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PEATC Webinar: Don’t Leave School Without It-What’s in Your Wallet?

The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University – Rehabilitation Research Training Center is offering a webinar series for parents, students with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them.  Stacey Milbern, Community Outreach Director, Ryan Pinion Director of Partnerships and Action, and intern Jessica Smith of the National Youth Leadership Network present youth perspectives on the important areas students with disabilities should be considering as they leave adolescence and enter adulthood. Choice without information is not really a choice. Community without access is really not community. Listen to how the National Youth Leadership Network is working to ensure that young people with disabilities enter adulthood fully prepared to navigate life.
 
Monday, March 15, 2010
Web Cast 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Registration is required for this event. All of the webinars are free and are archived. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Rehabilitation Credits (CRCs)are available. For more information go to http://www.nextsteps.peatc.org/peatc.cgim?template=webinars#year3 or contact healy@peatc.org.

PEATC Webinar: Straight Talk About Accommodation And Self-Disclosure

The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University – Rehabilitation Research Training Center is offering a webinar series for parents, students with disabilities, and the professionals who work with them.  Knowing what to disclose about a disability is as important as knowing when to disclose this personal information. Parents and transition professionals play a key role in preparing students with disabilities for this eventuality. Knowledge about key policies is only a part of the information youth with disabilities need to understand when talking self-disclosure and requesting accommodations. 
 
Monday, March 1, 2010
Web Cast 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Registration is required for this event. All of the webinars are free and are archived. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Continuing Rehabilitation Credits (CRCs)are available. For more information go to http://www.nextsteps.peatc.org/peatc.cgim?template=webinars#year3 or contact healy@peatc.org.

Heartspring Award for Innovation and Creativity in Special Education

Heartspring awards teachers who use new and innovative methods to get results for children with special needs. In 2010, we are committing ourselves to establishing greater international accessibility for programs and professionals committed to enhancing the lives of children with special needs. Desirable applications are creative, take risks and tell in a unique way how you execute your program to get results. Winners receive $1000 dollars, an expenses paid trip, and more. Read more at http://www.heartspring.org/award/.

iLoveSchools.com

iLoveSchools.com works with teachers, schools and districts, encouraging kids to stay in school while helping them gain a lifelong love for learning. We match America’s school teachers with individual, group and corporate donors of new, used or in-kind classroom resources. Donors select the classrooms receiving their donation as well as tell us how much we can use to cover our administrative costs. We’re working with America’s teachers and classroom supporters to put our schoolchildren first.  View more at http://www.iloveschools.com/index.php.

Grants 4 Teachers

Your complete online resource for information related to K-12 grants. Search for grants below and you can sign up to receive our weekly email newsletter with grant alerts and other valuable teaching resources – FREE!  View more at http://www.grants4teachers.com/.

TEACH Grant

The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program was created by Congress in 2007 to provide provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to education students planning to teach in schools that serve low-income students. Read more at http://www.financialaidfinder.com/new-federal-grants-for-teachers.html.

101 Scholarships for Teachers

No matter what profession you choose to go into, college can be a big financial burden. Luckily, there are thousands of scholarships out there to help lighten that load and cover at least some of the huge expense of going to college. While there are many general scholarships out there for students who apply, those in the teaching field can have a chance at getting some specialty scholarships as well. Here’s a list of 101 scholarships designed just to help teachers pay their way through college and get some help afterwards.  View more at http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/01/101-scholarships-just-for-teachers/.

Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program for Special Educators

You may receive up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness if, as certified by the Chief Administrative Officer of the school where you were employed, you were:

• A highly qualified full-time mathematics or science teacher in an eligible secondary school; or
• A highly qualified special education teacher whose primary responsibility was to provide special education to children with disabilities, and you taught children with disabilities that corresponded to your area of special education training and have demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in the content areas of the curriculum that you taught.

Read more at http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/cancelstaff.jsp.

Special Education Scholarship Opportunities

CollegeScholarships.org organizes a variety of different scholarship opportunities by searchable vocation and demographic information.  Follow this link for information specific to special education http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/education/special-ed.htm.

Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation

Build-A-Bear Workshop® believes in the teddy bear philosophy of being good people and good bears. In living those values, we provide grants through the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation and the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation to 501(c)(3) public charities or registered Canadian charities that support beary special causes, such as children’s health and wellness, animals, and literacy and education.  Grant requests will be accepted beginning on March 2, 2010 and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year.  For more information please refer to http://www.buildabear.com/aboutus/community/grants/default.aspx.

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