Alternatively Licensing Career Changers To Be Teachers in the Field of Special Education: Their First-Year Reflections
Overview & Synopsis
Although many areas in education are experiencing teacher shortages, shortages of teachers who are qualified in the area of special education are of critical concern. This article describes a federally funded training program to alternatively license special education teachers. Fifty-nine career changers participated. They taught special education in 2 southeastern school districts and were surveyed 3 times during their 1st year of teaching. Their reflections on the training program, their school district mentors, and their teaching experiences are discussed. As all alternative licensure training programs are not the same, this article begins to document several components of 1 program.
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Document Information
| Document Title | Alternatively Licensing Career Changers To Be Teachers in the Field of Special Education: Their First-Year Reflections |
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| Author / Organization | deBettencourt, Laurie U., Howard, Lori |
| Subject & Discipline | Teacher Shortage, Special Education, Career Change |
| Categories | Education & Pedagogy |
| Publication Year | 2004 |
| License / Rights | Public Domain / Open Access Educational Resource |
| Resource Verification | Listed PDF (Verification Pending) |
| Original Host Website |
ERIC (Education Resources)
(eric.ed.gov)
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-296679 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on eric.ed.gov » |