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We are a non-profit organization composed of all CEC members within Oklahoma. We provide information for teachers, administrators, students, parents, paraprofessionals, and related support service providers in support of the worldwide mission of CEC, which is to improve educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. We provide opportunities for networking professional development, and information sharing through our annual spring conference and our newsletter. Oklahoma CEC also supports the activities and positions of the National Council for Exceptional Children.

President's Letter

OKCEC

January 2012 

Happy New Year!  I hope your holiday season was restful and enjoyable.  Now that you and your students are returning back to the last semester of the school year you are working hard to prepare them for their future. 

I am so excited about this year’s conference “Failure is NOT an Option”.  The conference will take place at the Moore Norman Technology Center (South Penn Campus) on February 27 and 28.  Heather Caram, the conference chair and other members have been working hard to plan the 2012 Conference.  We try our very best to provide high-quality conference sessions that provide you with current research and effective strategies and practices.  We would like to thank the Oklahoma State Department of Education for co-sponsoring this event and for providing personnel to present at our annual conference.  We also want to thank the Oklahoma Directors of Special Services for providing funds for our college students, who are our future teachers, to attend this conference. 

The conference kicks off Monday night with our key note speaker Mr. Alan Blankstein who is the author of “Failure is NOT an Option”.  You might want to read his book before hearing Mr. Blankstein.  This is a real treat to hear a great speaker and have a box dinner.  You will also have the opportunity to see many vendors displaying their newest special education products. 

Tuesday morning we will have our awards.  This is a wonderful opportunity to nominate the people at your school who do an outstanding job.  We will follow up the morning with Mr. Blankstein again.  Andrea R. Kunkel, Esq. will be our lunch speaker.  She will give us the current updates on legislation, court cases and special education policies.  The afternoon breakout sessions will be hard to choose – we have sessions on Behavior, Co-Teaching, Differentiated Instruction, Common Core and Secondary Transition to name a few. 

I look forward to seeing you at the 2012 OKCEC Conference on February 27 and 28, 2012.

Polly Oliver

OKCEC President Elect