Keynote

Keynote

Wednesday, August 02, 9:15-10:15 a.m., Orchard Hall

To the Moon and Back: Working Together to Improve Outcomes

Dr. Mary Morningstar

This keynote session will focus on enacting high expectations for all students to
achieve transition success through collaboration. Evidence-based practices will be
shared to engage participants’ knowledge and passion for working together to
improve outcomes.

Dr. Mary E. Morningstar is a Professor in Special Education at Portland State University and Co-Director of the Career and Community Studies program, a fully inclusive postsecondary education program for youth with intellectual disability. She is Director of the Transition Coalition, and is currently co-director of the OSEP and RSA jointly-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Transition: The Collaborative. Her digital and web-based professional development has extended for over 15 years, through the Transition Coalition, www.transitioncoalition.org.