FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
JIM HORNE
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
SALLY BRADSHAW
LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
JULIA L. JOHNSON
WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
September 10, 2003
MEMORANDUM #03-46
TO:
Administrators, Exceptional Student Education
FROM:
Shan Goff
SUBJECT: 2003-2004 Speech/Language Weekends with the Experts
The Florida Department of Education, K-12, Bureau of Instructional Support and Community
Services is pleased to announce the 31
st
annual Speech/Language Weekends with the Experts.
The program provides speech/language pathologists working in public schools with an
opportunity for continuing education by bringing experts from around the country to Florida.
This year’s Weekends with the Experts program is being co-sponsored with the Florida
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Project and the Teacher Initiative in
Deaf Education Project.
Since there is no registration fee for the workshop, each school district will be allowed to register
a given number of therapists, as determined by district size. This process will provide an
opportunity for all school districts in Florida to participate. Registrations will only be accepted
from the speech/language coordinators in each school district. Please ensure that the coordinator
completes and returns the enclosed forms with the requested information for each participant to
Sharon Alemar, Florida CSPD Project, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, 140 7
th
Avenue South, SVB108, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5016. Ms. Alemar can be reached by
SHAN GOFF
Chief
Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 614 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0475 • www.fldoe.org
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telephone at 727-553-4853, and by fax at 727-553-4380.
The first registration deadline is
September 19, 2003
. After that time, any additional remaining slots will be open for school
districts that indicated the need for additional participants on their registration.
If you have any questions concerning the topics or presenters, please contact Lezlie Cline,
Bureau of Instructional Support and Community Services, Florida Department of Education, by
telephone at 850-245-0478, or by electronic mail at Lezlie.Cline@fldoe.org. If you have
questions concerning Continuing Education Units (CEU), the location, or would like to request a
print version of the workshop brochure, please contact Lori Massey, Florida CSPD Project, by
telephone at 727-553-4183, or by electronic mail at lmmassey@stpt.usf.edu.
SG/lcb
Enclosures
cc:
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Speech/Language Coordinators
Lori Massey, lmmassey@stpt.usf.edu
Lezlie Cline, Department of Education
