Hello Special Education Majors, Minors, and Pre-Majors: You have been automatically enrolled on SpedNet, the listserv for special education majors, minors, and pre-majors. This will be one way that you will receive information about the program, receive responses to frequently asked questions, learn about volunteering and employment opportunities (helpful for pre-majors particularly), and perhaps, though not yet, use this as a method to communicate among yourselves concerning issues that would inform your future career. Initially, this will be a controlled list with only me (Dr. Alex Thomas) and Liz Bailey (Special Education Advisor) posting messages and entering and exiting subscribers. This is so you will not be burdened with unnecessary messages (take me off the list, does anyone know where I can get a good taco, etc.). If you have been erroneously entered on this list and are not connected with special education then please contact Liz by email to make any corrections ([log in to unmask]). Once we have the list confirmed we will open it up for everyone to participate. Some Initial Points: ˆ If you had a faculty advisor last year that advisor is still your faculty advisor. If your faculty advisor was Dr. Everington or Dr. Stevens please contact me ([log in to unmask]) or Liz Bailey (Special Education Advisor). ˆ Student Teaching Alert - If you are planning to student teach in the Spring of '01, please make sure to do the following: complete your student teaching form (available in 201 McGuffey or the Student Teaching Office) and set up an appointment with me to discuss your student teaching placement. ˆ Reminder to special education minors - applications (available in 201 McGuffey) to become a major will be taken until March 1st. Requirements: EDP 201, 220, and 256 100 hours of volunteer service 30 semester hours and a 2.5 GPA Please bring your DARS and a letter documenting your 100 hours with you when you come to apply. ˆ If you need help finding opportunities for your 100 hours of service, please stop in 201 McGuffey to pick up a list of contacts. This will be posted on the special education portion of the Educational Psychology Website beginning in October. ˆ During this first year of implementation of the licensure program there have been many questions about requirements. If you are ever in doubt about what information is correct (bulletin, program guides, what my advisor says, etc.) ALWAYS refer to the Miami General Bulletin for the year that you entered Miami. ˆ If you are in the middle or adolescent content area and have questions about what to take and/or when to take it, please e-mail or make an appointment to see your assigned faculty advisor or Liz Bailey ([log in to unmask]), office # 9-6629. There have been some complications this semester with the middle and adolescent methods classes and whether they are blocked or not blocked. As you plan next semester's schedule of courses for the Spring semester be sure to check in and talk about your schedule with your faculty advisor or Liz. ----------------------------- Alex Thomas Miami University 201 McGuffey Hall Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-6632 [log in to unmask]