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Source: Robert Bruce Scott, 785-295-5373, rbscott@k-state.edu
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
K-STATE DOCTORAL STUDENT IN SPECIAL EDUCATION NEW VICE-PRESIDENT OF KANSAS FEDERATION OF THE COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
MANHATTAN -- Robert Bruce Scott, a doctoral student in special education at Kansas State University, was installed as vice-president of the Kansas Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children June 1 in Atchison.
Kansas Council for Exceptional Children is a non-profit association whose mission is to improve educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities. As vice-president for the 2007-2008 academic year, Scott is responsible for administration of nine different annual awards given by the organization to recognize the important contributions of special educators across the state, as well as children and youth with disabilities who make outstanding achievements. Scott, a native of Great Bend, has a background in English as a second language. He said he hopes to use his doctoral research at K-State to assist schools and teachers in meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse teenagers in making key transitions from high school to college, vocational and community settings.
Together with the rest of the executive board, Scott is involved in planning for this fall's 45th annual Kansas Council for Exceptional Children Conference in Hutchinson, Oct. 26-27. For more information about the conference, contact Annette Gaitan, at agaitan@aol.com. Scott also will co-chair a joint conference with the Kansas Association of School Psychologists at Junction City, Oct.15-17, 2008. During 2008-2009, Scott will serve as president-elect of Kansas Council for Exceptional Children, and he will become president of the organization in 2009.
"During the next several years, I hope we can get undergraduate and graduate teacher and endorsement candidates at all the Kansas institutions of higher education more engaged in professional activities through CEC," Scott said. "It is important for every public school teacher to be an advocate for students with special needs -- and Kansas CEC gives you a voice and a network to push for policies that support children and young people."
K-State has the only student chapter of Kansas Council for Exceptional Children in the state, led by adviser Mary Jo Anderson, of the department of special education.