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	<title>leadership in high schools &#187; Graduation rates</title>
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	<description>Another excellent source of creative thinking for Special and Alternative Education</description>
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		<title>Drop out rate for students with disabilities &#8211; the case of New York</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2009/08/16/drop-out-rate-for-students-with-disabilities-the-case-of-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Michelle Boutwell, SETRC trainer at Erie 2 CC BOCES who compiled the piece below.  
State Performance Plan Indicator #2 addresses the drop out rate for students with disabilities.  At the end of the first phase of our SPP, the expectation is that no more than 19.9% of SWDs will drop out (the bar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tough week April, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 10:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This last week in April has been a tough one for me.  I received one letter of retirement, attended a good bye party for an aide who resigned to join the military, learnt of the mysterious operation of one teacher, toured a public school that is going to take students back from the BOCES, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to Intervention:  Identification of LD students</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2009/03/30/response-to-intervention-identification-of-ld-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this article interesting because it quotes a colleague of mine, Amy Piper as the consultant to this project.  Amy was the former school psychologist at Chautauqua Lake Central School District, is the current Director of Pupil Personell Services at Fredonia Central School and is pursuing  School Administrators Certification through SUNY Fredonia. 
Thursday, March 12, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy:  A curriculum for students</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2009/02/27/self-determination-and-self-advocacy-a-curriculum-for-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 2, 2009, Tom Duffy a trainer for the Model Transition Grant administered by the University of Buffalo, funded by New York State, visited the Hewes Center and conducted staff development around the topic of teaching self-determination and self-advocacy for students.  Our Erie 2 CC BOCES is part of this grant which monitors the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School Program expansion:  Special Education</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2009/01/25/high-school-program-expansion-special-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very excited at the thought of conducting a tour of our High School Special Education Programs which are aimed at three distinct student groups &#8211; 4 year College bound, Career &#38; Technical College education with immediate entry into 2 year colleges or the work place and students who will need supportive living and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness in Eastern Europe</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/mental-illness-in-eastern-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/world/europe/05bulgaria.html?partner=permalink&#38;exprod=permalink
Is the scenario described above so different in the developed world ?  This post drives my curiosity because I want to chase commentary from others who are involved with me in the work of NAMI &#8211; National Association for the Mentally Ill, Chautauqua County and in support of the dreams of students who are already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High Schools New Face &#8211; spreading the message at one campus</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/12/12/high-schools-new-face-continuation-at-hewes/</link>
		<comments>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/12/12/high-schools-new-face-continuation-at-hewes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, December 1, 2008 three instructional programs at the Hewes Center of Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES &#8211; Career &#38; Technical, Alternative and Special Education,  met to discuss the impact of High School New Face (HSNF) on instruction, relationships with students, building configuration, 21st century skills infusion and planning for the future. 
The summary statements are below. 
Career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High School&#8217;s change and its impact on schools</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/11/29/high-schools-change-and-its-impact-on-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/11/29/high-schools-change-and-its-impact-on-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&#38;id=6514659
 Open the link above to view a story of High School diplomas being awarded using the Internet.  We have all heard of the Internet Universities that are becoming very popular because they are cheaper and more accessible to students, but high school?  In W. New York we have rising numbers of students who are accessing college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dilemma &#8211; Special Ed versus General Ed.</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/10/14/dilemma-special-ed-versus-general-ed/</link>
		<comments>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/10/14/dilemma-special-ed-versus-general-ed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

How should schools attend to the management needs of students who require a smaller setting, more restrictive, yet at the same time need to be academically challenged and integrated with their general education peers?
If co-teaching is possible, what are the merits of this program for students who loose the nurturing, caring, safe environment of a special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A welcome to all our new faculty and staff &#8211; 9/15/08</title>
		<link>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/a-welcome-to-all-our-new-faculty-and-staff-91508/</link>
		<comments>http://21stcenturyleader.edublogs.org/2008/09/13/a-welcome-to-all-our-new-faculty-and-staff-91508/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>uraimondo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a bountiful year for us at the Hewes Center.  We have never hired these past 6 years,  so many new teachers and staff.  A welcome reception will be hosted for them on Monday afternoon.  The purpose of this social is to introduce teachers and staff to each other before the first faculty meeting this week Thursday. 
Those on [...]]]></description>
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