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Staff Index

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John Copenhaver
Director-TAESE

Expertise: Administration; General Supervision; Indian Education; Section 504/ADA; State Performance Plan; SEA Monitoring and Accountability; OSEP Monitoring and Accountability; Special Populations; IEP Training; Procedural Safeguards; Legal Issues; Special Education Advisory Panel/Interagency Coordinating Council; Part C/B Annual Performance Report

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Marty Blair
Assistant Director-TAESE/MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; Administration; Assistive Technology; Health, Disability and Special Education Policy Issues; Systems Change; Employment; Access to Services by Ethnic Minority Populations; Electronic Media Production; Materials Development

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Carol Massanari
Director-MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; Facilitation; IEP Training; Systems Change; Reading/Literacy; General Curriculum; Leadership Development; Secondary Transtion; Center of Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports; Positive Behavioral Supports; Program Evaluation; Learning Disabilities/RtI

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Wayne Ball
Program Specialist-MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; Part C/B Annual Performance Reports; OSEP/SEA Monitoring and Accountability; School Improvement; Training and Facilitation; Paraeducator; Communities of Practice

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Cindy Budge
Publication Designer

Expertise: Publication development; Graphic design

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Shauna Crane
Program Coordinator-TAESE
Information Specialist-MPRRC

Expertise: Support Staff Supervisor; Dissemination of Scientifically-Based Products; Collection, Organization, and Dissemination of Information to Support Technical Assistance Activities; Information Services

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Ron Dughman
Program Specialist-MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; No Child Left Behind; Early Childhood; Collaboration with General Education; Inclusion; Facilitation; Program Evaluation; Paraeducators; Part C APR/SPP; Part C Monitoring and Accountability; Low Incidence Populations; Alternate Assessment

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Janey Henkel
Program Specialist-MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; Early Childhood; Part C Issues; TAA Evaluation; Facilitation; Part C Monitoring and Accountability; Inclusion; Communities of Practice; Low Incidence Populations; General Education

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Bern Jones
Program Specialist-TASK12

Expertise: Low Incidence Partner; Deaf Education; ASK12; Assessment for Interpreters

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Tina McComber
Staff Assistant

Expertise: Meeting Coordination

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Conna Meeker
Contract Manager

Expertise: Payroll and Technology

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Nan Milleson
Staff Assistant

Expertise: BIE and Dispute Resolution Contracts

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Megan Morrill
Staff Assistant

Expertise: Website development and design; BIE Contracts

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Ed O'Leary
Program Specialist-MPRRC

Expertise: General Supervision and State Performance Plan; Secondary Transition Outcomes Project; Secondary Special Education; Vocational Special Needs; Post-Secondary Outcomes; Assistive Technology; Systems Change; Facilitation

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Kath Richman
Information Assistant

Expertise: Conference registrations

 
 

Karen Robinson
Staff Assistant

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Leonora Schaelling
Copy Editor

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Cheryl Sheffield
TASK12 Staff Assistant

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Kim Stewart
Contract Manager

Expertise: TAESE Contract Management