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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO:
Curriculum Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
message below is being sent to you on behalf of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nancy
Latini, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant
Superintendent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Student
Learning & Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>______________________________________________
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 20,
2009</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RE:
Addressing the Speech Language Pathologist shortage through scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Educators,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>At
this time, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) is recruiting scholarship
candidates from districts and ESDs. Scholarship recipients will enroll in
the Oregon cohort of the Speech Language Pathology Masters degree program
through Nova Southeastern University (NSEU). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>During the
2007 Regular Legislative Session, House Bill 3141, Section 19 (12), was passed
by the 74<sup>th</sup> Oregon Legislative Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:27.35pt'><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Each biennium, the Department of education may expend up
to $150,000 from the State School Fund for the administration of a program to
increase the number of speech-language pathologists and speech-language
pathology assistants under sections 21 to 25 of this 2007 Act. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Through
HB 3141 funding, forty-two (42) Oregon educators have already been awarded
scholarships for further education in Speech Language Pathology, a field
identified with a severe shortage of professionals. These forty-two speech language
pathologists and speech language pathology assistants are currently working in
Oregon school districts and, at the same time, are in professional development
programs which will result in appropriate professional certification. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Districts/ESDs
from across the state are involved with the SLP and SLPA cohort programs, and
many of the districts are located in the rural sections of the state. Even
before the cohort members have completed their programs, the members are
sharing their newly-honed skills in Oregon schools. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
are anxious to begin an additional Oregon cohort, and invite your district or
ESD to apply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
application deadline is March 1, 2010. The SLP program begins in February
2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have
any difficulty opening the attached document, please contact Heidi Schulze at <a
href="mailto:heidi.schulze@state.or.us">heidi.schulze@state.or.us</a> or
503-947-5661.<span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Messages to
and from this e-mail address may be made available to the public under Oregon
law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>===========Attachment============</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Speech
Language Pathologist Cohort III.docx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Message============</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span
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