FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

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TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

F. PHILIP HANDY,

Chairman

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Vice Chairman

 

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

JULIA L. JOHNSON

R

MARTÍNEZ

PHOEBE RAULERSON

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

John L. Winn

Commissioner of Education

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

Contact Information:

Cathy Bishop

850-245-0478

cathy.bishop@fldoe.org

 

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MEMORANDUM

 

TO:

Directors, Exceptional Student Education

  

 

Program Coordinators, Prekindergarten Programs for Children with Disabilities

 

Program Contacts, School District Early Childhood Programs

 

Directors, Student Services

 

FROM:

Bambi J. Lockman

 

 

DATE:

November 18, 2005

 

SUBJECT:

Initiation of Communities of Practice Supporting Prekindergarten Programs for Children

with Disabilities

 

Consistent with the Department’s efforts to support effective programs, we are pleased to announce the

opportunity for interested persons to become involved in Communities of Practice related to services for

prekindegarten children with disabilities and their families.

 

This opportunity is being offered through the work of the Technical Assistance and Training System

(TATS) Project. This project is funded to the University of Central Florida by the Department of

Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services. Attached to this memo you will find

an announcement that further describes Communities of Practice and provides web access to a link for

registration.

 

If you have additional questions, you may contact TATS staff at 407/823-3058 or via electronic mail at

tats@mail.ucf.edu. Additionally, you may contact Cathy Bishop, Project Liaison, Bureau of Exceptional

Education and Student Services, at the information listed above.

 

BJL/cbm

 

Attachment

BAMBI J. LOCKMAN

Chief

Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services

 

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