Mentoring Programs for Special Education Teachers: State Approaches. inForum

Autor/inn/en	Muller, Eve; Burdette, Paula
Institution	National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), Project Forum
Titel	Mentoring Programs for Special Education Teachers: State Approaches. inForum
Quelle	(2007), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Shortage; Special Education Teachers; Faculty Mobility; Beginning Teachers; Best Practices; National Surveys; Interviews; State Programs; Beginning Teacher Induction; Arkansas; Florida; Hawaii; Massachusetts; Oklahoma; United States; Washington + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrermangel; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Regierungsprogramm; Master-Studiengang; USA
Abstract	Teacher shortages have been steadily increasing across the nation, particularly in the field of special education. According to analyses conducted by the Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE), reasons for this include the fact that veteran special education teachers are retiring at a faster rate than new teachers are being prepared (2004) as well as the fact that attrition rates among new special educators are extremely high--with new teachers frequently leaving the field after only one or two years in the classroom (2005). Teacher mentoring programs represent one possible solution to high teacher attrition rates and many states have passed legislation requiring mentoring for all first year teachers, including special education teachers. This document includes an overview of existing research on teacher mentoring, especially mentoring for special educators; identification of best practices in developing and implementing mentoring programs; and descriptions of several state-level special education mentoring programs based on interviews with program staff. This activity was completed as part of Project Forum at the National Association of Special Education Director's (NASDSE) cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Matrix showing characteristics of States' mentoring programs is appended. (Contains 5 footnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Project Forum. Available from: National Association of State Directors of Special Education. 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 320, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-519-3800; Fax: 703-519-3808; Web site: http://www.projectforum.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10