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West, Elizabeth A.; Hudson, Roxanne F. – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2010
Early career special educators must be engaged in conversations with developers of preservice teacher preparation programs to co-construct initial teacher education programs which meet their needs. The process of listening to the teachers themselves could serve to ensure that teachers are an explicit element of program design. This article…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups
Cashman, J.; Linehan, P.; Rosser, M. – Idea Partnership, 2007
Communities of Practice offer state agency personnel a promising approach for engaging stakeholder groups in collaboratively solving complex and, often, persistent problems in special education. Communities of Practice can help state agency personnel drive strategy, solve problems, promote the spread of best practices, develop members'…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, State Agencies, Educational Change, Change Strategies