Section Links

• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications

Degrees

• Ph.D., Special Education, Florida State University, 1989
• M.Sc., Special Education, Florida State University, 1982
• B.Sc., Special Education, Florida State University, 1982

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor, Special Education, University of Illinois, 1997--
• Assistant Professor, Special Education, University of Illinois, 1990-1997
• Center Associate, Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois, 1989-1991
• Visiting Professor, Special Education, University of Illinois, 1989-1990
• Visiting Instructor, Special Education, University of Illinois, 1988-1989

Activities & Honors

• Outstanding Faculty Award for Service for 2011, College of Education, 2011
• Reviewer, Teaching Exceptional Children, Teaching Exceptional Children, 2010-2011
• Planning Committee Member, Ubana School District 116 Strategic Planning Committee, Urbana School District #116, 2010-2011
• Primary consultant, High School RTI Task force, Champaign Unit 4 School District, 2010-2011
• Member of Planning Committee, Martin Luther King Essay Contest, 2010-2011
• Presenter, Champaign Unit 4 School District, 2010
• Presenter, Urbana High School, 2010
• Hardie Fellow, Center for Education in Small Urban Communities, Hardie Strategic Initiatives Program, 2009-2012
• ITED Member-at-Large, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2009-2011
• Professional consulting, Professional Consulting and Advocacy - no fee, Private/Individual Consultation, 2009-2011
• Board Member, CU Schools Foundation, Champaign Urbana School Foundation, 2009-2011
• Chair, Standards Advisory Committee, Professional Standards Advisory Committee, Illinois State Board of Education, 2009-2010
• Member of USD116 District Monitoring Team, District Monitoring Team, Urbana School District #116, 2009-2010
• Keynote Speaker at the CSSE Institute, Department of Special Education, University of Georgia, 2009
• Caumpus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008-2009
• ITED Past President, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2008-2009
• Consultant and Comittee member, Middle School Restructuring Committee, Urbana School District #116, 2008-2009
• Committee Member and consultant, Subcommittee on RTI Tier 2 Interventions, Urbana Middle School, 2008-2009
• Proposal Reviewer, TED Conference, Council for Exceptional Children, Teacher Education Division, 2007-2011
• Reviewer, CEC, Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2007-2011
• Coordinator, HECSE/TED Policy Brief, Council for Exceptional Children, Teacher Education Division, 2007-2008
• President, State Organization, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2007-2008
• Consultant and Inservice leader, Rantoul schools, Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, 2007-2008
• Consultant/Observations, Rantoul City School District # 137, 2007-2008
• Invited Speaker, Novice Teacher Support Project, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, 2007
• Presenter, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, 2007
• Conduct Classroom Observations and Consulting, Bradley Bourbonnaise Community High School, 2007
• Conference Organizer, ITED Institute, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2007
• Consultant, ROE, Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education, 2007
• Presenter, Champaign Public Schools, Westview School, 2007
• Presenter, BBCHS, Bradley Bourbonnaise Community High School, 2007
• Conference planning committee, ICEC Preconference Workshop, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2007
• Higher Education Representative for Special Education on the ISBE State Personnel Development Grant, State Advisory Committee Illinois ASPIRE, Illinois State Board of Education, 2006-2010
• Undergraduate Teaching Award for Faculty, College of Education, 2006-2007
• Honorable Mention, Campus Undergraduate Instruction Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2007
• Proposal Reviewer, Annual International Conference, Council for Exceptional Children, 2006-2007
• President Elect, State Teacher Education Division Executive Board, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2006-2007
• Inservice presenter, Urbana School District #116, 2006
• Conference Presenter, Novice Teacher Support Project, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, 2006
• Member-at-large, National Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, Teacher Education Division, 2005-2011
• Chair of Committee, Membership Committee, Council for Exceptional Children, Teacher Education Division, 2005-2011
• Executive Staff, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, 2005-2007
• Member Partnership Board, Partnership Board, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative, 2005-2007
• Advisory Committee Member, Content Area Advisory Committee, Illinois State Board of Education, 2005-2006
• Task Force Member, HOUSSE Committee on Highly Qualified, Illinois State Board of Education, 2005-2006
• Vice President, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2005-2006
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
• Panel Member, Associate of Arts in Teaching in Special Education, Illinois State Board of Education, 2003-2005
• Faculty Mentor, Teaching Academy, College of Education, 2002-2005
• Member-at-Large, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2001-2005
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Remedial and Special Education, 2000-2011
• Distinguished Teaching Career Award, College of Education, 2000-2001
• Faculty Mentor, College of Education, 2000-2001
• Publication Award, for article in Teacher Education and Special Education, Council for Exceptional Children, 1997
• Outstanding Teacher Educator, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 1995-1996
• Faculty Fellow, Bureau of Educational Research, College of Education, 1995-1996
• Honorable mention for Excellence in Teaching Advising and Research, Excellence in Teaching Advising and Research, Council on Graduate Students in Education, 1994-1995
• Award of Merit for Excellence in Teaching Advising and Research, Excellence in Teaching, Advising, and Research, College of Education, 1994-1995
• Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Education, 1991-1992
• Honorable Mention Undergraduate Teaching Award, College of Education, 1990-1991
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988-2009

Grants

• Principal Investigator, Preparing Teachers for Inclusive Education in Positive Education (Project TIES), U.S. Department of Education, 2006
• Co-Principal Investigator, Preparing Leaders in Access by Design (PLAD), U.S. Department of Education, 2006

Selected Publications

• Rose, C., Monda-Amaya, L.E., Espelage, D. (2011). Bullying Perpetration and Victimization in Special Education:A Review of the Literature. Remedial and Special Education, 32, 114-130.
• Rose, C. A., & Monda-Amaya, L. E. (in press). Bullying and victimization in special education: Effective strategies for students, teachers, and schools. Intervention in School and Clinic.
• Sukhram. D. & Monda-Amaya, L.E. (in press). A Historical Overview of Special Education in Belize. Submitted to International Journal of Special Needs Education.
• Rose, C. A., & Monda-Amaya, L. E., (accepted). Bully Perpetration and Victimization with Students with Disabilities: Effective Strategies for Classroom Teachers. Intervention in School and Clinic
• Rose, C. A., Espelage, D. L., & Monda-Amaya, L. E. (2009). Bullying and victimization rates among students in general and special education: A comparative analysis. Educational Psychology, 29(7), 761-776.