The purpose and goals of the CFT Special Education Committee are:

• to keep the Federation and its members informed regarding special education trends and programs that will impact on school employees and students.
• to keep the Federation and its members informed through articles for CFT publications.
• to develop workshops and to make oral and written reports before various governance bodies of the Federation, area councils, Executive Council, State Council and annual convention.
• to attend the meetings of the Advisory Commission on Special Education and other appropriate entities in order to represent the Federation on issues that come before them.
• to review existing policy and to formulate and prepare policy recommendations for the CFT in the field of special education.

Click here for minutes of the May 1, 2010 Special Education Committee meeting.

Committee members

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Oxnard Federation of Teachers & School Employees, Chair
• Carri Apolonio, AFT College Staff Guild
• Jo Ann Copp, Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers
• Ken Denman, ABC Federation of Teachers
• Dawn Heeren, ABC Federation of Teachers
• Carolyn Ishida, Santa Paula Federation of Teachers
• Shane McDonough, Salinas Valley Federation of Teachers
• Chris Mink, Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ABC Federation of Teachers
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Staff Liaison

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