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Bill Morse

By admin on Jan. 29, 2008.

Over on EBD Blog there’s post reporting the death of William C. Morse, long-time special education professional.

VISITING FACULTY/LECTURER @ UW-Madison

By erikcarter on Jan. 27, 2008.

The Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Visiting Faculty member/lecturer for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Persons eligible for this position must possess a doctoral degree in Special Education or closely related field. Individuals who are ABD will be considered. All applicants must have evidence of successful teaching experience.

The individual who fills this position will be expected to teach 2 courses per semester during the 2008-2009 academic year. These courses will consist of two different graduate level seminars in own area(s) of expertise and two undergraduate teacher education courses in the department. Additionally, this individual will be expected to assist in evaluating master’s comprehensive examinations, doctoral qualifying exams and doctoral preliminary exams.

Rank/Title will be determined by current rank with the prefix of Visiting added to the rank or, if ABD, the title will be visiting lecturer. Salary will be based on current salary at home institution or current salary for lecturers in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Appointment starting and ending dates are based on the academic year: August 25, 2008 – May 24, 2009

Applications must be received by March 15, 2008 to receive full consideration. All applications should include a letter of application describing teaching related experiences and proposing content for graduate level seminars and a Curriculum Vita, accompanied by the names, email and phone numbers of 3 references who can address their qualifications.

All materials should be sent to:
Ms. Jan Kuehl
Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education
University of Wisconsin – Madison
432 N. Murray
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-4608 Fax: 608-262-8108
e-mail: rpseinfo@education.wisc.edu

DEC conference

By JohnL on Jan. 11, 2008.

The Division for Early Childhood of the International Council for Exceptional Children issued a reminder of its call for proposals for the conference the fall of 2008. Read more here.

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