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 report, written in collaboration between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Learning Policy Institute, examines root causes, policy implications, and strategies for addressing...
“Boot Camp”, established through OK HB 1233, is a 150-hour non-traditional special education teacher certification program aimed at providing prospective teachers a provisional license to...
This study examines trends in the educator pipeline, certification, and mobility by subject area in order to calculate projections for future educator workforce demands in...
This program aims to improve early-career educator retention by pairing novice teachers with mentors to provide ongoing support as well as to increase the use...
The Ohio Related Services Workgroup was established to address causes and solutions for the shortage of related service providers in school settings. This report summarizes...
The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction's Office of Special Education awards traineeships in priority areas of disabilities to North Dakota teachers who wish to...
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 webinar highlights how Educators Rising Connecticut, a high school-based grow-your-own, initially funded the program in one district and how they eventually made the program...
Through collaboration with Digital Promise, Educators Rising allows pre-service candidates to earn digital badges to showcase mastery in one of five competencies: anti-bias instruction, classroom...
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 paper addresses the impact of stress management on special educator wellbeing and retention, and provides examples of ways that educators and leaders may use...
This resource offers evidenced-based approaches to addressing educator preparation and retention by reconceptualizing approaches to personnel preparation as well as school staffing models, in order...
In 2020, The Ohio Related Services Workgroup identified role ambiguity as a primary barrier to attracting personnel to pursue careers in related service professions. To...
Inspired by competency models in nursing preparation, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University created Pathway to Practice NC, designed to...
LEAP is a year-long alternative preparation program that prepares educators through both virtual and face-to-face coursework, coupled with opportunities for practice, while also matching candidates...
This report from the Georgia Department of Education analyzes the results of a survey of over 50,000 Georgia educators on the main factors leading to...
The Multicultural Teacher Recruitment Program (MTRP) aims to address shortages of personnel of color in all Kentucky-identified shortage areas, including special education, by recruiting candidates...
Pathways2Teaching is a concurrent enrollment grow-your-own program in which 11th and 12th grade students explore teaching as a potential career choice through weekly field experiences...
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...
This tool allows stakeholders to leverage existing student enrollment and educator workforce data to better understand and predict educator shortage trends in specific content areas...