Featured Speakers
Julie J. Weatherly, Esq.
Julie J. Weatherly, Esq. is the owner of Resolutions in Special Education, Inc., a special education law and consulting firm in Alabama. Julie is a member of the State Bars of Alabama and Georgia and for thirty-nine years continues to provide consultation and legal representation to school agencies across the country in the area of educating students with disabilities. She is also a member of the faculty for many national and state legal Institutes and is a frequent speaker at special education Law Conferences. Julie has developed a number of professional development and training programs (in-person and virtual) that support special education legal compliance and has been published nationally as a part of her trainings, workshops, and seminars. In June of 1996, Julie appeared on CBS news program “60 Minutes” to discuss the cost of meeting the legal requirements of IDEA. In 1998, she was honored by Georgia’s CEC as the Individual who had Contributed Most to Students with Disabilities, and in April 2012, Julie received the Award for Outstanding Service from the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE). Julie devotes a good bit of her time consulting and providing professional development sessions for CASE and other state and local school agencies and associations. Source: www.specialresolutions.com
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| Wednesday, March 11, 2026 9am – 4pm | Legally Defensible IEPsThe U.S. Supreme Court has recently referred to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) as the “centerpiece” of the IDEA’s education delivery system for students with disabilities. In accordance with the Court’s updated two-pronged test for determining whether an IEP is appropriate, hearing officers and courts will look to both the procedural and substantive components of the IEP. We will examine common pitfalls that educators must avoid—both procedurally and substantively—to ensure that IEPs are legally defensible. |
Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D.
Wendy W. Murawski, Ph.D., is the CEO of 2Teach Global, an international educational consulting company dedicated to inclusive education. She is faculty emeritus from California State University, Northridge (CSUN) where she served the last 15 years as the Executive Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning. Dr. Murawski is a past national president of the Teacher Education Division of CEC and has received multiple awards, including the Fulbright Scholar Specialist, CA Teacher Educator of the Year, Susan Phillips Gorin CEC Award, as well as CSUN’s Highly Influential & Sustained Innovation, Preeminent Scholarly Publication, and Outstanding Faculty Awards. Dr. Murawski is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, presenting thousands of presentations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, and has authored 19 books, 24 book chapters, and numerous peer-reviewed articles on co-teaching and inclusive education.
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| Wednesday, March 11, 2026 9am – 12pm | Co-Teaching Evolved: Strategies, Structures, and Smart TechJoin internationally recognized authors and co-teaching experts, Drs. Wendy Murawski and Belinda Karge, for this high-energy, interactive pre-convention workshop that brings co-teaching into the future. In Co-Teaching Evolved, participants will experience dynamic modeling of co-teaching approaches, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), and differentiated instruction—demonstrating exactly what effective collaboration looks like in today’s inclusive classrooms. This 3-hour session blends updated research with practical applications, including how to strategically integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support lesson planning, accessibility, and personalized learning. Attendees will walk away with ready-to-use active teaching strategies, updated co-teaching models, and the powerful Co-Teaching Decision-Making Matrix (Murawski & Jenkins, 2024), a tool designed to help teams quickly and effectively determine the best approach for co-delivery. Expect movement, engagement, humor, and real-time demonstrations as Murawski and Karge model what they teach. Whether you're a teacher, administrator, or teacher educator, this session will leave you inspired and equipped with tools to transform inclusive practices. Space is limited—come ready to collaborate, co-learn, and evolve your approach to co-teaching! |