Department of Special Education
Graduate Meeting
2/24/16
In attendance: Casey, Katy; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Collins, James; DeVore, Simone;
Gwalla-Ogisi, Nomsa; Kolb, Sharon; Robinson, Rowand; Schultz, Tia; Stevens, Amy;
Stuart, Shannon; Toms, Ozalle; Troemel, Eileen; Winchell, Brooke
Absent:
Item
Check In
Approve minutes from
Review action items from previous meeting
Announcements
PDMSE – Transition conference
ABA outreach at St Charles
Cathy Connolly, who is the president of St. Charles
education center in Milwaukee.
http://stcharlesinc.org/ is interested in meeting with
us to discuss the possibility of training 40 of her
staff in applied behavior analysis. Ten of these are
teachers with baccalaureate degrees who are
interested in graduate level work. 30 are para
professionals who are interested in ABA content
but do not have baccalaureate degrees. We talked
about the possibility of developing a center-based
program just for them with content delivered on site
versus all online content. We are looking at a mid
February time to meet.
Summer Institute - See the latest meeting minutes
for the Endless Possibilities – Mental Health,
Education, and Family Supports Conference. Date:
Friday, August 5, 2016. Location: UW Whitewater,
Hyland Hall. Collaborators: WI FACETS – Emilie
Braunel, Jan Serak, Bonnie Vander Meulen;
WSPEI – Cheri Sylla; DPI – Daniel Parker and
Christi Gause Bemis; CYSHCN – Tim Markle;
UWW & CCBD – Shannon Stuart; DHS – Joann
Stephens; WI Family Voices – Deb Ramacher
1. Families pay $20.00 includes cost of box lunch
2. Graduate students earn credit via summer
institute online modules and conference
attendance
3. Paula Kluth is Keynote. Breakout speakers on
topic of mental health supports for Wisconsin
families.
Time
Person
James
Tia
Shannon
Action
Moved
Seconded
Carried
Summer and Fall graduate enrollment numbers
Cross Categorical Certificate Add on graduate
certificate in SPECED for teachers teaching
emergency licensure in SPECED under a nonSPECED license. Cohort where the district helps
support tuition cost. Linda Nortier is sharing the
schedule and costs of classes with districts today.
See attachment.
 Problem with Edfound 710 not offered this
fall
o Many students need as a prerequisite
and this sets them back
o We need to hear from EDFOUND
earlier in the scheduling process
Graduate program branding brainstorming
a. Shannon met with Nadia Bidwell Project
Manager, University Marketing and Media
Relations, Jacqi Bjordahl and Ann Dencker
from Hiebing as well as other graduate faculty
members to discuss how campus can improve
the way we brand our Graduate Programs.
Other
Shannon