ERIC Number: EJ1446121
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 11
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Increasing Enrollment and Diversity in Special Education Preparation through Grow Your Own Programs
Tiara Saufley Brown; Benjamin S. Riden
Journal of Special Education Preparation, v3 n2 p26-36 2023
Although the teacher education shortage is at an all-time high across the United States, particularly in the field of Special Education, an innovative, multitiered approach can help colleges and universities address this scarcity. Teacher preparation programs can bolster their recruitment, training, and delivery of high-quality special educators while also focusing on diversifying the special education teacher workforce. This paper will present a step-by-step approach to address the special education teacher shortage through a Grow Your Own Model. Using this approach as a blueprint for success, systems of higher education can help address the current special education teacher shortage crisis.
Descriptors: Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment, Diversity, Higher Education, Educational Finance, State Aid
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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