Administration:

Michael Bennett - Director of Special Education
Trace Benedict - Assistant Director responsible for supervision of the moderate and severe programs
Kathy Clark - Assistant Director responsible for supervision of special education programs in the Greenfield Central School district
Lynn Mellinger - Assistant Director responsible for supervision of special education programs in the South Madison School district
Karen Niemeier - Assistant Director responsible for supervision of special education programs in the Eastern Hancock School district, and the Alternative School.
Marcia Piercy - Assistant Director responsible for supervision of special education programs in the Southern Hancock School Corporation
Barbara Tescher- Assistant Director responsible for supervision of special education programs in the Mt. Vernon Schools

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY!

Hancock South Madison Joint Services will be offering professional development this semester. We are encouraging school administrators, counselors, general education teachers, and special educators attend. Please use your discretion as to who attends the various sessions. These scheduled topics will be beneficial to a wide variety of school personnel.

If a staff member is planning to attend a session they must have permission from his/her building administrator and must email the presenter. The number of participants is limited to no more than 20 per session. All trainings will be held at the Joint Services office.

JANUARY 9, 2009 Topic: Transition IEPs Presenter: Kathy Clark/Karen Niemeier Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: kclark@hsmjs.org	JANUARY 12, 2009 Topic: FBA/BIP Presenter: School psych/Liz Farmer Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: lfarmer@hsmjs.org	JANUARY 27, 2009 Topic: DIBELS Presenter: Rachelle Wright Time: 8:00-3:30 Email: rwright@hsmjs.org
FEBRUARY 6, 2009 Topic: Autism Presenter: Liz Farmer/Michelle Barry Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: lfarmer@hsmjs.org	FEBRUARY 24, 2009 Topic: Comprehension (Visualizing and Verbalizing, Talkies) Presenter: Rachelle Wright Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: rwright@hsmjs.org	MARCH 4, 2009 Topic: Comprehension (Middle/High School) Presenter: Rachelle Wright Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: rwright@hsmjs.org
MARCH 12, 2009 Topic: Autism Presenter: Liz Farmer/Michelle Barry Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: lfarmer@hsmjs.org	MARCH 18, 2009 Topic: Sensory Integration Presenter: Joyce Jacobs Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: jjacobs@newpal.k12.in.us	APRIL 8, 2009 Topic: FBA/BIP Presenter: School psych/Liz Farmer Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: lfarmer@hsmjs.org
APRIL 17, 2009 Topic: Assistive Technology Presenter: Beth Waite Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: bwaite@hsmjs.org	APRIL 21, 2009 Topic: Vocabulary Presenter: Rachelle Wright Time: 1:00-3:00 Email: rwright@hsmjs.org