Search for Personnel Preparation ProgramsState Level Practices to Recruit, Prepare and Retain Special Educators and Related Service Providers
State Case Studies on Best Practices
State-Initiated Grow Your Own Programs
In this case study you will learn how three states are supporting initiatives that will produce new qualified special education personnel from within their own communities. Read the study here.
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice (NCIPP) Releases Description of Model Induction Programs
NCIPP created program descriptions for three innovative districts with induction and mentoring programs targeted at beginning special education teachers. Program descriptions were the result of extensive interviews with mentors, beginning teachers, principals and program administrators, as well as program data analysis and videos of mentoring sessions.
A Multi-State Webinar on State Level Practices
The Personnel Improvement Center and Project Forum presented a free webinar on State Level Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Special Education and Related Service Personnel on February 22, 2011. There were 190 participants who heard state level staff from AZ, CA, KS, LA, NC, ND, SC and UT discuss 10 strategies they have found effective in recruiting and retaining personnel. Below is the webinar presentation, other supporting documents and resources, including the survey and interview reports that have more detailed information than is covered in the webinar slides.
Click here to view presentation.
New Publications from PIC and Project Forum
Arizona Resources
North Carolina Resources for Higher Education Recruitment Campaigns
South Carolina Resources
- South Carolina Project CREATE Materials
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South Carolina Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, & Advancement (CERRA)
The purpose of the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, & Advancement (CERRA) is to provide leadership in identifying, attracting, placing and retaining well-qualified individuals for the teaching profession in our state. In doing so, CERRA will respond to changing needs for teachers from underrepresented populations, in critical subject fields and in under-served geographical areas in South Carolina. The Center will work cooperatively with other organizations to promote the teaching profession.
California Resources
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TEACH California
This site provides you with the information you need in order to become a credentialed teacher in California. It is an excellent example of a state website that features a lot of information about how to become a special education teacher.
State Presentations at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Program's Mega Leadership Conference: August 2010
Staff from the Louisiana DOE presented a review of the Department's best practices in recruiting, preparing and retaining special educators and related service providers.
Staff from the Maryland DOE presented a review of the Department’s best practices in recruiting, preparing and retaining special educators and related service providers.
Staff from the North Carolina DOE presented a review of the Department’s best practices in recruiting, preparing and retaining special educators and related service providers.
