The following OSEP personnel preparation grant programs train paraeductors or work to transition paraeducators to fully certified special education teachers:
Preparation of Bilingual (Spanish-English) Speech-Language Pathologists and Paraprofessionals to Serve Preschool and Elementary-Aged Children with Communication Disorders
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Director : Wilcox, M. Jeanne
480-965-9397
mjwilcox@asu.edu
The Partnership for Progress: Low Incidence Population
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Director : Gavilan, Marisal; Fernandez, Alberto
305-348-2097
gavilanm@fiu.edu
Pacific Basin RSA Training Project
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Director : Stodden, Robert; Kelly, Dotty
808-956-9199
stodden@hawaii.edu;
dotty@hawaii.edu
Chief Dull Knife College Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions Project
Chief Dull Knife College
Lame Deer, Montana
Director : Davis, Judith D.
406-477-6215
jdavis@cdkc.edu
Educational Interpreting and Research Project
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Director : Shroyer, Edgar
336-334-5845
ehshroye@uncg.edu
Project EPIC (Educating Paraprofessionals in Our Communities)
University of Texas - El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Director : Hammond, Helen
915-747-7642
hhammond@utep.edu
Building a Supportive Training Structure for Paraeducators Working with Students with High Incidence Disabilities
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Director : Wall, Shavaun
202-319-5800
walls@cua.edu
Associate of Arts Degree in Paraeducation with an Emphasis on Special Education
White Earth Tribal and Community College
Mahnomen, Minnesota
Director : Parsons, Sandra J.
218-935-0417
sanjo84@hotmail.com
Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Rural Special Education Personnel, Focusing on Teachers on Emergency Certificates, Paraprofessionals, and Community College Graduates
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas
Director : Jephson, Melanie
936-468-2549
mjephson@sfasu.edu
Para-Educators in Pinal County (PEP-C)
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona
Director : Schiller, Marjorie
520-876-1935
marjorie_schiller@python.cac.cc.az.us
Paraeducator to Educator: A School-University Preservice Partnership Program
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Director : Albright, Leonard
562-985-8103
lenalb@aol.com
The Long Beach Paraeducator Partnership Project
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Director : Hutten-Eagle, Cynthia
562-985-4688
chutten@csulb.edu
Earn as You Learn: An Innovative Master's Level Teacher Preparation Program in Behavior Disorders
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Director : Hendrickson, Jo
319-335-5328
jo-hendrickson@uiowa.edu
Project PROMOTE: Preparing Paraeducators for Teaching Positions in Special Education
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Director : Vasa, Stanley F.; Scheffler, Marilyn L.
402-472-5994
svasa@unl.edu;
mscheffler1@unl.edu
Visionary Para to Professional Educator Project
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Director : White, Richard B.
704-687-2623
rbwhite@email.uncc.edu
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with High Incidence Disabilities
Fort Peck Community College
Poplar, Montana
Director : Campbell, Margarett; Buckles-Whitmer, Donna
406-768-5551
margiec@fpcc.cc.mt.us
