Director, Northeast Regional Resource Center
Kristin Reedy, Director of WestEd's Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC), is a key player in bridging the gap between general and special education.
NERRC is funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to provide technical assistance and support to state agencies in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). In addition to being responsible for the overall management of NERRC, Reedy, who has served as its Director since 1999, provides consultation, professional development, and technical assistance to school districts and states. She has been instrumental in developing the reputation and capacity of the NERRC team of technical assistance providers who support states and, through the states, local school districts within the northeast region.
Reedy also has been a leader in forming strategic cross-WestEd program linkages and strengthening the agency's ability to address persistent problems in education that affect all students, particularly those with disabilities.
She has more than 25 years of experience in special education as a classroom teacher, consultant, and administrator. Prior to joining WestEd, Reedy served as a consultant and manager at the Vermont Department of Education and as the Director of Special Services for two Vermont school districts. In these leadership capacities, she helped to establish the statewide early childhood special education program in the state of Vermont and lay the groundwork for Vermont's early intervention (Part C) program under the IDEA. At the local level, Reedy established and improved programs and services for children with disabilities, PK–12, and their families.
Reedy represents the OSEP-funded Regional Resource Centers (RRCs) on the expert advisory panel of the National Personnel Center for Special Education at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education and has represented the RRCs on the Advisory Panels for OSEP’s Evaluation of State Monitoring Systems and the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems.
She served two terms as President of the Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators, served as a local school board member, member of the Vermont Special Education Fiscal Review Panel, board member for the Vermont Parent Information Center, and member of the Legislation and Policy Committee for the National Council of Administrators of Special Education.
She received an EdD in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Vermont.
Tel: 802.951.8218
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Email: kreedy@wested.org
Mailing Address:
Learning Innovations at WestEd
426 Industrial Avenue, Suite 160
Williston, Vermont 05495
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