Dr. Peggy Hickman, Associate Professor of Education, Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, presented a keynote address on December 18, 2011 for the Allegheny Intermediate Unit full-day symposium with general educators.  Her keynote was titled, “Differentiating Instruction for ELLs: RTII and Language Learning.”  Dr. Hickman will present at two upcoming symposia, the first for the Allegheny Intermediate Unity and its ESL symposium with ESL specialists on February 20, 2012, on the topic of “Role of the ESL Specialist in RTII Models and Special Education Determination.”  Her second presentation will be for the Lehigh Valley Intermediate Unit ESL Symposium on March 7, 2012 on the same topic.