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1. Title of Presentation (12 words or fewer)

2. Abstract (50 words or fewer) This session presents a comprehensive model of instruction to prepare Early Childhood Educators of the future to meet the needs of all children in culturally and technologically-rich inclusionary classrooms, meeting NAEYC and DEC/CEC standards as well as being approved by NCATE.

3. Type Of Session (Please Check Only One):

___  Demonstration (check length)   ___1 ___2 hours

___  Mini-Workshop (3 hours)

___  Panel (check length)   ___1 ___2 hours

___  Poster (1.5 hours) 

___  Roundtable (1 hour, several sessions held concurrently in one large room)

4. If you are not selected for your first session choice, will you accept another type of session for your presentation? __X_ yes ___ no

5. Please indicate ONLY one primary area and ONLY one secondary topic area using the corresponding numeric codes.

Primary _10. Early Childhood (DEC)_ Secondary __28. Teacher Education (TED)

1. Adaptive and Assistive Technology (TAM)

2. Administration/Supervision (CASE)

3. Assessment-Traditional & Alternate (CEDS)

4. Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorders (MRDD)

5. Behavioral Disorders (CCBD)

6. Career Development/-Transition (DCDT)

7. Collaboration-School-Based

8. Communication Development (DCCD)

9. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (DDEL)

10. Early Childhood (DEC)

11. Families

12. Gifted and Talented (TAG)

13. Hearing Impairments (DCCD)

14. Inclusive Schools

15. Instructional Methodology

16. Interagency Initiatives (e.g., wraparound services)

17. International Programs/Services (DISES)

18. Interventions & Curriculum Integration in General Education

19. Learning Disabilities (DLD)

20. Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (MRDD)

21. Physical and Health Disabilities (DPHD)

22. Pioneers/Historical Perspectives (CEC-PD)

23. Public Policy, Advocacy, and Legal Issues

24. Reform and Restructuring

25. Research (CEC-DR)

26. Strategies for Promoting Socially AppropriateBehavior (CCBD)

27. Student CEC/First Year Professionals (SCEC)

28. Teacher Education (TED)

29. Technology and Media (TAM)

30. Visual Impairments (DVI)

31. Other (e.g., Human Dignity & Equity, Traumatic Brain Injury, Canadian Perspectives)

6. Target Audience (Please indicate ONLY one primary audience with a "1’ and ONLY one secondary audience with a "2".)

__ GENERAL EDUCATORS (ALL) or (Specify level)

__ SPECIAL EDUCATORS (ALL) or (Specify level)

__ ADMINISTRATORS/SUPERVISORS or (Specify)

__ FAMILIES __ PARAEDUCATORS

__ RELATED SERVICE PERSONNEL

__ RESEARCHERS __ STUDENTS/1^st yr. PROFESSIONALS

_1_ TEACHER EDUCATORS __ OTHER

Please indicate the instructional level of the presentation:

___ Introductory

___ Advanced

 8. Submission of a proposal is a commitment by all individuals participating in the presentation to register for the convention. Individuals whose proposals are accepted will be required to pre-register by a specified date in order to be included in the program. Your signature (Item 11 of Proposal Information Form) signifies your, and your co-presenters’ agreement with this requirement.

To facilitate the review process, attach the following information (Items 9, 10, & 11) separately as the last page of the proposal. Since this is a blind review, all personal information must be attached separately as the last page of the proposal. Proposals with personal information included ANYWHERE else except the last page will not be reviewed.

 9. Are you a CEC member? _X__Yes ___No If yes, ID number: ________

10. Name of Proposer (as you wish it to appear in print)

Presenter's Name Colleen A. Finegan

Early Childhood Special Education

Permanent Mailing Address: 7630 Rozelle Court

Office Phone: 937-775-4582

Home Phone: 513-779-9994

FAX: (work) 937-775-4855

E-mail cafinegan@aol.com

11. Person submitting proposal is responsible for ensuring that he/she is not

proposing/presenting more than one poster session and not more than one

other type of presentation (for a total of two ) for the 2001 CEC Convention.

Please indicate that you have fulfilled this requirement by checking here. _X__

Signature of Proposer _____________________ Date Submitted _____________

Please go back and review your proposal thoroughly before submitting. We will not accept incomplete proposals or proposals that do not meet the stated guidelines. They will not be considered for review.

Please be sure you have completed and include:

The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC/CEC) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) have developed comprehensive personnel standards related to the preparation of Early Childhood Educators that maintain that theye must possess the knowledge, skills and dispositions for working with young children with special learning and developmental needs and their families. These personnel standards support the practice of inclusion, the provision of services for young children with special needs in general, and early childhood programs and other community-based settings in which typically developing young children are also served.

In Ohio, The Early Childhood License is issued to educators who wish to instruct young children from pre-kindergarten through grade three (ages 3-8) who are typically developing, at-risk, gifted, and who have mild/moderate educational needs. This session presents a collaborative comprehensive model of instruction in Early Childhood Education (ECE) at Wright State University (WSU), Dayton, Ohio and local partnership schools designed to prepare early childhood educators to teach young children in inclusionary classrooms for the 21 st century..

The program in designed to facilitate the modeling of integration of subject matter between classes, collaboration, team teaching by professors and clinical faculty in the planning, delivery, application and evaluation of required courses. Professors teaching accompanying classes provide guidance in observation and participation in the field placement and will require the completion of specific assignments and projects to assist in the preparation of the pre-service teacher as a decision-maker, problem solver and developing professional.

Education students enter the program having completed about 90 quarter hours in general education and curriculum content courses. Each quarter, fifteen to eighteen hours of coursework are taught in a block format. This block includes three or four professional preparation courses and at least one field experience in which students are assigned to ECE sites serving young children (typically and atypically developing) birth - 8 yrs. old. Coursework is in early childhood, special education, multi-cultural diversity, educational psychology, technology, and the content areas of Math, Science, Language Arts, and Social Studies.

NAEYC and DEC/CEC mandate that early childhood programs provide candidates with guided opportunities to integrate theories of child development, family systems, theories of learning, content knowledge, and early childhood curriculum and pedagogy with application during field experiences. At WSU, five field experiences are required before student teaching; one quarter is spent observing and interacting with infants and toddlers, one quarter is in an early intervention program (3-5 yr. old with special needs) or fully inclusionary program, and three are in a kindergarten through third grade placement.

The presenters will encourage participation of audience in sharing common goals and solutions in providing coursework for developing early childhood professionals and especially opportunities to apply learned skills into classroom curriculum.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to see how colleges of education can design teacher education programs which will prepare early childhood educators to teach and meet the needs of all children.

Presenter's Name Colleen A. Finegan

Early Childhood Special Education

Permanent Mailing Address: 7630 Rozelle Court

Office Phone: 937-775-4582

Home Phone: 513-779-9994

FAX: (work) 937-775-4855