Inspiring Academically Talented High School Students to Consider Teaching Careers in Urban Schools

Improving Special Education Teacher Quality and Effectiveness

“…Possible avenues for increasing the attractiveness of the profession include: (a) recruiting young people by developing their interest in teaching, for instance, through pipeline programs (e.g. Brooks, Kaimal, Savage, & Gonzaga, 2012); (b) preparing preservice teachers with the skills to effectively serve students; (c) providing finan cial incentives for teaching in hard to staff positions, and especially for recruiting teachers from fields that have a surplus of teachers (e.g. elementary teacher) to special education; (d) preparing teachers from the geographic area, sometimes referred to as grow your own programs; and (e) retaining teachers over the course of their careers by providing supportive working conditions.…”