6167 Deeside Drive
Dublin, OH 43017

• Special Education Consultant, SchoolMatch, Columbus, Ohio. 1991 Present
  
• Assist families in locating and comparing school districts and services for children with special needs.
  
• Provide school special needs information to relocating families.
  
• Assist parents to cope with school special education concerns.
  
• Supervisor, Special Education, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio 1963-1990
  
• Supervised Special Education Programs for Developmentally Handicapped and Learning Disabled K-12
  
• Coordinated development of district program for Developmentally Handicapped Students K-12
  
• Assisted with planning services for students with Learning Disabilities K-12
  
• Managed district budget for special education
  
• Arranged for student placement into programs
  
• Assisted with selection of staff
  
• Coordinated development of Special Education Curriculum K-12
  
• Implemented Special Education Federal and State requirements including Individual Education Plans
  
• Introduced innovative programs and promoted participation in regional and statewide special education projects
  
• Provided support to parents of handicapped students individually and through parent groups
  
• Represented Department of Special Education on District Curriculum Committee
  
• Secured grant for funding and provided ongoing leadership for implementing Work Evaluation Program for Handicapped Students and Work Adjustment Program for Developmentally Handicapped
  
• Promoted special education programs by presenting information to numerous school Staffs, community PTA’s, service clubs, and agencies
  
• Served on Supervisor’s’ Advisory Committee to Central Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center
  
• Participated in numerous state and national professional organizations and conferences
  
• Served as a consultant to Heath City Schools for Developmentally Handicapped Program
  
• Director, Elementary Title I Summer School, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio 1966-1968
  
• Coordinated the development and operation of innovative summer program for Title I elementary students K-6 for one year and K-3 for three years
  
• Elementary Special Education Teacher, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio 1958-1963
  
• Elementary Teacher, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio 1950-1958
  

EDUCATION:

• THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio - M.A.Ed., 1959

• MIAMI UNIVERSITY, Oxford, Ohio - B.S.Ed., 1950

ADDITIONAL TRAINING:

• University of Maine, Orono, Maine - 1956
• Kent State University, Kent, Ohio - 1959
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA - 1969
• Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - 1960, 61, 63, 74
• Special Study Institutes and Seminars on topics including School to Work Transition
• for Students with Disabilities, Special Education Legal Issues, Special Education
• Legislation, Funding for Special Education, and Working with Parents of Handicapped Children

ORGANIZATIONS:

• PRSE Professionally Recognized Special Education in areas of Special Education
• Teaching and Administration by the Council for Exceptional Children
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Past President Newark and Licking County Chapter #190
• Mental Retardation Division, CEC - Past President, Ohio CEC/MR Division
• Council for Administrators of Special Education, CEC - Charter Member Ohio CASE
• American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD)
• Ohio Association of Supervisors and Work Study Coordinators (OASWSC) - Charter member, Secretary, Advisory Board
• Zonta International Service Club, Newark and Licking County Chapter - Charter member and President
• Licking County Mental Health Association - Board member
• Licking County Juvenile Court Citizens 156 Review Board
• Ohio Coalition for the Education of Handicapped Children - Governing Board, Treasurer
• Ohio State University Alumni Association - Life Member

RECOGNITIONS:

• Margaret Burley Award for Distinguished Service, Ohio Coalition for the Education of Handicapped Children - 1992
• Certificate of Achievement for Distinguished Service and Dedication to Special Children,
• Ohio Association of Supervisors and Work-Study Coordinator - 1992
• YMCA Women of Achievement Award - 1990

• Distinguished Service to Special Education Award, Ohio Council for Administrators of Special Education 1989
• Distinguished Service Award, Newark and Licking County Chapter #190, Council for Exceptional Children - 1980
• Special Education Student of the Year Award established in 1991 in the name of Dorothy A. Zerger to be awarded annually by Newark City School Special Education Staff and Friends

CERTIFICATION:

• Ohio Permanent Special Education Supervisor, Ohio Permanent elementary Education
• Supervisor, Ohio Permanent Kindergarten/Primary, Elementary, and Special Education Teaching Certificates