Who We Are

We are the National Center to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Personnel for Children with Disabilities (Personnel Improvement Center), a federally-funded technical assistance and dissemination project, created on October 1, 2008 and maintained through a cooperative agreement, H325C080001, between the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Project Officer: Maryann McDermott. Read more.

Our Mission

Working to increase the nation's capacity to recruit, prepare and retain diverse highly qualified special educators, early intervention and related service providers.

If you are interested in pursuing collaborative work with the Personnel Improvement Center, please contact us at 1-866-BECOME1.