Presentations

COPSSE researchers present their research findings at national and other conferences.

Date	Type	Title/Description	Download
11/10/2006	Presentation	"You Know What Works and What Doesn't:" How Special Education Teachers Individualize Instruction for Their Students Presents COPSSE study of beginning special education teachers' reading practices with a focus on how teachers individualize instruction in their classrooms.	PDF
11/08/2006	Presentation	Alternative Route Programs for Certification in Special Education: What We Know About Program Design, Instructional Delivery, and Participant Characteristics Provides recent findings from initial and secondary analyses of a comprehensive database of alternative route special education preparation programs.	PDF
04/19/2007	Presentation	Alternative Routes to Certification Provides further findings from the analyses of alternative route special education preparation programs.	PDF
11/15/2003	Presentation	An Analysis of Alternatively Prepared Teachers Using the Schools and Staffing Survey Describes demographics of special education teachers who prepared through alternative certification routes.	PDF
10/29/2005	Presentation	An Examination of Beginning Teacher Instruction in Special Education: Instructional Reading Practices that Result in Student Engagement Describes COPSSE research on beginning special education teachers' instructional reading practices that result in varying degrees of student engagement.	PDF
04/06/2005	Presentation	Beginning Teacher Quality Describes elements of teacher quality and the impact of legislation on teacher supply.	PDF
10/01/2004	Presentation	Beginning Teacher Quality in Special Education—Implications for Initial Preparation Describes the practices of beginning special education teachers and relates them to student engagement.	PDF
02/04/2005	Presentation	Beginning Teacher Quality Study Presents COPSSE research outcomes on effective beginning special education teacher instructional practices that promote student reading achievement.	PDF
04/19/2007	Presentation	Changing the Way We Do Business: Technology and Teacher Education Discusses the role of technology in teacher education and its future implications for the field of special education.	PDF
06/01/2003	Presentation	COPSSE Overview Provides an overview of the COPSSE center.	PDF
11/08/2006	Presentation	Cost Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation Routes Presents findings from University of Florida and Johns Hopkins University researchers concerning their study of cost and cost effectiveness with a focus on alternative routes and their design.	PDF
11/10/2006	Presentation	Defining Teacher Quality in Special Education: What We Have Learned About Teaching Reading? Presents findings from two COPSSE studies aimed at understanding the knowledge and classroom practices of 30 beginning special education teachers, and a larger pool of 60 special education teachers who varied in classroom practice.	PDF
04/07/2006	Presentation	Defining Teacher Quality in Special Education: Understanding the Practices, Knowledge and Beliefs of Effective Special Education Teachers Presents continued COPSSE research on effective beginning special education teacher instructional practices that promote student reading achievement.	PDF
04/17/2004	Presentation	Findings from Studies of Beginning Teacher Quality and Preparation Alternatives Overviews COPSSE research findings.	PDF
10/01/2002	Presentation	Growing and Improving the Special Education Teacher Workforce: Balancing Competing Demands Describes factors that contribute to teacher shortages in special education.	PDF
04/06/2006	Presentation	How Can You Be an Effective Special Education Teacher? Portraits of Literacy Expertise Presents COPSSE research on highly effective special education reading teachers by examining their practices, beliefs, knowledge, and personal attributes.	PDF
11/01/2003	Presentation	Indexing and Describing Alternative Routes to Certification Describes the breadth and depth of alternative route special education certification routes.	PDF
04/19/2007	Presentation	Linking Teacher Quality and Teacher Preparation Presents findings from two COPSSE studies aimed at understanding the knowledge and classroom practices of 33 beginning special education teachers and a larger pool of 62 special education teachers who varied in classroom practice.	PDF
04/01/2005	Presentation	*Meeting No Child Left Behind’s Highly Qualified Requirement Via Alternative Route Training: Opportunities and Pitfalls* Considers evidence showing effectiveness of special education preparation routes.	PDF
11/18/2003	Presentation	Optimal Investments in Special Education Teacher Preparation Reports findings from a cost effectiveness analysis of special education preparation options.	PDF
04/19/2007	Presentation	Preparing Teachers for the Growing English Language Learner Population Addresses the need to prepare regular and special education teachers to work with the increasing number of English Language Learners found in today’s classrooms.	PDF
11/09/2006	Presentation	Special Education Teacher Attrition: What We Know, What We Can Do Explores the effects of teacher characteristics and preparation, teacher recruitment and induction, work assignment factors, and personal influences on teachers’ career decisions.	PDF
11/09/2006	Presentation	Special Education Teacher Education: An Update Presents overviews of research in the areas of special education teacher supply and demand; attrition and retention; initial preparation and beginning teacher quality; technology applications in teacher education; the current status of alternative route preparation and teacher preparation cost effectiveness.	PDF
04/01/2004	Presentation	Special Educator Supply and Teacher Quality: The Critical Role of Teacher Induction Discusses the potential of induction programs to reduce teacher shortages and increase teacher quality.	PDF
11/13/2003	Presentation	Studies of Beginning Teacher Instruction in Special Education Describes beginning special education teachers' efforts to teach reading, with implications for teacher education.	PDF
10/29/2005	Presentation	Teacher Education in the 21st Century: Issues and Research Insights for Special Education Teacher Education Provides research insights and examines various issues related to special education teacher education in the 21st Century.	PDF
04/10/2003	Presentation	Teacher Education: What Difference Does it Make? Presents teacher preparation effectiveness information gleaned from COPSSE syntheses.	PDF
06/01/2004	Presentation	Teacher Quality, Initial Preparation, and Meeting the No Child Left Behind Highly Qualified Mandate Addresses issues concerning teacher quality and preparation.	PDF
11/14/2003	Presentation	Teacher Supply and Teacher Quality: Effective Policies and Strategies Discusses factors contributing to special education teacher shortages.	PDF
04/19/2007	Presentation	Teacher Turnover in Special Education Provides research insights and examines various trends related to special education teacher shortages and teacher turnover trends.	PDF
11/10/2006	Presentation	Technology and Teacher Education Presents study findings from the University of Kansas and the Kansas Infinitec Coalition concerning issues central to technology integration and assistive technology solutions for students with disabilities.	PDF
11/10/2006	Presentation	The Supply of Teachers from Traditional and Alternative Preparation Routes in Special and General Education Discusses the productivity and adequacy of a variety of teacher sources to address the need for developing a highly qualified national teaching force in both special and general education.	PDF
10/03/2005	Presentation	Traditional and Test-Only Routes to Special Education: How Experiences and School Variables Influence Classroom Practice Examines how experiences and school variables influence special education classroom practice.	PDF
11/01/2004	Presentation	Update: Related Service Providers, Program Design, and Teacher Quality and Student Outcomes Describes COPSSE research agenda and ongoing studies.	PDF
04/02/2006	Presentation	What Do High Quality Special Education Teachers Know and Do to Improve Reading Achievement? Presents COPSSE research outcomes on effective beginning and experienced special education teacher instructional practices that promote student reading achievement.	PDF
11/08/2006	Presentation	What do High Quality Special Education Teachers Know and Do to Improve Reading Achievement? Presents COPSSE research outcomes on effective beginning and experienced special education teacher instructional practices that promote student reading achievement.	PDF
04/01/2003	Presentation	What Does Highly Qualified Mean and How Do We Get There? Describes COPSSE efforts to measure beginning teacher quality.	PDF