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 brief from the NCPMI highlights strategies for improving school climate through pyramid model practices to promote teacher retention for teachers serving students with disabilities.
This practice brief, written in partnership with the National Coalition on Personnel Shortages, highlights strategies that various states, school districts, and Part C programs have...
The Personnel Improvement Center provides a collection of initiatives targeted at personnel recruitment and retention offered by a variety of organizations.
The GTL Center’s Shortage Strategy Selection Tool provides resources, program exemplars, and research that will help teams identify, select, implement, and continuously improve strategies to...
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 brief outlines short-term strategies for addressing Special education teacher shortages that, when paired with long-term comprehensive strategies, can be used to attract, prepare, and...
This planning framework from the CEEDAR Center provides guidelines to support educator preparation programs to integrate evidence-based and high-leverage practices within coursework and clinical experiences.
This special issue brief from the CEEDAR Center and GTL Center outlines essential features to assist preparation program faculty, teacher educators, and other collaborators in...
This brief, created to inform policymakers, State educational agency personnel, district personnel, and preparation providers, offers an overview of short-term evidence-based strategies as well as...
This brief describes strategies for leveraging teacher candidates in school buildings as assets to help alleviate teacher shortages in many content areas and to provide...
This page offers several readings, webinars, and other resources related to increasing and promoting the retention of the birth through third grade teaching workforce.
Recognizing the growth of technology use in early learning settings, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated in...
This brief adapts the suggestions and strategies provided in Improving Attendance and Reducing Chronic Absenteeism to guide practice during remote instruction.
This practice brief shares tips for maintaining continuity of learning through defining classroom expectations for remote (i.e., distance) instruction and online learning environments. With a...
This report was authored by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences. This review of research...
Communication is necessary whether students are schooling at home or in school. This resource describes what teachers can do to support students who are using...
This resource discusses how schools can plan for transitioning students with significant cognitive disabilities back into their schools after distance learning. The resource focuses on...
Even during distance learning, children’s independence can be improved. This resource discusses how self-determined schedule making can be used to increase a child’s independence.
Families may start to feel “stuck” during distance learning. This resource offers strategies and tools to help families and students get “unstuck” when frustrated with...