Jana H Ferguson

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• Manager of Implementation and Learning Content

Email

jahallas@umn.edu

Phone

+1 612-624-7315

Address

Institute On Community Integration
Masonic Inst For The Developing Brain [map]
2025 E River Pkwy
Rm 2-315D
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3604

Jana Hallas Ferguson, M.Ed., is Check & Connect's Manager of Implementation and Learning Content at the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration. She provides Check & Connect training and technical assistance to districts across the country. Prior to working at the University, Mrs. Ferguson taught special education for 10 years in Cy-Fair ISD in Houston, Texas. She trained district personnel on creating meaningful, standards-based goals and objectives to ensure student success throughout high school and into post-secondary life. Additionally, she created and conducted annual school-wide training on collecting data on student progress on academic and behavioral IEPs, facilitated data collection for each grading term, and provided technical assistance and support for individual teachers when needed. Mrs. Ferguson assisted personnel in implementing IEP programming in general and special education classrooms and facilitated parent-teacher communication to meet the needs of students with disabilities throughout the campus. Mrs. Ferguson earned a Master's Degree in Education with an emphasis in Low Incidence Disabilities from Texas A&M University. She completed her undergraduate degree at Coe College, where she double-majored in secondary education and history.