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 2012 Leadership Institute

June 15-16

Crystal River, FL

 

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The worldwide mission of the national Council for Exceptional Children is to improve educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities.

 

 

 

 

 

           

<> CEC Teacher of The Year 2012 - Hannah Ehrli has been selected as 

  The NATIONAL 2012 CEC Clarissa Hug Winner

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President's Message

 

May, 2012

 

Dear FCEC Members and Friends, 

 

                                                                      

            I get to now write my last letter as your FCEC State President. I do so with much pride in being able to have led and helped this wonderful group of educational leaders do many beneficial and honorable things. I also do so with anticipation of what the next years will bring when I consider the people that are in line to be your next leaders. I see Kim Pawling on the verge of being your president, with Kelly Grillo, Jennifer Lesh, and Heidi D’Ambrosio following soon in her footsteps. These are exciting times, to be in a group managed by such talented people. As these leaders bring about actions for this organization, I will be excited for you to get to know them and be as amazed as I am already with their levels of knowledge, and their connections in the ESE and CEC world. What they bring to this FCEC group makes the future very bright for all of us.

            The FCEC news most prominent in my mind starts with the experiences at the 2012 National CEC Convention in Denver last month. If you have never had the privilege of attending one of these masterful arrangements of people and events, I hope you all do consider putting it on your bucket list right now. It is a “must do” event for those who love this organization called CEC. I was most proud of the announcement that Hannah Ehrli, one of our own educators, FCEC Board member, and mother of a student with a disability in the state of Florida, was chosen the CEC National Teacher of the Year. She represented us humbly and gracefully as she accepted her award at the Opening Session and then spoke to the group of gathered admirers at the TOY Brunch. Hannah will continue to represent us well as she moves through her year representing teachers and the needs of students. Please check out our website for pictures of Hannah being celebrated.

            Please also look for the pictures of our 4 yes, I Can! award winners this year from Florida. You will see a pose from Chanel Torres, Nathaniel Ray, James Starnes, and Brandon Drucker. They too made Florida look so good. These students and their families, along with the 60 or so other folks from Florida, all stopped by the Flor’a-Cali Social to meet and greet and celebrate accomplishments. The social was a special way to wrap up the busy week of events. Thank you to everyone who attended, and how about that yummy Sees Candy we were all treated to!!

            So what is ahead? Leadership Conference 2012 -that’s what! You need to go. You need to send officers from your chapter to this very basic but educational event. You also need to know that after the event is concluded we are still not done. With the conference ending at noon on Saturday, we will move right into an exciting celebration for our wonderful friend and FCEC Board Historian, Dr. Landis Stetler. He has done so much for students and educators alike, and has meant the world to those of us who have known him long or short. He is our hero, and on June 16, he will be our Man of the Hour, as we raise a toast to his efforts and his life as an ESE Expert. Please make plans to attend the Leadership Conference June 15-16 in Crystal River, FL. Refer to the website for the registration form and more information about this annual event.

            So that is it, 2 years, 2 National CEC Teachers of the Year, 3 Yes, I Can! Award winners in 2011 and 4 in 2012, plus several President’s Awards given for the activities of active chapters in Florida. I could not ask for more. I say Thank you to my helpful and learned FCEC Board. We have become good friends and great partners. We have solved a mountain of issues and worked ever so hard on 2 well attended and appreciated state conferences. We are not done. It is just a new chapter ahead and I am excited to be the supporter of it all.

            Sincerely,                                                                                                                                       

Paula Evans,

Proud FCEC President 2010-2012

 

 

 

contact me at cec.paula@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 


FCEC Board Members 2011-2012

Member Name

Position

Email

Elizabeth Cramer

Past President

cec.cramer@gmail.com

Paula Schuler-Evans

President

cec.paula@gmail.com

Kim Pawling

President Elect

kpawling@knights.ucf.edu 
Kelly Grillo Vice President kgrillo@mail.ucf.edu

Marilyn Jackson-Lee

Secretary

cec.jacksonlee@gmail.com

Warren Hammon

Treasurer

cec.warren@gmail.com

Diane Johnson

Advisor

dianej99@gmail.com

Cathy Bishop DOE Liaison Cathy.Bishop@fldoe.org

Judy Glendenning

Conference Planning

glendennij@duvalschools.org

Bianca Stidham Membership & Communication cec.bianca@gmail.com

Gayle Zavala

CAN

comadre11@aol.com

Cheryl White Lindsey

Multicultural

cec.whitelindsey@gmail.com

Diana Martinez Valle-Riestra Faculty Advisor riestad@fiu.edu
Hannah Ehrli Student Representative Hannah.ehli@ocps.net

Landis Stetler

Historian

janetst@talweb.com

Rafael Mendiola

Webmaster

rafaelmendiola@gmail.com

Janet Raney

Awards Chair

cec.raney@gmail.com

Diana Morales

Newsletter Editor

mrsllorca@hotmail.com

 

 

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