FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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    BETTY COXE
    CHARLIE CRIST
    DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
    Commissioner
    EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
    CONTACT PERSONS
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    Phone:
    Suncom:
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    M E M O R A N D U M
    TO:
    District School Superintendents
    FROM:
    Betty Coxe
    DATE:
    August 15, 2002
    Mary Jo Butler
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    Michael Lisle
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    (850) 487-3510
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    278-3510
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    MaryJo.Butler@fldoe.org
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    Michael.Lisle@fldoe.org
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    03-018
    SUBJECT:
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    SUPPLEMENTAL ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION (SAI) STAFF
    DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
    We are pleased to announce the 2002 Annual Supplemental Academic
    Instruction (SAI) Staff Development Conference to be held at Rosen Plaza Hotel
    in Orlando, Florida, on October 16-18, 2002.
    Four nationally renowned
    speakers, Carl Boyd, Richard Strong, Dr. Harvey Silver, and Dr. Willard Daggett,
    will offer keynote addresses and clinics.
    A special feature this year will be a
    panel presentation on the Just Read! Florida initiative, headed by Dr. Joe
    Torgesen and the Just Read! Florida staff.
    Over thirty 90-minute clinics will be
    offered to participants providing research-based strategies that are designed to
    enhance students’ academic success. The target audience is teachers, school
    administrators, student services personnel, program administrators, district SAI,
    ESOL, ESE, DJJ contacts or other personnel who work with the students at risk
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    of academic failure.
    Space is limited to 500 participants, and there will be no onsite
    registration.
    Registration fee is $25.00 to cover the cost of conference resource materials. Please
    make checks or purchase orders payable to the Florida Association of Alternative
    School Educators (FAASE).
    Complete the attached registration form, include the
    registration fee, and mail or fax it to the address indicated in the registration brochure.
    Faxed copies of purchase orders will be accepted. Hotel reservations must be made
    before October 8, 2002, in order to obtain the special room rate of $99.00 for single or
    double occupancy. The hotel is located at 9700 International Drive, Orlando, Florida.
    The phone number is (407) 996-9700, or (800) 627-8258.
    Your support of this statewide professional development opportunity is essential to
    achieving our common goals of quality educational programs provided to ensure all
    students succeed in school.
    If you have questions or need more information, please contact Michael Lisle, Program
    Director, Dropout Prevention and Academic Intervention, or Cyndi Terry, Conference
    Chairperson, at (863) 701-1393, or Suncom 515-4227.
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    Student Services Directors
    Dropout Prevention Coordinators
    Exceptional Student Education Directors
    English for Speakers of Other Languages Contacts
    Supplemental Academic Instruction Contacts
    Department of Juvenile Justice Contacts
    School Principals
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