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Utah Consortium for Special Education

The purpose of the Utah CSPD Consortium for Special Education is to provide for a unique forum to encourage mutuality of SEA/LEA planning and implementation of Utah's comprehensive system of personnel development for Special Education.

2011-2012 Schedule:

Feb 10. 2012 - Utah Symposium for Special Education Personnel Preparation:
Preparing Highly Effective Teachers
 @ Utah Personnel Development Center, Salt Lake City
Agenda (.pdf) | Parking Instructions (link) | Symposium Handouts Page

Mar 21-22, 2012: Experience: Spring CSPD Consortium Participating Jointly with Utah Council of Administrators of Special Education (U-CASE) and Learning Forward Utah (LF-U)
@ St. George, UT - More info Here (link)

May 11, 2012 @ Utah Personnel Development Center, Salt Lake City

2011-2012 Archive:
 

Sept 16, 2011 9:00am - 12:00p @ Utah Personnel Development Center, Salt Lake City - Event Flyer (.pdf) | Consortium Packet (.pdf) | Wimba Archive of the Event

Nov 11, 2011 @ Utah Personnel Development Center, Salt Lake City Event Cancelled

 Dec 9, 2011 9:00am - 12:00p @ Utah Personnel Development Center, Salt Lake City - Agenda (.pdf) 


2010-2011 Archive:

Sept 17, 2010 9:00am @ Park City, The Yarrow Resort Hotel & Conference Center - Wimba Archive of the Meeting | Updated Agenda (.pdf) | Consortium Packet (.pdf) | Kukic Collection (.pdf) | Kukic Slides Handout (.pdf) | Kukic Powerpoint (.ppt) | Ray Beck Packet (.pdf)
Nov 12, 2010 @ Rose Room, Thanksgiving Point, 2929 Thanksgiving Way, Lehi, UT  - Wimba Archive of the Meeting | Agenda (.pdf) | Consortium Packet (.pdf)| Park City - Closing the Achievement Gap with a Vengence (.ppt) | Devin Healey - Big Rocks of Progress Monitoring (.ppt) | Sydnee Dickson - What Matters Most (.ppt)
Dec 10, 2010 @ Larry H. Miller Center, Room 203, Entrepreneurial Center - Agenda (.pdf) | Meeting Packet (.pdf) | Wimba Archive of the Event | Diana Suddreth- Common Core Math Slides (.pdf)
Feb 11, 2011 @ Larry H. Miller Center, MPDC 150 (Building Near the Large Billboard) - IHE Symposium for Special Education Personnel Preparation - Symposium Webpage & HandoutsWimba Archive of the Meeting
March 23, 2011 @ St. George - Combined Meeting with UCASE - More info to come. 
UPDC Presentation - Handout (.pdf)
  Dave Adamson - Leadership in Troubled Times (ppt) | Slide Handout (.pdf)
Corrective Discipline (.ppt) | Slide Handout (.pdf)
UEA: 12 Strategies - Self-Starter (.ppt) | Slide Handout (.pdf)

May 13, 2011 @ Provo School District, Provo Utah - Event Flyer (.pdf)  | Consortium Packet (.pdf)
Wimba Event Archive (link) | Provo School District Slides (.pdf) | Provo Profile Slides (.pdf)
Facebook Album of the event (link)

2009-2010 Archive:

Sept 17, 2009 - Handouts & Wimba Archive
Nov 13, 2009 - Handouts & Wimba Archive
Dec 11, 2009 - Wimba Archive
Feb 12, 2010 (Symposium for Special Education Personnel Preparation) - Maps/Directions - Agenda/Docs/Handoust/Results - Attend Via Wimba Live
March 2010 (SAS Week) Combined Meeting with UCASE
May 14, 2010 - Maps/Directions - Agenda - Attend Via Wimba Live - Folder of Materials - Behavior Needs Assessment Survey Results: Behavior Specialists (pdf) - District Directors (pdf) - Full Behavior Survey (pdf) - School Districts (pdf) - Charter Schools (pdf)

Consortium Board
  • Dawnne Casey - Provo School District - Associate Director of Special Education
  • Kay Clark - Alpine School District - Director of Special Education
  • David Forbush - Cache School District - Director of Special Education
  • Glenna Gallo - Utah State Office of Education - State Director of Special Education
  • Ted Kelly - Chairperson - Provo City School District - Director of Special Programs and Technology Support
  • Chris Kupfer - Kane & Garfield School District - Federal Programs Director
  • Michelle Marchant - Brigham Young University - Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Special Education
  • Peggy Milligan - Utah State Office of Education - State Coordinator of Special Education
  • Susan Ord - Health Department - Program Manager
  • Lowell K. Oswald - UPDC - Executive Director
  • Helen Post - Utah Parent Center - Executive Director
  • Suraj Syal - UPDC - Coordinator
  • Deanna Taylor - City Academy Charter School - Director of Special Education
Consortium Partners - Each of these organizations are partners and contribute to the Utah CSPD Consortium:
  • Utah School Districts
  • Provo City School District Special Education Department
  • Utah State Office of Education
  • Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind
  • Institutes of Higher Education
  • Utah Parent Center
  • Utah Charter Schools