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Preparing and Retaining Effective Special Education Teachers: Short-Term Strategies for Long-Term Solutions

Preparing and Retaining Effective Special Education Teachers: Short-Term Strategies for Long-Term Solutions

This brief for policymakers, preparation providers, and state and district administrators offers a high-level overview of evidence-based short-term strategies that complement longer-term, systemic solutions to special education teacher shortages. It includes an overview of research, talking points, and recommendations.

 

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Short-Term Strategies for Dealing With Shortages of Special Education Teachers

This brief highlights “just-in-time” strategies to hire, prepare, and support teachers in schools and districts facing special education teacher shortage crises. The brief contains recommendations for how state and district administrators can combine short-term strategies to address immediate vacancies with longer-term, systemic shortage solutions.

 

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