Participants will network with preschool teachers from different school districts to share and gain new ideas for implementing early childhood special education services.

Additional Sessions (10:00-11:30 AM):

February 28, 2022

May 2, 2022

Registration open through 3/2/2022 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Nancy Zeigler

Kathleen Tootle

Kathleen Tootle has been the Director of Southeast GLRS since 2018. She holds a Bachelor’s
Degree and an Education Specialist’s Degree in Special Education both from Georgia Southern University. She also holds a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Augusta State University. In addition to her teacher certification, she is endorsed as a Teacher Support Specialist, a Teacher of the Visually Impaired and a Dyslexia Support Specialist. She is also a state certified trainer for Check & Connect and a national certified trainer for Restorative Practices and Conferences. Kathleen has over 25 years of experience working in the field of special education with experiences as an interrelated special education teacher, a self-contained teacher for students with low-incidents, a teacher of the visually impaired and an instructor of preservice special education teachers at the university level. She has served as a special education coordinator at the public school level and at the university level and worked as the program specialist for Southeast GLRS prior to becoming the director. Kathleen has presented at several state and national conferences as well as published articles on best practices in teaching.