David Brewer is on program teaching staff with
Cornell
University
's Employment and Disability Institute in the
School
of
Industrial
and Labor Relations Extension Division at
Cornell
University
. He currently manages the development of TransQUAL Online: tools and professional
development materials to promote improvement of secondary education programs under
the New York State Education Department. For the New York State Department of
Labor under a federal grant, he is managing the development of Universal Access-NY:
an online tool to measure and improve access to the Workforce Development system
for all one-stop customers. He provides technical assistance to secondary special
education programs in
New York
State
under contract with the New York State Education Department. He has developed
policy recommendations, resource materials and curricula for the New York State
Education Department on the subject of student self-determination. Mr. Brewer
collaborated with the University of Oregon as the New York State Liaison for a
federal grant, the Next STEP Curriculum Project, an approach to teach students
to direct their future planning process. He has over thirty years of experience
working the area of special education and transition from school to adult life,
and holds a
Permanent
New York
State
Teaching Certificate in Special Education.
