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Direct linkMuller, Eve – National Center to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Personnel for Children with Disabilities, 2011
In response to high rates of attrition, increasing numbers of states and localities are developing mentoring programs as a means of retaining qualified special education personnel. Based on examples drawn from around the country, including states and localities with which the Personnel Improvement Center (PIC) has worked, this practice brief…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disabilities, Special Education, Teacher Persistence
Muller, Eve – National Center to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Personnel for Children with Disabilities, 2011
Critical to any comprehensive plan for addressing personnel shortages in the field of special education is the gathering of data on supply and demand at the state and local education agency (LEA) levels. Many states now conduct regular supply and demand studies in order to inform decisions regarding the recruitment, preparation and retention of…
Descriptors: Personnel Needs, Teacher Supply and Demand, Disabilities, School Districts
Muller, Eve – National Center to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Personnel for Children with Disabilities, 2011
As communication technologies continue to evolve at an ever-expanding rate, some states and localities are turning to new social media tools as a means of recruiting and retaining qualified education personnel. Based on examples from around the country drawn from early intervention (EI) programs, state education agencies (SEAs), local education…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Early Intervention, Disabilities, School Districts
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
Recruitment and retention of qualified education personnel remains an ongoing challenge and all 50 states have reported teacher shortages for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years. Although there was some variation from state to state in terms of which types of personnel were most difficult to recruit and retain, a shortage of qualified special…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Shortage, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Muller, Eve; Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2007
Teacher shortages have been steadily increasing across the nation, particularly in the field of special education. According to analyses conducted by the Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE), reasons for this include the fact that veteran special education teachers are retiring at a faster rate than new teachers are being…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers
Muller, Eve; Burdette, Paula – Project Forum, 2007
Recent research demonstrates that teacher quality has a greater impact on student achievement than any other educational factor. Yet there is concern that overall teacher quality is variable, and hard-to-staff schools (i.e., high poverty and minority schools) have an even more difficult time recruiting and retaining quality teachers. The No Child…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
