Cecil Crouch has been in the field of education for 27 years in several roles, including: paraprofessional, general education teacher, special education teacher, educational consultant, adjunct professor of special education, and special education administrator. Cecil’s primary roles at PaTTAN include serving on the special education leadership and paraprofessional initiatives, working on the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), and as the state-wide lead of the special education law initiative.

Education

• Master of Education in Special Education Supervision, Slippery Rock University

• Bachelor of Science in Elementary and Special Education, Slippery Rock University

Awards

• Received "Most Outstanding Graduate Student" award from Slippery Rock University (2003)

Organizations

• ASCD, LRP

Presentations

• Keynote Speaker at the 2016 PA Special Education Leadership Summer Academy at the Bedford Springs Hotel in Bedford, Pennsylvania: Renovation and Reinvention

• One of 15 two-person teams selected to work on a joint project between the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) titled, Beginning Substantive Collaboration between Mathematics Education and Special Education Symposium: Teaching Mathematics to Students within the RtI Process

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference 2008 (Salt Lake City, Utah): Teaching Concepts and Vocabulary Through the Use of Graphic Organizers

• National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference 2009 (Washington DC): Writing Standards Aligned IEPs Using Pennsylvania’s Standards Aligned System

• National Autism Conference 2008 (State College, PA): Teaching Mathematics to Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Trained Intermediate Units and school districts on the implementation of Response to Instruction and Intervention across the Commonwealth

• Co-developed the following state forms: IEP, Invitation to Attend the IEP or Other Meeting, IEP Team Member Excusal Form and Summary of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance as well as the related annotated forms

• Numerous presentations to Intermediate Units in Pennsylvania in order to train them on new special education laws and special education forms (lead consultant in Harrisburg)

• Trained Intermediate Units and school districts on the implementation of progress monitoring

• Trained Intermediate Units and school districts on the implementation of progress monitoring using algebra probes (middle school and high school)

• Assisted school districts pursuant to curriculum alignment to the PA Academic Standards in the area of mathematics

• Assisted school districts in the implementation of research based instructional practices for mathematics

• Worked with schools designated as School Improvement I in order to help restructure special education programming and instruction

• Co-developed and presented the state-wide information pursuant to resolution meetings

• Co-developed the special education cyclical monitoring materials

• Co-developed and trained on the Standards Aligned System for Mathematics

• Co-developed kindergarten through second grade mathematics standards (pre Common Core)

• Trained in Mediation

• State-wide lead for the development and dissemination of information and resources related to standards aligned IEPs

Certifications

• Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate: Elementary Education

• Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate: Special Education, Special Education Supervision

Achievements

• Served as a student member of Slippery Rock University's NCATE audit (2002), one of fifteen 2-person teams selected nationally to work on a joint project of the Council of Exceptional Children and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics titled, "Substantive Collaboration between Mathematics Education and Special Education Symposium: Teaching Mathematics to Students within the RtI Process", trained in mediation by the Justice Center of Atlanta, 2007 Fellow in the Educational Policy Fellowship Program (Education Policy and Leadership Center)