It's Good to Know a Miracle: Dani's Story: One Family's Struggle with Leukemia by Jay Shotel, Sue Shotel

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Synopsis

A deeply personal, heartwarming, fact-filled testimonial to the power of positive energy and medical advocacy to bring about the miracle of a second chance at life through transplantation

Biography

JAY R. SHOTEL is a Tenured Professor of Special Education and Chair, Department of Teacher Preparation and Special Education at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Shotel has created numerous partnerships with local school systems designed to prepare both regular and special educators and is currently the principal investigator on three such projects. In addition he was an American Council on Education Fellow in 1989-90 and the "Teacher Educator in Residence" at the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 1998-99. He currently serves on the Board of Examiners of NCATE, as a team chair and cadre leader, and as a member of the Committee on Research and Information of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Dr. Shotel's current interests include performance based teacher education, teacher recruitment and retention issues, technology applications in teacher education and an ongoing interest in inclusive special education practice. He recently completed a national study sponsored by AACTE on Performance Based Elementary Teacher Education.

SUE SHOTEL retired as a secondary-school administrator after 30 years with the Montgomery County Maryland Public Schools and currently works as a consultant for the school system. They live in Gaithersburg, Maryland.