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Increased Compensation: State and District Efforts to Stabilize and Strengthen the Educator Workforce
Content type: Webinar
In this session, you will hear from national experts and local practitioners about efforts across the country to reform teacher compensation, including specific actions to make the teaching profession more attractive and to retain effective teachers...
The Role of Teacher Residency in Strengthening and Diversifying the Special Education Workforce
Content type: Webinar
In this webinar, the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) will describe the components of the residency model and share the conditions that must be present to successfully implement a residency program. NCTR’s director of state and federal policy...
Establishing a Pipeline of Future Special Educators: Using Grow-Your-Own Programs to Recruit High School Students, Career Changers, and Paraprofessionals
Content type: Webinar
In this session, states and districts will learn about efforts to recruit high school students, career changers, and paraprofessionals into the profession, specifically to become special educators. The session will highlight Austin Peay State University’s...
Maintaining Quality: Georgia’s Alternative Pathway to Teacher Certification
Content type: Webinar
In this session participants will hear from the Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy, Georgia’s alternative pathway to teacher certification, as speakers describe its efforts to implement a rigorous, job-embedded teacher preparation program...
Educator Preparation Innovation: Creating Pathways to Strengthen Recruitment
Content type: Webinar
This session will highlight innovation occurring among educator preparation programs to recruit individuals into the profession and to prepare and support them. Educator preparation programs engaged in the CEEDAR-supported, American Association of Colleges...
The Power of Collaboration: Partnering to Support and Retain Novice Educators
Content type: Webinar
In this session, participants will hear from Metro West GLRS and Cobb County Schools as they share how they are partnering together to collaboratively implement the Georgia Teacher/Provider Retention Program (GA-TPRP) with their novice teachers...
Leveraging Federal Funds to Strengthen and Support the Educator Workforce
Content type: Webinar
In this session, staff from Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will review how grantees can leverage federal funds to attract, prepare, and retain an effective and diverse workforce by...
Eileen McCarthy
Content type: 100 Stories
Posted:
13 January, 2022
Eileen McCarthy is a Special Education Teacher at Riverside Magnet School in East Hartford, CT. She received her B.A. from Boston College; J.D. from New York University; and M.A. in Special Education from the University of Connecticut. Before teaching, she...
Castaways on Gilligan’s Island: Minoritized Special Education Teachers of Color Advocating for Equity
Content type: Journal Article
Teachers of color in special education often report feeling isolated in their work environments, affecting their sense of belonging and decision to stay in their positions. Although these teachers struggle with their identity in majority-White workplaces...
High- and Average-Achieving Students' Perceptions of Disabilities and of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms
Content type: Journal Article
This study investigates attitudes toward disability held by children with disabilities and average- and high-achieving children, and the latter two groups' experiences in inclusive elementary classrooms. Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Form-Scale (ATDP...