Nancy received her M.Ed. from McDaniel University (aka: Western Maryland College) in Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and a Bachelors from Gallaudet University in Elementary Education. Nancy has an extensive background as an Information Manager and Information Specialist II working at The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). At CEC, she worked on two national grant projects entitled, The ILIAD/ASPIIRE IDEA Partnerships and The National Clearinghouse for Careers in Special Education. These grants focus was on the special education law and special education personnel recruitment and retention needs respectively. Nancy has taught deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing students, preschool through college age for many years. Prior to CEC, Nancy worked at the ADA & IT Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region and at Gallaudet University, The National Academy: Hearing Loss in Later Years. This background includes building and sustaining of professional relationships with national and providing of technical assistance to parents, administrators, teachers, policymakers, related services personnel, and to state and local education agencies on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and special education issues including the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

In Nancy's career she has performed a variety of tasks including the development and coordination of meetings, national conferences, and training events on key issues facing IDEA. Nancy also managed the IDEA Partnerships Web site, including the development and writing of its monthly newsletter. She also participated in the development and publication of several training products and resources published by CEC's IDEA Partnerships including the Throughout Nancy's professional career, she has been an advocate for students and people with disabilities on school policies and employment issues. As Chair of CEC's Educators with Disabilities Caucus (EDC); a national network of teachers with disabilities and persons interested in the topic of educators with disabilities. Nancy along with other EDC board members coordinates EDC's activities and Web site. Nancy also established CEC's participation in their first National Disability Mentoring Day sponsored by the American Association of People with Disabilities.

Nancy will be coordinating IDEA reauthorization updates for the staff and T/TAC Region 4 constituents. She is on the Parent Priority Project and the Enhance Scope and Sequence for Science. Nancy will also be working on the T/TAC Web site. Nancy is hard of hearing and is fluent in American Sign Language.

• Teachers with Disabilities
• Special Education Law
• Policies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Public Schools
• Cochlear Implants and Students and its Impact in Schools Today

• Discover IDEA: Supporting Achievement for Children with Disabilities: An IDEA Practices Resource Guide and Making Assessment Accommodations: A Toolkit for Educators (2002)
• The Assistive Technology Quick Wheel (2003)
• IDEA: A Guide for Principals (2003)
• TEACHING Exceptional Children (TEC). A New Resource to Help IEP Teams Address Assistive Technology Needs, TEACHING Exceptional Children (TEC), Vol. 35, No.2, Nov/Dec 2002.
• National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education: Newsletter; and Reprint of the Career Profiles in Special Education Teacher
• The National Academy, Gallaudet University. Hearing Loss in Later Years: Elderhostel.

Favorite Links (each opens in a new window)

• The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - www.cec.sped.org
• Educators with Disabilities Caucus (EDC) - http://www.cec.sped.org/diversity/edc.html
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) - www.aapd-dc.org
• Association of Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD) - www.ahead.org
• Gallaudet University - www.gallaudet.edu

• Graduate School of Education
• Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
• Region 4 Training and Technical Assistance Center

No courses taught this semester.