| Exceptional Children Regional Consultant | Alana Zambone | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI); US Department of Education (DOED) | 7/01/17 - 6/30/18 | $175,129.00 | Provides professional services to the following LEAs and Charter Schools located within these counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edenton/Chowan, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Simpson, Tyrell, Washington, Wayne. |
| East Carolina University Teacher Support Program for Teachers of Students with Deaf-Blindness | Sandra Warren | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) | 10/01/06 - 9/30/18 | $1,418,597.00 | The purpose is to provide professional development and support for early childhood specialists, teachers, paraprofessionals, and related service personnel serving infants, toddlers, children, youth, and young adults with deaf-blindness through the Statewide Deaf-Blind Project. |
| ECU SPED SIP/IHE Partnership | Stacy Weiss | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) | 2/29/16 - 9/30/17 | $19,995.40 | This project is part of a network of School Improvement Program/Institute of Higher Education partnerships implemented by the NC Department of Public Instruction to increase the capacity of teachers to ensure that students with special needs have access to the general curriculum. |
| Collaborating to Overcome Needs by improving the Voice of Exceptional Youth (CONVEY) | Sandra Warren | U.S. Department of Education (DOED) | 10/01/17 - 9/30/22 | $1,249,999.96 | The project will increase the number of personnel who demonstrate the competencies needed to provide (a) focused instruction, and (b) intense individualized intervention(s) in an interdisciplinary team-based approach. The CONVEY project specifically targets improvements in communication for students with high-intensity needs (HIN) as a basis for subsequent improvements in broader developmental areas (e.g., academic, social, emotional, & behavioral). |