Search for Personnel Preparation ProgramsAttracting, Developing and Supporting New and Existing Personnel
The Personnel Improvement Center delivers on-site consultation and training to states in need of assistance in hiring and retaining new and experienced, qualified personnel. This service is delivered by Dr. George Ann Rice, a service provider for the Center, and directed at the local level. It involves on-site meetings with identified personnel and special education directors in up to three high-need locales, as identified by the state agency. Two on-site visits are made to each locale in the state and a third visit provides an opportunity for training for all interested districts through a state-wide one-day meeting. Best practices in recruitment and retention are integrated into the local plans and ongoing conference calls ensure successful plan implementation.
Download the state practices questionnaire and service work plan used with this service.
View the Center’s Attracting, Developing and Supporting New and Existing Personnel webcast and power point presentation.
View other documents related to this service:
Kentucky working conditions survey
Keeping Quality Teachers Retention Guide
Learn how states and local programs are recruiting and retaining early intervention, special education and related services personnel
On November 7, 2011 the PIC and Oklahoma State Department of Education shared how they are building a support network for new special education directors, which includes leadership institutes, webinars with follow-up blog discussions, and mentoring by veteran directors. Network goals include the development and retention of special education directors to ensure that they are able to attract, support and retain highly-qualified, highly-effective special education teachers. Additional resources are below:
- Mentor Training Agenda
- Directors' Competencies
- Directors' Roles and Responsibilities
- Proposed Topics for Webinars and Discussions for 2011-2012
Assessing and Improving Teaching Conditions to Maximize Teacher Effectiveness and Retention
View Ed Hirsch's September 2010 presentation to the National Coalition on Personnel Shortages in Special Education and Related Services here!
Challenges and Solutions to Recruiting and Retaining Part C Personnel-July2010
The Personnel Improvement Center (PIC) and NECTAC presented a one-hour webinar on evidence-based strategies for recruiting and retaining Early Intervention Personnel, featuring Dr. George Ann Rice and Rachel Moyer-Trimyer, state liaison to the PIC’s work from the Texas Part C lead agency. This webinar presented the work being done at the state and local level to assist states in recruiting, preparing and retaining EI specialists, including SLPs, OTs and PTs.
VIEW NOW! PIC Webinar on October 21, 2010
The Personnel Improvement Center (PIC), the National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development (NCIPP), the National Association for Elementary School Principals (NAESP) and the National Coalition on Personnel Shortages in Special Education and the Related Services co-sponsored a free webinar on October 21, 2010 at 3pm EST on the principal's role in supporting mentoring programs for special education teachers at the building level. The staff from NCIPP discussed this highly effective strategy for developing and retaining special education teachers in schools.
Where is the Research Headed?
The National Center to Inform Policy and Practice (NCIPP) in Special Education Professional Development recently published a brief summarizing the literature base about special education induction. NCIPP’s brief summarizes potential research areas that could help the special education induction knowledge base.
