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Burton, Louise F.; And Others – 1990
In the northern high desert region of San Bernardino County (California), about half of special education teachers do not hold special education credentials. In September 1988, the Desert-Mountain Rural Training Program began to provide appropriate training to uncredentialed special education teachers in this sparsely populated area. The program…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Lemke, June Canty – 1989
The needs of rural teachers differ significantly from those of teachers who begin their careers in urban and suburban districts, where staff and resources are more plentiful. Significant problems exist in finding and retaining rural teachers. This paper presents findings of a 1988 survey of 256 small or rural schools in four Southern California…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Continuing Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Roberts, Lily – 1988
The paper examines problems in the utilization of the Resource Specialist Teacher (RST) mandated by California law to serve handicapped students. The study evaluated whether the RST certificate mandate effectively altered the implementation of the least restrictive environment policy for disabled students in a rural area of northeastern…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consultants, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBernhardt, Victoria L.; Jensen, Mary Cihak – 1993
From September 1989 to August 1992, 151 intern-teachers participated in an alternative credential program to recruit, train, and support special education teachers in rural northeast California. Directed by California State University, Chico, in collaboration with school districts in its service area, the 2-year program was designed to alleviate…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Kissam, Ed – 1996
This paper examines the effectiveness of social services provided to Mexican immigrants in rural California. In addition, the paper offers recommendations for service delivery models and for rethinking the objectives of immigrant social policy. At the most basic level, current social program planning and associated analyses of policy options fail…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Role
Savelsbergh, Mary – 1995
California State University (CSU) at Chico developed a teacher credentialing program to provide culturally diverse, certified special education teachers for 12 rural counties in northern California. These counties are sparsely populated; include remote areas with difficult access; and contain large Hmong, Meo, American Indian, and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, College Programs, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Churchill, Lisa R.; Jensen, Mary C.; Cepello, Michelle – 2001
California State University, Chico, and 47 rural school districts in northeastern California collaborate on an on-the-job teacher preparation program designed to alleviate the shortage of qualified special education teachers and reduce teacher isolation. The university provides televised or Web-based courses, regional supervision, and separate…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
