Michael Conn-Powers Faculty Vita: - School of Education, Indiana University

Accreditation Report 2002
Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolis
for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
and the Indiana Professional Standards Board

Faculty Vita

Michael Conn-Powers, Ph.D.

Title: Director, Early Childhood Center
Office: Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Campus: Bloomington
Year of appointment: 1994

Academic Degrees

Ph.D.	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1982	Early Intervention
M.Ed.	University of Washington-Seatle	1977	Early Childhood Special Education
B.S.	University of Washington-Seatle	1975	Child Development Psychology

Professional Experience

1994-Present	Director, Early Childhood Center, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University-Bloomington. In collaboration with my staff, I am responsible for identifying and carrying out short and long-term initiatives that promote best practices in the care and education of young children with disabilities and their families throughout Indiana. I am responsible for supervising 10 staff and managing an annual budget of approximately $500,000.
1989-1993	Supervisor, Early Childhood Special Education (Section 619), Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington, Olympia, WA. I was responsible for overseeing the statewide implementation of early childhood special education services and managing an annual budget of approximately $2.5 million. In this position, I worked with a team of regional consultants to develop, implement, and evaluate statewide initiatives for improving services for preschoolers with disabilities. I worked with numerous agencies, boards, and professional organizations to collaboratively carry out these initiatives.
1985-1989	Coordinator and Visiting Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Special Education Programs, Center for Developmental Disabilities, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. This position was created through a partnership of the University and State Department of Education to support the development and implementation of local and state early intervention systems for young children and their families. I also was implemented a master's degree program in this same area. I was responsible for writing numerous documents for practitioners, serving on/leading statewide task forces for guiding the development of state position papers and documents, and providing workshops throughout the state.
1982-1984	Assistant Professor, Departments of Early Childhood and Special Education, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. I was a professor who was responsible for the master's degree program that blended two separate but related departments in the School of Education.
1977-1980	Classroom Teacher and Home Visitor/Early Interventionist Program PREPARE, Developmental Training Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Madison, Wisconsin. Preschool teacher and home-based family educator of children, birth to 5 years, with disabilities and their families.

Faculty load

50% teaching, 25% research, 25% service

Faculty Teaching

	E349	Teaching and Learning for All Young Children
	E352	Teaching and Learning for All Young Children
	E353	Foundation of Early Care and Education III
	E565	Service Delivery Systems and Consultative Strategies

Selected Publications

Conn-Powers, M., Hutter-Pishgahi, L., & Traub, E. (1998). Evaluation of Indiana's First Steps Early Intervention System: Final Report. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities.

Cross, A.F., Conn-Powers, M.C., & Shelton, G. (1997). Evaluation of Indiana's Preschool Special Education Programs. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities.

Conn-Powers, M.C., Tsang, H., & Swanson, K. (1996). A study of the utilization of first steps early intervention services (1994-95): Final Report. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities.

Funded Projects

2002 - 2004 Monroe County Children Matter! Monroe County's CAPE Grant, Community Foundation for Bloomington and Monroe County, Lilly Endowment, Inc., $5 million

2000 - present Research and Training Center on Service Coordination, subcontract to implement a federally-funded, multi-state, research project within Indiana. University of Connecticut Health Center. $50,000/year.

1999 - 2003 Healthy Child Care Indiana, federal grant conducted in partnership with The Indiana Parent Information Network, Inc., A Health Systems Development in Child Care Grant. $164,400.

1999 - present Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Research grant to develop a Statewide Evaluation System for Indiana's First Steps Early Intervention System. $121,000.

1999 - 2000 Parent-Professional Conference, training grant to organize and host a conference for families in First Steps in concert with the state Early Childhood Conference. Governor's Interagency Coordinating Council. $10,000.

1994 - 2001 Indiana's Unified Training System, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and Indiana Department of Education. $518,903.

1996 - 98 Indiana's Map to Inclusive Child Care, in partnership with the Indiana Parent Information Network, funded through the University of Connecticut Health Center. $3,000.

1995 - 98 Evaluation of Indiana's First Steps Early Intervention System, research/program evaluation grant to assess program impact, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. $99,320.

Conference Presentations

Writing Functional Outcomes for Children Ages Birth to Three and Their Families, Indiana LearnAbout Series, Indianapolis, April 2002

ChildrenAdvocacy for Systems Change: Map to Inclusive Child Care in Indiana, National Map to Inclusive Child Care Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2000

Thinking about tomorrow today: Lifespan planning during the early childhood years, 2000 Early Childhood Education State Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14, 2000

Is Part C living up to expectations? Issues and directions. Panel presentation at the International Council for Exceptional Children Conference, Vancouver, BC, April 2000

Authentic Assessment in Early Intervention: Regional Leadership Series for Developmental Therapists in Indiana, South Bend/Indianapolis/New Albany, Indiana, January 10/11/17, 2000

Leadership through Evaluation. Keynote at Indiana's Leadership Conference for Local Planning and Coordinating Councils, Bloomington, Indiana, September 9, 1999

Map to Inclusive Child Care in Indiana, Panel Presentation at the National Map to Inclusive Child Care Conference, Washington, D.C., August 12, 1999

Evaluation of Indiana's First Steps Early Intervention System. Invited presentation, Connecticut Early Intervention and Evaluation Symposium, Hartford, Connecticut, September 24, 1998

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