SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee) Strategies for Success
RIPIN is offering an exciting parent leader training opportunity for Special Education Directors and the districts/schools they serve. Rhode Island has always valued home/school collabortion at the local level and shows its commitment to parent imvolvement by mandating Local Advisory Committees on Special Education through state statute. Rhode Island's legal requirement gives all districts the responsibility and authority to ensure parents have the opportunity to be involved.
The target audience for the comprehensive 15 hour training includes current parent leaders within local advisory commitees, identified future leaders within a school district and district teamss (2-4 parent leaders) developing a local advisory committee.
Topics include: Background & Basics, Recruiting & Retaining Members, Developing a Mission Statement, Strategies for Disseminating Information, Collaborative Leadership and Partnership, By-Laws, Running a Meeting, and Prioritizing Needs and Setting Goals.
Dates: 3/4, 3/28, 4/4. 4/11, and 5/21/2012 (5 three hour sessions)
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RIPIN, 1210 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, RI
District Cost: $1,200 for maximum of four parent leaders
(includes all materials and four hours of follow-up technical assistance
For Further information, Special Education Directors should contact Deb Belanger, Training and Professional Manger at 401-270-0101, ext. 109 or email her at belanger@ripin.org.
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