Tag: staffing
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$1 million grant will help support special education teachers across Virginia
This article was published on WFXR by Kim Yonick on August 17, 2021. (WFXR) — The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has received a $1 million grant to help reduce turnover and promote retention of special education teachers. The funding will give VDOE the ability to build upon efforts supporting the recruitment, development, and retention…
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Are you a special-ed teacher? Triangle schools need you — and will pay big to get you
This article was published on The News & Observer by T. Keung Hui on August 9, 2021. Triangle school districts are offering thousands of dollars in recruitment bonuses to attract new special-education teachers to educate students returning to class later this month. Last week, the Wake County school board approved a $3,500 teacher recruitment bonus to fill…
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Promising Practices: New Hampshire partnerships support students with vision impairments
This article was published on K-12 Dive by Kara Arundel on May 7, 2021. The challenge: The School Administrative Unit 6 in Claremont, New Hampshire, located next to the Vermont border, has just a handful of students who have vision impairments and require specialized instruction and supports. But because of the school system’s small student population of 1,500,…
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Austin ISD Lays Off Special Education Staff To Reorganize A ‘Toxic’ Work Environment
This article was published on KUT by Claire McInerny on April 30, 2021. Some employees in Austin ISD’s special education department received letters this week saying their jobs were being eliminated as part of a reorganization. Elizabeth Casas, AISD’s chief academic officer, said Friday she needed to take drastic measures because a “toxic work environment” had…
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State education department seeks to address special education teacher shortage
This article was published on Michigan Radio by Virginia Gordan on April 29, 2021. The Michigan Department of Education is offering an option to help school districts deal with what State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice calls a “critical shortage of special education teachers in many Michigan school districts.” The MDE will allow a time limited…
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Advocates demand answers for why special education is not in incentive bill
This article was published on Alabama Politcal Reporter by John H. Glenn on April 27, 2021. Down Syndrome Alabama is demanding answers for why incentives for special education teachers were left out of the Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science Salary Schedule Program, a proposed incentive program to attract more teachers for hard-to-staff subjects…
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WV Legislature sends governor bill that could eliminate school workers’ raises
This article was published on the Charleston Gazette-Mail by Ryan Quinn on April 6, 2021. The West Virginia Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that could mean fewer public school workers, such as speech-language pathologists, get a raise. Senate Bill 680 now heads to Gov. Jim Justice for his approval or veto. Justice is a Republican…
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“PREP” program aims to fill shortage of teachers in special education
This article was published on WKYT by Ashton Jones on January 16, 2021. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A new Western Kentucky University program will bring more special educators to Kentucky. The university received a $1.1 million federal grant for the PREP program. “We’re looking for and have successfully found some of those people who are…
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NYC’s staffing crunch takes a big toll on students with disabilities, report finds
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Amy Zimmer and Alex Zimmerman on December 1, 2020. To say remote learning is difficult for Lupe Hernandez’s second grader is an understatement. Nico is on the autism spectrum and can struggle to manage his emotions, especially feelings of frustration. That’s why he is assigned a…