Special Education
Staff Contact Information
- State Special Education Administrator
- Program Managers - includes the managers for: Special Education, SIG and Head Start
- Support Staff - for all Special Education teams
- Special Education Grants Administrator
- Special Education Data Manager
- Mailing Address and Confidential Fax
Alaska Public School Directories
State Special Education Administrator
Donald Enoch
Education Administrator II
Telephone: (907) 465-2972
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Questions
- Governor's
Council on Disabilities & Special Education
- Board
- Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)
- Alaska Mental Health Board (AMHB) / Children's Subcommittee
- Alaska School for the Deaf
- Braille Project
- Capacity Building Grants
- Contract/ grant Request for Service Agreements (RSA's)
- LINKS- Matsu Parent Training Initiative (PTI)
- Memorandum of Agreements (MOA)
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)/ Grant Application
- Special Education Advisory Panel (SEAP)/ Education Committee
- Special Education Service Agency (SESA)
- Standard Contracts
- Stone Soup Group- Alaska Parent Training Initiative (PTI)
- Title VI-B/ 619 Application & Grant
Special Education Program Managers
Meredith Jaecks
Education Specialist II
Telephone: (907) 465-8702
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Questions
- 619 Coordinator (Early Childhood)
- Alaska State Special Education Conference (ASSEC) Board
- Alaska Transition Training Initiative (ATTI)
- Bring the Kid's Home
- Department of Correcitons
- Front Range Community College (FRCC)/ Educational Interpreting Training Program
- Governor's Council on Disabilities & Special Education: Early Intervention Committee
- Out of State Placement
- Parent Guide
- Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
- Response to Intervention (RtI)
- Surrogate Parent Training
Monitoring
- Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (CIMP)
- Intensive Monitoring
Disability Categories:
- Early Childhood Developmental Delay
- Speech of Languae Impairments
- Cognitive Impairment
- Hearing Impaired/Deafness
Kimberley McNamara
Education Specialist II
Telephone: (907) 465-8705
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Questions
- Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority (The "Trust")
- Assitive Technology
- Complaint Investigations
- Due Process Complaints
- Mediation
- Medicaid/School-Based Medicaid
- Dual Sensory Impairments Advisory Board
- Department of Labor, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
- Governor's Committee on Employment & Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities (GCERPD)/ Board Designee
- Procedural Safeguards
- Special Olympics
- Student Living Center
Monitoring
- Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (CIMP)
- Intensive Monitoring
Disability Categories:
- Blind
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Othopedic Impairment
- Multiple Disabilities
Samuel Jordan
Education Specialist II
Telephone: (907) 465-2824
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Questions
- Alaska Annual Performance Report (APR)/State Performance Plan (SPP)
All Indicators - LEA Determinations of Compliance with the State Performance Plan (SPP)
- Alaska Autism Resource Center (ARRC)
- Behavioral Interventions/Discipline
- Governor's Committee on Employment & Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities
(GCERPD) - Governor's Council onf Disabilities & Special Education - Autism Committee
(GCDSE) - Mediation
- Alaska Mental Health Board (AMHB)/Children's Subcommittee
- National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)
- Secondary Transition
- Special Education Service Agency (SESA)
Monitoring
- Continuous Improvement Monitoring Process (CIMP)
- Intensive Monitoring
Disability Categories:
- Autism
- Emotional Disturbance
- Other Health Impaired
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Visual Impairment
Head Start / Early Learning
Paul Sugar
Head Start Collaboration/ Early Learning Program Manager
Telephone: (907) 465-4862
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Question
- Head Start Collaboration Grants
- Faith-Based Initiative
- Art-Education Consortium
- Preschool Project - Alaska Community Preschool Project (ACPP)
- Preschool Initiative
- Reach Out and Read
Melora Gaber
Head Start Program Manager
Telephone: (907) 465-8707
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Department Representative for the following Committees, Agencies, Programs, Initiatives, and/or Questions
- Head Start State Grants
- Foster Grandparent Grant
- Preschool Certification
Special Education Support Staff
Vanessa George
Education Associate II
Telephone: (907) 465-8693
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
- District Support - contact to the public
- Drafting SIG Web Material and Web Backup
- Staff Support - State Special Education Team
- Maintenance and Tracking of all Special Project Activities
- Maintenance of the Special Education Website & Handbook
- Special Education Directors' Conference
- Special Education Directors' Contact Database
- LRP Special Ed Connection - assistance for registered users
- Department of Education Special Education Listserv
- Non-Employee Travel
Tabitha Shearer
Education Program Assistant
Telephone: (907) 465-2981
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
- All Program Staff Travel
- APR / SPP Support
- E-Learning Modules
- Non-Employee Travel
- Staff Support - State Special Education Team
- Special Education Directors' Contact Database - maintenance support
- Maintenance of Compliance Monitoring Form
Samantha Wilson
Head Start Program Assistant
(907) 465-8723
TTY/TTD (907) 465-2815
- Assistant to the Head Start Collaboration/ Early Learning Program Manager
- Assistant to Head Start Program Manager
- General Head Start Information and Support
- Data Collection of all Head Start Programs
(including the Head Start Collaboration and Preschool Programs) - EL / ACPP Support
Special Education Grants Administrator
Sharol Roys
Grants Administrator
Telephone: (907) 465-8694
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Funding Assistance:
- Title VI-B Grant
- Section 619 Preschool Disabled
Special Education Data Manager
Karen Lipson
Data Manager
Telephone: (907) 465-8684
TTY/TTD: (907) 465-2815
Special Education Statistics and Data Management
Mailing Address / Confidential Fax
State of Alaska
Department of Education & Early Development
ATTN: Special Education Program
801 W. 10th Street, Suite 200
PO Box 110500
Juneau, AK 99811-0500
Confidential Fax: (907) 465-2806
