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Direct linkWilkerson, Kimber L.; Sikora, Elizabeth E.; Leko, Melinda M. – Exceptionality, 2022
For decades, school districts have relied on unlicensed teachers to fill vacancies in special education, leaving students with disabilities to receive educational services from individuals without the necessary preparation, resulting in inequitable educational opportunities. An emergency certification, granted in numerous states, allows unlicensed…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Shortage
Brownell, Mary T.; Leko, Melinda M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2018
In this article, the authors provide a response to the special issue on "The Science of Teacher Professional Development: Iterative Design Studies Across Content Areas." In doing so, they present the framework of professional development (PD) enactment developed by Mary Kennedy and apply it to the three studies highlighted in this…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Educational Research
Leko, Melinda M.; Chiu, Ming Ming; Roberts, Carly A. – Journal of Special Education, 2018
This article reports findings from an initial investigation of the impact multiple individual and contextual factors have on secondary special educators' reading instructional practices. Data from 577 special educators from 221 school districts in a large Midwestern state were collected via an online and paper survey and analyzed using…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Performance Factors, Reading Instruction
Haydon, Todd; Stevens, Doug; Leko, Melinda M. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2018
This investigation used a qualitative case study to examine the sources of teacher stress and the ways teachers try to alleviate stress. Three research questions guided this study: (1) What are recent sources of stress for special education teachers in various school settings and grade levels? (2) How does stress impact special education teachers?…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Stress Management, Special Education Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textLeko, Melinda M.; Alzahrani, Turkey; Handy, Tamara – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2019
This study presents findings from a survey of secondary special education teachers who teach reading to students with learning disabilities (LD). Respondents were 392 special education teachers from a large Midwestern State who completed an online or paper survey. Results indicate predominant foci of secondary special education teachers' reading…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Secondary School Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction
Leko, Melinda M.; Handy, Tamara; Roberts, Carly A. – Exceptionality, 2017
This study presents findings from a survey of secondary special education teachers who teach reading. Respondents were 577 special education teachers from a large Midwestern state who completed an online or mail survey. Results based on quantitative and qualitative analyses indicate predominant foci of secondary special education teachers' reading…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Practices, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
Leko, Melinda M.; Kulkarni, Saili; Lin, Meng-Chuan; Smith, Shane A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to complete an in-depth examination of the construct of teacher beliefs by investigating preservice teachers' beliefs about reading instruction for students with disabilities. Interview and artifact data were collected for 11 preservice teachers during a 10-month period. Dimensions of beliefs investigated were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Disabilities, Reading Instruction
Leko, Melinda M.; Kiely, Mary Theresa; Brownell, Mary T.; Osipova, Anna; Dingle, Mary P.; Mundy, Charlotte A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate the discourse patterns characterizing individual special education teachers as they participated in a collaborative professional development (PD) group, and how these individual discourse patterns influenced other group members' opportunities to learn about reading instruction for upper elementary…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Educational Opportunities, Professional Development, Teacher Collaboration
Brownell, Mary T.; Benedict, Amber E.; Leko, Melinda M.; Peyton, David; Pua, Daisy; Richards-Tutor, Catherine – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
This article provides a framework and description of pedagogies that may be used in teacher preparation across a range of settings from college classrooms to P-12 settings to support teacher candidates as they learn to use high-leverage practices (HLPs). These "pedagogies of enactment" must include a continuum of opportunities to use…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education Programs
Leko, Melinda M.; Mundy, Charlotte A. – Preventing School Failure, 2012
The authors examined 3 secondary special education teachers' implementation of reading knowledge and strategies acquired during a 2-year preparation program. They collected and qualitatively analyzed interview and observation data to ascertain what strategies teachers used and why. Findings indicated that contextual factors (e.g., school-adopted…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Reading Difficulties
Brownell, Mary T.; Lauterbach, Alexandra A.; Dingle, Mary P.; Boardman, Alison G.; Urbach, Jennifer E.; Leko, Melinda M.; Benedict, Amber E.; Park, Yujeong – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
In this study, researchers operated from cognitive and situated perspectives to understand how individual qualities and contextual factors influenced elementary special education teachers' learning in a multifaceted professional development (PD) project, Literacy Learning Cohort, focused on word study and fluency instruction. Grounded theory…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Disabilities
Leko, Melinda M.; Brownell, Mary T.; Sindelar, Paul T.; Kiely, Mary Theresa – Exceptional Children, 2015
The authors consider the future of special education personnel preparation by responding to an overarching question: "What frameworks might teacher educators use as a basis to promote special education teacher effective performance now and in the future?" In answering this question, they summarize current trends in the context of…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
Dingle, Mary P.; Brownell, Mary T.; Leko, Melinda M.; Boardman, Alison Gould; Haager, Diane – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
This study examined the impact of contextual and individual factors on the implementation of professional development (PD) content in the area of word study and fluency by three upper-elementary special education teachers. The PD effort included an initial PD institute, monthly cohort meetings, an online community forum, coaching, and…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Reading Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development
Bishop, Anne G.; Brownell, Mary T.; Klingner, Janette K.; Leko, Melinda M.; Galman, Sally A. C. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010
Little research exists to help us understand why some beginning special education teachers of reading engage in more effective classroom practices than others. Factors that may influence these differences include personal attributes, preparation, and school environment. This mixed-methods study examined beginning special education teachers (N =…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Reading Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Leko, Melinda M.; Smith, Stephen W. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
The experiences that beginning special education teachers encounter moving from the pre-service environment into the first year of classroom teaching put them in a uniquely tenuous position that could lead to leaving the classroom after only a few years of teaching. District- and school-level administrators can influence the retention rates of…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Special Education, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
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