|
Reports on Federal, State and Local Issues Related to Personnel Development
These reports reflect the array of issues related to workforce development in special education and the related services nationwide. They will be updated and replaced periodically with more current reports that address similar issues.
Describing the Special Education Related Work Force:
Special Education Teachers
U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07
Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of IDEA
Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Annual Report made to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 2002
Educator Supply and Demand in the United States American Association for Employment in Education, 2004
Preparation of Highly Qualified Personnel:
The Secretary's Fourth Annual Report On Teacher Quality: A Highly Qualified Teacher In Every Classroom, 2005This report presents the most current national information provided by the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the outlying areas on the quality of novice teachers entering the education field.
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say – August 2003 What are the most effective strategies for educating and training the nation's teachers? This ECS report reviews the body of research on teacher preparation to ascertain what evidence the research truly provides and what its implications are for policy.
Recruitment of Highly Qualified Personnel:
A Shared Responsibility: Staffing All High-Poverty, Low-Performing Schools with Effective Teachers and Administrators by The Learning First Alliance, a partnership of 12 national education organizations.
This report that describes actions needed to help the nation's poorest and lowest-performing schools attract and retain qualified staff. The report outlines eight areas that educators must address in concert if they are to improve the ability of high-poverty, low-performing schools to attract and retain effective staff: funding, hiring and placement, incentives, policy coherence, preparation, professional support, school leadership, and working conditions.
Retention of Highly Qualified Staff:
Principals and Special Education: The Critical Role of School Leaders (PDF) Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE), 2003
Local Administrators Role in Promoting Teacher Quality Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002
Teacher Turnover, Teacher Shortages, and the Organization of Schools (PDF) by Richard Ingersoll, Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy Research Report, January 2001
Teacher Turnover and Teacher Shortages: an Organizational Analysis by Richard Ingersoll, American Educational Research Journal, Fall 2001
The Cost of Teacher Turnover (PDF) Texas Center for Educational Research, 2000
Diversity in the Work Force:
Assessment of Diversity in America’s Teaching Force: A Call to Action (PDF) NEA report on new research that indicates the need for a more diversified workforce to increase achievement of students from diverse backgrounds.
National Reports:
A High-Quality Teacher for Every Classroom (PDF) Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002
No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children - Full Report (PDF) Summary Report is also available (PDF) National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, January, 2003
Recruiting and Retaining High-Quality Teachers Study for Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE), 2002
A Blueprint to Recruit and Retain Special Education Teachers Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), CEC Today, Volume 9 No. 2, August 2002
Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action, 2004 (PDF) 68 pages – This report offers specific policy recommendations for bringing high quality teachers into every classroom.
|
