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7 April 2005
MINUTES OF DLD ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Harborplace Rennaisance Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland
April 7, 2005
Call to order 5:05 pm
President Susan Osborne
DLD has a reception to follow the business meeting at 7:00 p.m. in Maryland
A Ballroom. Printed reports of committees are in the back of the room.
There will be brief reports given by officers and committees. President
Osborne represented DLD at LD Roundtable and worked on the program for
last year's conference among other activities. She reminded DLD members
at the business meeting that the DLD fall conference focuses on research
to practice.
Treasurer's Report
Kim Bright
Treasurer Bright highlighted from her printed report DLD's financial status
compared to the budget and the itemized budget for 2005-06. The budget
is conservative because of CEC dues increase and decreased membership.
Overall, DLD is in good shape financially.
President Elect
John Lloyd
President elect Lloyd was a participant in several discussions on matters
to response to intervention (RTI) language to be used in proposed regulations.
He developed a program close to final for fall conference. He encouraged
members to pick up a copy of his report and/or fliers indicating speakers
for the 2005 fall conference. As president, Lloyd, hopes to address some
issues to streamline the organization so DLD can focus on issues (e.g.,
LD being at risk of "being swallowed up").
Vice President
Karen Rooney
Vice President Rooney noted that 14 organizations worked on regulatory
language to be submitted and all 14 signed on to the final document. She
also attended the meetings of the National Joint Committee for Learning
Disabilities (NJCLD) and served on the writing teams that are producing
papers on response to intervention and adolescent literacy. She will be
in charge of 2006 DLD fall conference in San Francisco. She would appreciate
information on speakers for her to contact (i.e., effective speakers on
research to practice).
Children and Youth Action Network (CAN)
Judy Engelhard
Engelhard stated that CAN stands for Children and Youth Action Network
and we are all part of that network. She will pass around a signup sheet
for members who would like to be on the e-mail list for CAN. She noted
that the proposed IDEA 2004 regulations likely will be out in May and
DLD needs member input. In her report, Engelhard indicated the dates for
the IDEA 2004 public meetings about the regulations. She encouraged DLD
members to attend any of the public meetings and speak on behalf of DLD.
DLD members willing to speak at the public meetings should e-mail Engelhard
and she will provide DLD talking points to take to the public meetings.
She also passed around DLD legislative principles for 2005 and suggested
that members visit www.TeachingLD.org to read periodic updates.
Professional Development, Standards, and Ethics
Committee
Eva Mitchener
Judy Engelhard gave the report for Eva Mitchener who was absent. Engelhard
will be asking many of DLD membership to participate in revalidation of
the CEC Knowledge and Skills (red book). The committee will collapse this
information and then the DLD board will be examining it. Next, the information
will go to CEC Knowledge & Skills Committee to smooth language. Engelhard
asked for members to let her know if they want to be a part of this process.
Each Knowledge & Skill standard will need evidence located to support
it. Engelhard also mentioned the Candice Bos innovative grant that is
for teachers of students with LD The grant applicants must be a members
of DLD and each can request up to $1,000 for his or her classroom. Also,
DLD has a Roads Scholarship to assist students with travel to the DLD
fall conference.
Past President
Ed Ellis
Past President Ellis reported on the results of election. Kim Bright was
reelected as Treasurer and Kathleen Marshall was elected as new Vice President.
Ellis worked on the LD Roundtable as part of his responsibilities and
was in charge of the program for this conference. He will be rotating
off the DLD Executive Board. Ellis gave President Osborne a plaque in
recognition for her work as outgoing president.
Student Representative
Pam Howard
Student Representative Pam Howard also is rotating off the DLD Executive
Board. She has developed a brochure about all of the board members that
will be available at the DLD reception following the DLD Business Meeting.
Membership Chair
Elizabeth Parrett
Membership Chair Elizabeth Parrett stated that CEC has been experiencing
declining membership. DLD has 12 state subdivisions and she would like
to help those not active to reactivate or organize.
Research Committee
Margo Mastropieri
Research Committee Chair, Margo Mastropieri, mentioned that there is a
new Current Practice Alert in Press and there are several others in the
pipeline for publication at the end of May, one for summer, and one at
end of December. The committee also works on selecting an outstanding
dissertation. Mastropieri asked Doug Fuchs to present the DLD Outstanding
Dissertation Award for 2005 to Dr. Paul Morgan, Assistant Professor at
Penn State University. Paul completed his doctoral program at Vanderbilt
one year ago. His dissertation topic was Reversing Negative Matthew Effects
By Boosting Children's Interest In Reading. He was given a plaque and
check for the DLD award.
Publications Committee
Mike Gerber
Publications Committee Chair Mike Gerber mentioned publications of Learning
Disabilities Research & Practice (LDRP), the website, and the soon
to be reinitiated newsletter. Addison Stone and Joanne Carlisle, current
LDRP editors, will be ending their term soon and DLD will be searching
for a new LDRP editor and also a newsletter editor. The committee will
be initiating the Sam Kirk Award for published research in LDRP.
DLD Website
Peggy Weiss
Peggy Weiss encouraged everyone to visit www.TeachingLD.org. Current Practice
Alerts are available on website and Teaching Tutorials are available in
the Members Only section. The most recent Teaching Tutorial is on Curriculum
Based Assessment. All of the Current Practice Alerts and Teaching Tutorials
are available at the DLD booth at the CEC Convention. Suggestions can
be sent to web editors at www.TeachingLD.org.
Closing Remarks
President
Susan Osborne
President Osborne thanked Martha Larkin as Secretary. Osborne mentioned
that Yvonne Bui was not present but had reactivated the Diversity Committee
and will be a more active part of our organization. Bui also is helping
to plan the 2006 DLD Conference in San Francisco. Osborne opened up the
floor for questions and there were none. She extended an invitation to
the DLD Reception following the meeting. Engelhard mentioned that Highly
Qualified is a hot issue and it is not equal to well prepared. CEC has
great highly qualified resources on the web and has publications to compare
NCLB and IDEA that can be downloaded. Within a week CEC should have posted
their recommendations to states for HOUSSE. Parrett reminded members to
stop by DLD table for goodies. Osborne will be looking for people to review
proposals for presentations for next year. Those who are interested should
let her know by providing their name and e-mail address.
A motion was made to adjourn. Bright seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha J. Larkin, Secretary
April 7, 2005
For copies of individual reports, please contact ExecDir@TeachingLD.org.
