Welcome to CEC Chapter 121
- Miami
President’s Message
As President of CEC Miami Chapter #121,
your local chapter, I would like to welcome everyone to a new and
exciting 2007-2008 school year. The Officers and Board of Miami
Chapter #121 would like to invite you to become more active in your
professional organization. I welcome you to attend our meetings and to
hear about what is going on at the State level, as well as to assist
us in planning our events. This year’s ESE Week (October 1 -October 6,
2007) theme is “Step Into The Spotlight.”
Our Chapter will be hosting the FCEC
Conference, October 11-13, 2007, at Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting
Center, 801 Seabreeze Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The theme for the
conference will be “Roll Out the Red Carpet:
Spotlight on Success.” The keynote speakers will be Dr. Tom
E.C. Smith and Dr. Jeanette Klingner. Our local Chairperson is Dr.
Denise Gudwin,
gudwindg@aol.com. Please contact her for any information. This
past school year, we provided Summer Camp Scholarships for 42 SPED
students.
This is our annual culminating event.
During ESE Week, we raised over $15,000 in T-Shirt and Polo Shirt
sales that helped make this endeavor possible. Several weeks before
ESE Week, we will sell our Polo and T-shirts. Help send more of our
ESE students to Summer Camp by purchasing an ESE Week shirt. Look for
the ESE Week Shirt Flyer in your school; our shirts sell fast so order
your shirts early.
Our chapter annually hosts a dinner to
award the CEC SPED Teacher of the Year, CEC Rookie Teacher of the
Year, CEC Inclusion Teacher of the Year, and CEC Administer of the
Year. We do this to recognize their outstanding contributions and
support of our SPED students. Nomination forms will be sent to your
school.
On August 9, we recruited new members from
our New Teacher Orientation. Our goal is to provide them with CEC
literature and to encourage them to attend our FCEC Conference in
October. Throughout this coming school year, we are also planning to
host ESE Forums in order to assist these new teachers with invaluable
material, give assistance, encourage professional development in ESE
and inform them of the benefits when they join CEC. Everyone is
welcome to participate in these forums.
I am very proud to once again be President
of our Chapter #121. We have many strong and very dedicated board
members that have served on our board for numerous years. Together we
have accomplished many great things over the years.
Miami Chapter #121 would like to welcome
all of you to the FCEC Conference this October 11-13th, 2007. We hope
to see you at the Bahia Mar Resort, located across the street from one
of Florida’s most beautiful beaches. Have a wonderful new school year.
Miguel Andrés Pérez, President
CEC Miami Chapter #121
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