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What Do We Actually Know about the Four-Day School Week?
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Heyward, Georgia – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2018
The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been studying the four-day school week since 2015. Since then, the phenomenon of the four-day school week has spread into non-rural areas and interest appears to be growing. Given these apparent changes, the author wanted to know more about recent trends in the initiative. As districts continue…
Descriptors: School Schedules, School Districts, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America: A Scan of Policy and Practice in K-12 Education
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Gemin, Butch; Smith, Barbara; Vashaw, Lauren; Watson, John; Harrington, Chris; LeBlanc, Elizabeth S. – Evergreen Education Group, 2018
Many reports on rural education give little attention to digital learning. At most, they tend to note either infrastructure needs or the potential of remote course access, with little focus on instruction, outcomes, or exemplars. This report intends to begin correcting that imbalance by connecting the dots between rural regions, rural education,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Strategies, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Utilizing Paraeducators as Links to Their Communities: A Training Package for Use with Teacher/Paraeducator Teams and in the Pre-Service Training of Teachers.
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Hermanson, Michael J.; Peterson, Michael D.; Sampson, Marsha; Hoagland, Tina – 2003
To deliver training and continuing education for education personnel in a large rural state, Montana has decentralized its Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) by forming five regional councils. The Montana Center on Disabilities developed a statewide training program for using paraeducators as liaisons to communities to enhance…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Higher Education, Intermediate Administrative Units, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Keeping Qualified Special Educators under the Big Sky.
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Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E.; Christensen, Linda; Burdge, Jolene – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1999
Montana developed an alternative certification program for special educators in response to severe personnel shortages in rural schools. Program strengths include 2 years of mentoring and flexibility in delivery that allows participants to earn certification while working. Evaluation results are presented along with suggested improvements, which…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education
Keeping Qualified Special Educators under the Big Sky.
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Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E.; Christensen, Linda – 1998
In response to a shortage of special education teachers in Montana, a pilot emergency endorsement program (Office of Public Instruction Special Education Endorsement Project) was initiated in 1987. During 1988-97, the program enrolled 110 students, all of whom were simultaneously employed as teachers. Of these, 71 completed the program and…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
OPI Special Education Endorsement Project: A State-University Partnership.
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Burdge, Jolene A.; Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E.; Christensen, Linda – Rural Educator, 2003
An evaluation of Montana's alternative certification program for special education teachers surveyed 117 current students, graduates, mentors, and administrators. Results indicated appreciation for the program but perceived needs for more instruction in severe disabilities, behavior management, development of individualized education programs, and…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Distance Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education