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Project PROMOTE: Preparing Paraeducators for Teaching Positions in Special Education

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:	H325H010088
Project Director:	Vasa, Stanley F.; Scheffler, Marilyn L.
Organization:	University of Nebraska Special Education, 318 Barkley Center Lincoln, Nebraska 685830738 402-472-5994
Beginning Date:	2001-09-01
Ending Date:	2005-08-31

Abstract

Purpose: This project will address critical shortages of special education teachers by preparing paraeducators with baccalaureate degrees in areas other than special education for certification in Mild/Moderate Disabilities (MMD). Project PROMOTE will recruit 32 paraeducators, 16 per two-year cycle, to enable them to obtain MMD certification.

Method: The MMD Certification Checklist will be used to determine coursework needed by paraeducators participating in the project; following the analysis, a program of study will be developed for each participant. The program of study will include courses in the MMD program, a seminar, Web-based coursework and other alternative instructional methodologies, and practica. The project will develop partnerships with inner city and rural schools to deliver preservice training to special education paraeducators who wish to become certified in MMD, with special emphasis on skills for working in inclusive classrooms with high rates of poverty and large numbers of students from underrepresented groups.

Children to benefit from this project:

Age:	Elementary/Middle, Secondary
Disability:	Not Specified
Severity of Disability:	Mild, Moderate
Ethnicity:	Minority (Non-specific)
Geographic location:	Inner City, Rural

Personnel Preparation Program Information:

Academic Degree to be Received:	Certificate, Masters
Program Focus:	Teachers
Trainee Ethnicity:	Minority (Non-specific)

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