Workforce Watches

Workforce Watch is a series of policy briefs that present key findings and offer research-based policy recommendations. Topics include supply and demand, teacher licensure and certification, teacher quality, quality preparation, related services, and alternative certification routes.

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02/01/2005 Workforce Watch

Growing and Improving the Special Education Teacher Workforce—A Focus on Beginning Teachers Can Help

  • Suggests strategies for supporting beginning teachers and describes three promising induction programs.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Are All Special Education Teacher Preparation Routes Equal? What States Should Know About Alternative Route Certification Programs

  • Overviews alternative certification route program elements and describes indicators of promising programs.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Getting Teachers Where They Are Needed Most—Can License Reciprocity Facilitate Mobility?

  • Discusses the limited potential of license reciprocity agreements to alleviate special education teacher shortages.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Are All Special Education Teacher Preparation Routes Equal? What District Administrators Should Know About Alternative Route Certification Programs

  • Overviews alternative certification route program elements and describes indicators of promising programs.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Diversifying the Special Education Workforce—District Recruitment and Retention Strategies

  • Overviews supply needs for teachers from diverse backgrounds and suggests recruitment and retention strategies.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Making Sense of Licensure—What Research Says About Current Trends

  • Provides national overviews of state licensure requirements and trends.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Special Education Administrators—What Should Districts Know About New Candidates?

  • Overviews shortages, preparation, certification, and licensure for special education administrators.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

An Insufficient Supply and a Growing Demand for Qualified Related Service Personnel: Are School Districts Prepared?

  • Overviews shortage issues for physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and audiologists.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

An Insufficient Supply and a Growing Demand for Qualified Special Education Personnel: What School Districts Should Know

  • Overviews special education personnel shortage issues facing school districts.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

An Insufficient Supply and a Growing Demand for Qualified Special Education Personnel: What State Policymakers Should Know

  • Overviews special education personnel shortage issues facing states.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Paraprofessionals: What You Should Know About Ensuring a Highly Qualified Workforce

  • Discusses retention considerations and how to ensure paraprofessionals are qualified.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

A Dwindling Supply of Qualified Personnel of Students with Visual Impairments and Blindness—What States Should Know

  • Overviews shortage issues and suggests state level strategies for increasing supply.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

An Insufficient Supply and a Growing Demand for Qualified Special Education Teachers: What School Districts Should Know

  • Overviews shortage issues related to special education personnel and suggests district level strategies.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

An Insufficient Supply and a Growing Demand for Qualified Special Education Teachers: What State Policymakers Can Do

  • Describes special education teacher shortages and suggests state level strategies.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Retaining Qualified Special Education Teachers—Understanding Why Teachers Leave and What Principals Can Do About It

  • Describes factors associated with special education teachers who leave teaching and offers retention strategies for principals.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Retaining Qualified Special Education Teachers—Understanding Why Teachers Leave and What School Districts Can Do About It

  • Describes factors associated with special education teachers who leave teaching and offers retention strategies for school districts.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Shortages and Demographic Changes Require New Approaches—The Preparation of Qualified Deaf Education Teachers: What States Should Know

  • Considers how demographics of deaf and hard of hearing students affect teacher quality and preparation.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Diversifying the Special Education Workforce—It Starts with Recruitment into Teacher Preparation Programs

  • Describes challenges faced by individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as they enter teacher education programs.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Exemplary Features of Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs

  • Discusses how special educators might use features of exemplary teacher education programs to enhance their own programs.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Measuring Beginning Teacher Quality in Special Education—A Summary of Research Models

  • Overviews five models for measuring beginning special education teacher quality.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

Retaining and Supporting First Year Teachers—Have You Considered the Elements of Successful Induction and Mentoring Programs?

  • Overviews features that can enhance the success of induction programs and mentoring arrangements.
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02/01/2004 Workforce Watch

School Leadership and Special Education—What Principals Should Know.

  • Describes the principal’s role in ensuring that students with disabilities achieve high standards.
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