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About You Can Master It

The main contributor to this site is Dr. Larry Bacnik. Dr. Bacnik has been a special education teacher for 35 years, with 10 years in Mentor, OH, and 25 years in Putnam County, GA.  He has also been a full-time and adjunct professor at Georgia College and State University, in Milledgeville, GA. 


Highly trained and experienced, Dr. Bacnik is now retired.

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Degrees Earned

  • B.S. - Bowling Green State University - 1966 -  Elementary Education
  • M.A. - Bowling Green State University - 1972 -  Special Education
  • Ed. D. - University of South Carolina - 1980 - Learning Disabilities /  Early Childhood

Teaching Certificates Held

  • Director of Special Education
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Behavior Disorders
  • Interrelated Special Education

Teaching Experience

  • 1966-69 - Brentmoor Elementary, Mentor, Ohio - Self-Contained MID
  • 1969-73 - Shore Junior High, Mentor, Ohio - Resource Teacher MID
  • 1969-73 - Lake Country Summer, Painesville, Ohio - Early Childhood Head Start Specialist / Teacher
  • 1973-77 - Mentor High School, Mentor, Ohio - Resource Teacher MID
  • 1978-81 Georgia College Professor: Special Education Milledgeville, GA Courses and Student Teacher
  • 1981-82 - Hardeeville Elementary, Hardeeville, SC - SLD Resource Teacher
  • 1982-83 - Hardeeville High School - SLD Resource Teacher
  • 1981-83 - University of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC - Adjunct Professor: Special Education
  • 1983- Georgia College and State University - Adjunct Professor: University Special Education
  • 1983-01 - Putnam County Elementary, Eatonton, GA - SLD / EBD Resource and Self-Contained Teacher
  • 2001-2010 - Putnam County Elementary,Eatonton, GA - Interrelated Inclusion 5th Grade
  • 2010-2014 - GCSU,Milledgeville, GA - Instructor, Junior Cohort Program
  • 2015-2016 - Jasper County Schools, GA - Special Education Consultant
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Service

  • Cook Building CI, Milledgeville, GA - Volunteer A.A. meeting every Wednesday night
  • Frank Scott CI, Milledgeville, GA - Volunteer AA meetings every Friday night
  • SOAR
  • School and Community Partnership committee for COE
  • NCATE Committee – Section 2

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

  • Council for Exceptional Children
  • Association of Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities
  • Professional Association of Georgia Educators
  • Phi Delta Kappa

Created a Computerized IEP Program “Master It” 

This computer program was being used in 6 different counties in connection with East Central GLRS.

Presentations:
  • CEC State Conference 
    • Student Engagement, 2011
    • Effective Computer Stations, 2012
    • Incorporating Evidence Based Practices, 2013
    • Implementing Co-Teaching on a Secondary Level, 2014
  • IDEAS Conference  
    • Effective Computer Stations, 2012
    • Effective and Reasonable Data Collection of Intervention Strategies, 2013
  • COPLAC Conference
    • Panel for Implementing Undergraduate Research, 2012
  • Diversity Conference
    • Prejudice of Whites Against Whites: Ostracizing Honey Boo Boo, 2013
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Learn More About Our Contributors and Authors

The majority of this site’s contents are edited versions of undergraduate and graduate student course project work. This project work was one of the many requirements for their special education methods courses.

The talented students at Georgia College have provided much of the excellent content for this site. The material provided on this site has been tested in the field.
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Explore Our Common Core Obligations Resource

This new family-owned service, created in 2018, is a teacher resource for the common core obligations. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Dr. Bacnik.
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