARS and ACCESS, FPG Child Developmental Institute, UNC Chapel Hill and Dr. Nancy Mamlin, Associate Professor, North Carolina Central University, will discuss effective leadership for building a framework for collaborative practice within RtI and PBIS. This interactive workshop will examine the changing roles of exceptional educators as leaders and collaborators within professional learning communities. Participants will engage in a process of guided reflections on leadership for an integrated, collaborative approach within a tiered framework and will gain the knowledge necessary to empower others to better instruct special needs students within their schools.

General Conference:
Thursday, February 9th, 2012:  8:15 am – 5:15 pm
Friday, February 10th, 2012:  8:00 am-12:00 pm

Hotel Information:
Hotel reservations can be made at discounted rates on or before January 8th, 2011 through: 

Embassy Suites - Winston Salem
Book your room online...click here
or Call (336) 724-2300 to make reservations (you will need the info below to make your reservation by phone)

Group Name:	NC Council for Exceptional Children
Group Code:	EXC
Check-in:	07-FEB-2012
Check-out:	10-FEB-2012
Hotel Address:	460 North Cherry Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

Marriott Winston-Salem:
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Call the Marriott - Winston Salem: (800)-320-0934