Dawnie Clark & Cami and Joshua Smith

Dawnie Clark & Cami and Joshua Smith

Family Collaboration

RMTC-D/HH interviews parents Cami and Joshua Smith, and Dawnie Clark, teacher of the deaf/hard of hearing in Bay County, on how they effectively collaborate between families and school staff. The theme around this interview is based on the third practice from the Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform (CEEDAR) Center and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s publication High-Leverage Practices in Special Education, "Collaborate with families to support student learning and secure needed services."


Dawnie Clark is a teacher from Bay District Schools. Camille and Joshua have two children who are deaf/hard of hearing in Bay County. Watch their interview to see how they model HLP3 and collaborate to support student learning and secure needed services.

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