With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.
This resource describes ways to enhance early childhood preparation programs to prepare high-quality personnel to serve students with disabilities. It highlights a sequence of activities...
The Coalition for Teacher Quality includes over 100 organizations, over a dozen of which are centered on students with disabilities. This series of briefs aims...
This program works to recruit, retain, and develop certified African American male teachers in schools and content areas where they are highly underrepresented, particularly in...
This report analyzes data on special education and STEM teacher shortages in Washington State and outlines a number of potential solutions at the school, district...
This segment of AACTE's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion video series highlights three approaches that AACTE is taking to address the shortage of highly qualified special...
This report summarizes responses to a series of focus groups of educators of color in various areas, including special educators, and case studies of the...
This report offers recommendations for stakeholders to build stronger early childhood provider preparation and development through five strategies: redefine credentials, rethink degree attainment, optimize practice-based...
This webinar, hosted by Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (REL Midwest), highlights evidence-based strategies to support increased retention rates for Black educators and help improve educational...
The Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) is a system for implementing strategies and activities for the recruitment and retention of early childhood service providers...
This presentation, conducted by ECPC and Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), provides an overview of the research and data related to early childhood special education...
The Teach Iowa Scholar Program (TIS) offers loan repayment assistance for a maximum of five years for teachers in designated shortage areas, including the areas...
In partnership with the Connecticut State Department of Education, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority offers teachers in state-identified shortage areas, such as comprehensive special education...
This guidebook supports Connecticut districts to create, implement and sustain initiatives for the selection and hiring of high-quality and diverse educator candidates. It includes a...
This interactive dashboard uses data from the 2018-2019 Colorado Educator Shortage Survey to compare educator shortages throughout the State in various endorsements, including endorsement areas...
This report highlights data on the teacher workforce in the State of California. This includes an examination of the trends in areas of critical shortage...
This interactive map provides a district-level analysis of the teacher supply and demand in California, examining indicators such as percent of beginning teachers, percent of...
This research report from the Learning Policy Institute presents an overview of special education shortages in California. This report examines possible root causes and key...
This loan repayment and stipend program aims to reduce related service provider shortages in specified regions by offering incentives of up to $25,000 for speech-language...
This page lists reports, highlights state initiatives, and links resources developed by ECTA partners on the topic of the recruitment and retention of effective personnel.
This page offers several readings, webinars, and other resources related to increasing and promoting the retention of the birth through third grade teaching workforce.