| Co-teaching in middle school
mathematics classrooms |
Wienke
Davis*
| This special initiative is to
provide professional development to a group of teachers who are providing
services to students in inclusive environments. The effort hopes to improve
the practice of co-teaching teams to directly impact students with mild
disabilities.
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| Development of an Effective
Training Model for Improving Knowledge and Skills of Teachers Working with
Students with Disabilities in Beijing, China |
Martin
Bai
Hu* |
The purpose of this project in
year 1 is to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate an effective training
model for improving the knowledge and skills of teachers who work with
students with disabilities in China. The project in year 2 includes
surveying and conducting focus groups of teachers and families in Orange
County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida and continuing to conduct
partnership activities with Beijing Normal University and United Teachers
College. Year 3 will provide additional professional development activities
in Beijing, China and Orlando, Florida |
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| FITS (OSEP funded) Family Infant
Toddler Developmental Specialists
| Cross
Hartle
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Prepares personnel involved in
Part C programs to receive endorsement for Medicaid reimbursement. The grant
involves 6 courses one of which is taught by the school of nursing focusing
on working with children birth to five with disabilities.
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The “Learning Stream”
| Dieker
| Focuses on the development of a
process to create video for teacher education that impacts student learning
in math, science and reading.
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| National Urban Special Education
Leadership Initiative: A Model
| Martin
| This effort is designed to
address the critical gaps between the traditional preparation of urban
special education mid-level administrators and the skills, knowledge, and
dispositions needed for full implementation of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004.
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| PACE Paraprofessional Grant
| Cross
Platt
| Designed to help
paraprofessionals become certified special education teachers
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| PDP (State funded) Professional
Development Partnership
| Cross
| This grant supports the
recruitment and retention of special education personnel in the 7 county UCF
area. One of our initiatives has been the support of a cohort of
paraprofessionals to become teachers. Another focus has been to support
secondary special education teachers in becoming highly qualified through
providing opportunities for them to complete the reading endorsement
program. This project is in its 10th year.
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| PIPS Project (OSEP funded)
| Cross
Young *
| Grant focuses on preparing
teachers of young children with disabilities to work in inclusive settings.
Teachers will receive their PK disabilities endorsement as a result
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| Preparing Diverse Special
Educators Using Alternative Course Delivery Modes and Mentoring
| Wienke
Hines
| This innovative program offers
out-of-field ESE teachers quality online instruction combined with live
meeting opportunities through state funded training and support of on-site
mentors.
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| Preparing Highly Qualified
Personnel to Serve Students with Severe/Profound Disabilities
| Wienke
| The purpose of this project is
to prepare highly qualified educators to work with students with severe/low
incidence disabilities with emphasis on recruitment of individuals from
underrepresented populations.
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Project ASD – Preparing teachers
to work with students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
| Wienke
Pearl
| Designed to increase the number,
qualifications and diversity of special education teachers prepared to work
with students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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| Project CENTRAL
| Little
| The purpose of this project is
to provide professional development, products, research, and resources to
ensure quality outcomes for all students in Florida, including students with
disabilities.
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| Project ESTEP
| Wienke
| Project focuses on bringing
individuals from backgrounds outside education into the special education
workforce.
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| Project LEAD
| Wienke
Dieker
| A doctoral program designed to
prepare highly competent special education leadership personnel, from
culturally and linguistically diverse populations, for university faculty
positions or for service in training positions in agencies or school
systems.
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Project Nuestros Niños/Our
Children
|
Blanes
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Works with Latino Families who
have children attending pre-school.
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| Project STARS
| Blanes
Whitby*
| Project STARS (Students,
Teaching, Assessment, Recruitment, and Strategies) is designed as a triad of
interaction and collaboration between a university, public schools, and
families of children with special needs. STARS is a multifaceted educational
project focused on Students, Teaching, Assessment, Recruitment, and
Strategies through research, service, and partnership opportunities.
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| SIG (state funded) State
Improvement Grant-
| Cross
| This grant is part of the
central Florida PDP and has focused on the retention of special education
teachers in a 7 county area through aligning our coursework with National
Professional Board standards and completion of a master’s degree.
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| STAR
| Dieker
| The Virtual STAR Classroom
Simulator will provide dynamic interactive trainer tools that can trigger
and direct the virtual class behavior, providing for the most appropriate
situations for learning.
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TATS – Technical Assistance
Training System
| Cross
| Designed to develop a
coordinated technical assistance and training system to respond to district
needs for technical support in providing services to pre-kindergartners with
disabilities and their families.
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| Toni Jennings Clinic
|
Dieker
|
The goal of this project is to
create an interdisciplinary partnership between doctoral students in
mathematics, science, and exceptional education by providing tutoring
services to middle and high school students in the Toni Jennings Exceptional
Education Clinic.
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| Washington Internships
| Wienke
| Policy Internships in
Washington, DC will be available at a variety of sites during the second or
third summer of the program.
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Water’s Journey through the
Everglades
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Dieker
|
Water’s Journey through the
Everglades uses emerging augmented reality technology and dynamic real-world
data to allow learners to extend the breadth, depth, and appeal of informal
science exhibit experiences in the new EcoDiscovery Wing at the Museum of
Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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