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"Earn as You Learn": An Innovative Master's Level Teacher Preparation Program in Behavior Disorders |
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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: |
H325H000108 |
Project Director: |
Hendrickson, Jo |
Organization: |
University of Iowa
College of Education, Div. of Sponsored Programs 100 Gilmore Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 522421320
319-335-5328 |
Beginning Date: |
2000-08-01 |
Ending Date: |
2003-07-31 |
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Abstract |
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Purpose: This "earn as you learn" teacher preparation program in behavior disorders (BD) combines innovative recruitment strategies and creative collaboration with schools to deliver a high-quality, field-based graduate program to impact paraeducator shortages in the short term and teacher shortages in the near future. The program is a collaborative effort among the University of Iowa Colleges of Education and Medicine and various educational agencies, businesses, and parents. |
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Method: The program will prepare a total of 50 master's level professionals to work in either elementary or secondary programs for students with behavior disorders. Candidates will be recruited from minority groups and individuals with disabilities. A full-time intensive field-based program with an "earn as you learn" component will be implemented in collaboration with two local education agencies, which will provide the BD teacher and paraeducator trainees. The university will identify community and school programs serving children with behavior disorders and their families and establish practicum experiences for the trainees. Practicum placements will be targeted for schools with the greatest diversity of children and highest poverty levels. |
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Children to benefit from this
project: |
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Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
Disability: |
Not Specified |
Severity of Disability: |
Not Specified |
Ethnicity: |
Minority (Non-specific) |
Geographic location: |
Not specified |
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Personnel Preparation Program Information: |
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Academic Degree to be Received: |
Masters |
Program Focus: |
Teachers |
Trainee Ethnicity: |
Minority (Non-specific) |
