Debbie Schumacher
Anderson Hall, 107, (502) 863-7013
deborah_schumacher@georgetowncollege.edu

Joined Georgetown College in August 2007

Courses Taught:

• ECE 575 LBD Fieldwork (exceptional child education)

• At other institutions: Educational Assessment; Classroom and Behavior Management; Introduction to Exceptional Children; Methods in Learning and Behavior Disorders; Methods in Elementary Language Arts; Special Topics in Moderate and Severe Disabilities; Severe Handicaps: Integrated Preschool Programming

Educational Background:

• B. S. 1972 Peabody College, Elementary Education and Interdisciplinary Studies

• M.A. 1973 University of Kentucky, Special Education

• Ed. D. (in process, projected Fall 2009) University of Kentucky, Special Education: Personnel Preparation, Learning and Behavior Disorders, Literacy, Online Instruction

Inservice and Research Interests:

• Reading and Writing for Struggling Students

• Collaborative Teaching

Professional Experience:

• Midway College, LBD Coordinator/Faculty

• Kentucky Department of Education: Associate Commissioner, Office of Results Planning; Director, Division of Extended Learning; Director, Division of Preschool; Exceptional Child Consultant

• University of Kentucky: Director, Deaf-Blind Program; Curriculum Writer/Special Projects

• LBD Middle School Teacher

Professional Affiliations:

• Council for Exceptional Children, Division of Learning Disabilities, Council for Children with Behavior Disorders, Teacher Education Division; Past President, Kentucky Division of Early Childhood

• Kentucky Institutions of Higher Education Special Education Consortium