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VDOE Training and Technical Assistance Center (T/TAC) at VCU
Overview
The T/TAC is part of a statewide network which offers a variety of
services tailored to assist personnel in schools, interagency coordinating
councils and state-operated programs. Its primary purpose is to improve
educational opportunities and contribute to the success of children
and youth with disabilities (birth-22 years). The T/TAC at VCU serves
Superintendent's Regions 1 and 8. (Funded by the Virginia Department
of Education.)
Major Activities
- Provide long-term technical assistance to programs desiring to
create significant programmatic changes.
- Offer local in-service training and regional workshops that bring
noted speakers to address state-of-the-art topics.
- Publish the T/TAC newsletter, Innovations and Perspectives, three
times a year.
- Maintain a lending library of books, videotapes, assessment instruments,
and assistive and instructional technology.
- Conduct consultations by phone, e-mail, site visits and T/TAC based
visits to personnel in schools that are warned and Early Intervention/Education
programs.
Project Staff
Fred Orelove, Principal Investigator
Sandy Wilberger, Project Co-Director/Program Specialist
Linda Oggel, Project Co-Director/Program Specialist
Program Specialists: Linda Ingleson, Phyllis Haynes, Sharon Jones, Joanne
Gutkin, Kelly Ligon, Fran Smith, Chris Frawley, and Kathe
Wittig
Kathy Lynch, Evaluation Specialist
Erik Froehlich, Technology Support Specialist
Sarah Clevinger, Office Support Specialist, Blackstone Office
Rose Eanes, Library Assistant
Contact
Sandy Wilberger at (804) 827-1405, swilber@vcu.edu
Linda Oggel at (804) 827-1400, lsoggel@vcu.edu
Web Address: http://www.vcu.edu/ttac
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