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Ron Felton
- Associate Director for Professional Development
Ron Felton is the Associate Director of the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative. He is a retired Associate Superintendent of Schools from Miami-Dade County and has been involved in the field of special education for over 32 years. He has been a teacher of students with autism, severe emotional disturbances, severe multiple handicaps, and developmental delays. He also held several administrative positions in the Exceptional Student Education department in Miami-Dade for over ten years including Executive Director and Assistant Superintendent. After thirty years in the school system, Ron became CEO of a children's mental health agency in Miami that provides services to students with emotional disturbances in the school system. For nearly twenty years, Ron has taught courses in special education and educational administration at Florida International University, Barry University, University of Miami, and Miami-Dade College. Ron served as the Project Manager for All Children Together (ACT), a project designed to increase the participation of children with disabilities and their families in all aspects of community life. He currently serves as the Chair of the ACT Board.
Ron can be reached at: rfelton@edc.org.
