To be eligible for HECSE membership, colleges and universities must
operate special education personnel preparation programs, offer Graduate - level special education teacher preparation programs, prepare special education leadership personnel at the doctoral level; and have at least five full - time faculty members with doctorates in special education or similar field.
Support for recruitment, preparation, and retention of
special education personnel at all levels (e.g., special education teachers, teacher educators, classroom researchers, program administrators);
Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) as part of a national assessment of IDEA, the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE) analyzed conditions in special education services, qualifications of current special educators, and origins of nationwide shortages
in special education personnel.
Teachers who are not provided with additional training and with the support
of special education personnel, they told me, have neither the time nor the specialized skills necessary to adapt curriculum or to develop activities that encourage appropriate social interaction.
Speak to your child's teachers, other parents,
special education personnel, advocates in your area, and most importantly to your child, and try to gauge what setting would be the most productive, most beneficial, most stimulating and least threatening place for your child to learn.
«We rely on psychologists, counselors, and
special education personnel, but there is overwhelming need,» she says.
Those individuals within a district include: gifted and talented students; their teachers, parents, and program personnel; regular classroom teachers; school administrators; psychologists and psychometricians; guidance counselors and curriculum specialists; librarians and media consultants; school board members; and
special education personnel.
Shortly before the ISBE report was issued, CPS said it will spend about $ 30 million next school year to return to its past method of assigning schools specific numbers of
special education personnel and fill dozens of new classroom jobs.
The second allows districts to reduce the MoE level if the reduction in expenditures is related to employment - related benefits provided to
special education personnel (such as pay, retirement contributions, health insurance) as long as the reduction does not result in a decline in the provision of special education services to students.
-- School Counselors (PK - 12)-- Principals — Classroom Principals —
Special Education Personnel — School Administrators — Deans — Psychologists
The National Educational Psychological Service Agency (NEPS) have developed these guidelines and a complimentary resource pack for teachers to present the continuum of assessment and intervention processes which acknowledges the central role of the class teacher supported as appropriate by the school's
special education personnel and by agencies external to the school.
counselors, social workers, school psychologists, behavior specialists,
special education personnel, community partners
Potential facilitators: counselors, social workers, school psychologists, behavior specialists,
special education personnel, community partners