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October 12, 2020 By Karen Graham-Cannon

2020 Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Virtual Summit

Attract, Prepare, Retain: OSEP National Summit on Improving Effective Personnel for Children with Disabilities

October 27–29, 2020

The event host and moderator is Laurie VanderPloeg, OSEP Director, U.S. Department of Education.

Learn more about this event.

Tuesday October 27, 2020:  Panel on Attracting Effective Personnel  

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020: Panel on Preparing Effective Personnel

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Thursday, October 29, 2020: Panel on Retaining Effective Personnel

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Filed Under: News, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: OSEP, OSEP Summit

February 21, 2020 By Haley Blum

California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage

Naomi Ondrasek, Desiree Carver-Thomas, Caitlin Scott, Linda Darling-Hammond

Originally posted by the Learning Policy Institute

California is in the midst of a severe and deepening shortage of special education teachers—and it is not alone. The field of special education at large has long been plagued by persistent shortages of fully certified teachers, in large part due to a severe drop in teacher education enrollments and high attrition for special educators. As a result, students with disabilities who often have the greatest needs are frequently taught by the least qualified teachers.

To better understand the nature of the shortage in California, and what can be done about it, the Learning Policy Institute released California’s Special Education Teacher Shortage. 

Read the full article.

Filed Under: News, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: Short Supply, Special Education

February 21, 2020 By Haley Blum

Watch Video of ASHA Town Hall on Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining School-Based SLPs

Video recordings and slides from the 2019 ASHA Schools Virtual Town Hall, the second installment in the town hall series, are now available.

The event featured a moderator and panel to address the need to expand the school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) workforce. Panelists presented innovative strategies and solutions to attract, prepare, and retain school-based SLPs. View presentation slides and video from the event.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention Tagged With: School Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Town Hall

November 5, 2019 By Haley Blum

Free Toolkit Helps Address Special Education Teacher Shortages Locally

A new, free toolkit is now available to help lead state and district teams through a collaborative process in developing a comprehensive approach for addressing special education teacher shortages.

The toolkit, “Educator Shortages in Special Education: Toolkit for Developing Local Strategies,” is a collaborative effort between the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders and the Collaborative for Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform, both funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).

The free resource is organized around a facilitation guide and three supporting tools. Aligned with current efforts from OSEP, the collaborative process featured in the toolkit intentionally examines shortages across the entire career continuum—from attracting to preparing to retaining teachers—so that all students with disabilities have access to effective teachers.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: Special Education, Toolkit

November 5, 2019 By Haley Blum

Get Resources and Solutions to Attract, Prepare, and Retain School-Based SLPs

Please join the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for the 2019 ASHA Schools Virtual Town Hall, “Attract, Prepare, and Retain School-Based SLPs,” on Monday, December 9, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., EST. This free livestream event will feature a moderator and panel to address the need to expand the school-based SLP workforce.

Town Hall participants will learn from school-based SLPs, school district decision makers, and state education departments about strategies to attract, prepare, and retain school-based SLPs. Attendees will be able to ask questions and comment during the event. Register today.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention Tagged With: School Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Town Hall

August 16, 2019 By Haley Blum

2019 OSEP Symposia Series to Focus on Preparing, Retaining, Attracting Personnel to Serve Children With Disabilities

This year’s Symposia Series from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will focus on strategies to attract, prepare, and retain effective personnel — general and special education teachers, early childhood personnel, and related services providers — who have the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective instruction, interventions, supports, and services to children with disabilities.

Filed Under: News, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: OSEP Symposia Series

June 28, 2019 By Haley Blum

Schools Struggle to Find Therapists

James D. Wolf, Jr.

Originally posted by the Monticello Herald Journal, June 26, 2019

Speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists and even school psychologists are scarce, and they tend to go to clinics and hospitals, which pay more.

Read the full article.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, School Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists

April 18, 2019 By Haley Blum

Nationwide Shortage of School Nurses Called a ‘Crisis’ That May Be Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk

Originally posted by CBS News, April 11, 2019

Only three out of five schools across the country have full-time school nurses often forcing school administrators, with no medical training, to step in and provide some level of care. Over the past several years, multiple children have died after facing medical emergencies in their schools when no nurse was on duty.

Read the full article.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention Tagged With: Nursing, School Nurses

March 15, 2019 By Haley Blum

Full-Time School Nurses in Short Supply

Robbie Feinberg
Originally posted by Marketplace.org, February 13, 2019

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, rates of diseases like diabetes and epilepsy have surged in children over the past few decades. Mental health needs have increased. Despite this, a 2018 study in the Journal of School Nursing found that fewer than 40 percent of schools employ full-time school nurses.

Read the full article.

Filed Under: News, Recruitment, Retention Tagged With: Nursing, School Nurses, Short Supply

February 26, 2019 By Haley Blum

An Administrator—and Former SLP—Shares His Perspective on the LA Teachers’ Strike

Kyle Epps
Originally posted by Leader Live, February 13, 2019

A new Los Angeles Unified School District contract includes improvements such as workspace for itinerant employees, a caseload/workload taskforce, revised language on caseload limits, and a commitment from the union and the school district to work together to increase funding for special education services and staff.

Read the full article.

Filed Under: News, Special Education Shortages Tagged With: Audiologists, Special Education, Speech-Language Pathologists, Strikes

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