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Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with High Incidence Disabilities |
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CFDA Number: |
84.325H |
Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities |
Competition Name: |
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with High-Incidence Disabilities |
Project Number: |
H325H000100 |
Project Director: |
Campbell, Margarett; Buckles-Whitmer, Donna |
Organization: |
Fort Peck Community College
P.O. Box 398,
Poplar, Montana 59255
406-768-5551 |
Beginning Date: |
2000-09-01 |
Ending Date: |
2003-08-31 |
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Abstract |
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Purpose: This project will reduce a severe shortage of fully licensed special education teachers and increase the number of qualified Native American special education teachers. The project will provide special education courses for teachers, teacher aids/instructional aids, staff, and administrators to assist with the delivery of education to students with multiple learning disabilities and the obvious effects of alcohol abuse. The project will further prepare the teacher training students with a quality special education and mentoring program that will supplement the existing teacher training efforts and implement specific provisions addressed in the Fort Peck Tribal Education Code. The Code states that education must be effective, appropriate for, and relevant to the reservation and help prepare students to perpetuate the tribes. |
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Method: The first priority for the implementation of the Code includes the establishment of a Tribal Tracking System. Stage I includes the tracking of enrolled members in the K-12 grade levels. Data will be collected from the five school districts. Stage II will include the collection of data from birth to death of all tribal enrolled members residing on the Fort Peck Reservation. The project will include the delivery of methods and material courses through the interactive television system from Rocky Mountain College to complete requirements for a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. In addition, the project will provide an endorsement in Special Education through an interactive television system delivered by Montana State University (MSU)-Billings, the only institution in the state of Montana that offers special education programs and degrees. A "Learning Development" master program will also be delivered through an interactive television system from MSU-Billings. |
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Children to benefit from this
project: |
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Age: |
Not specified |
Disability: |
Specific Learning Disabilities |
Severity of Disability: |
Mild |
Ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
Geographic location: |
Not Specified |
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Personnel Preparation Program Information: |
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Academic Degree to be Received: |
Bachelors, Masters |
Program Focus: |
Teachers, School Administrators, Related Services Personnel |
Trainee Ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
