EDUCATION FACULTY PRESENT AT STATE CONFERENCE                        
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Greenville, NC – Several members of East Carolina University’s College of Education faculty participated at the 2005 North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recently in Wilmington, NC.

Twenty-five percent of the presentations held during the 3-day conference were conducted by faculty from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.  In addition, Debbie Metcalf, a teacher-in-residence in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and instructor with Pitt County Schools delivered the conference keynote address. Metcalf is CEC’s 2004 Clarissa Hug International Teacher of the Year.

“We were extremely please to have our faculty so well-represented at this conference,” stated David Powers, Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. “With the state CEC conference held in eastern North Carolina, it was especially important that we showcase the many exciting and innovative things going on in our programs.”

Presentations by ECU faculty included:

Can I Play? Promoting Children’s Peer-related Social Interaction through an Intervention Hierarchy 
Lora Lee Smith Canter, ECU
Kim Floyd, Director REAP, ECU
Harold Griffin, ECU

A Taste of China
Donna Tilley-Gregory
Debbie Metcalf, ECU

Active Learning Through Assistive Technologies
Tara Jeffs, ECU
Katheryne Rhys Myrick, ECU

Strategies to Improve Access to the Curriculum and Prepare Students with Exceptionalities for Statewide Assessment
Jennifer Bautel Williams, ECU
Debbie Metcalf, ECU

ECU Wachovia Partnership East:  Lessons Learned in Developing an Infrastructure for Community College and University Partnerships
David Powers, ECU
Sandra Warren, ECU

The North Carolina division is affiliated with National Council for Exceptional Children, the largest professional special education organization in the US.

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