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Diana, Thomas J., Jr. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2013
A primary goal of all teacher educators is to provide preservice teachers with meaningful professional development opportunities that will help them succeed in making the transition into their own classrooms. Through these experiences, individuals develop the requisite knowledge and skills to become effective classroom leaders capable of…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Professional Development, Transitional Programs, Teacher Education Programs
Morningstar, Mary E.; Kleinhammer-Tramill, Jeannie – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2005
After more than two decades of federal transition legislation, students with disabilities continue to have significantly poorer postschool outcomes as compared to their peers without disabilities. One reason for these outcomes is that educators are inadequately prepared to provide the services required under the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Professional Development, Transitional Programs, Improvement Programs
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Barnes, Karen L.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
A teacher training program has been developed at the University of North Texas, based on the identified transition needs of students with behavioral disorders and the knowledge/skills required by the educator. Participants earn a master's degree in teaching students with behavioral disorders with a specialization in transition. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Education Work Relationship, Graduate Study, High Schools
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This state improvement plan outlines goals and objectives for improving special education services to students with disabilities in Wisconsin. The first goal (students with disabilities will demonstrate skills which will engage them to become independent, productive, and included citizens in society) contains objectives that address graduation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
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Thoma, Colleen A.; Baker, Steven R.; Saddler, Sterling J. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
This article reports on a survey of 41 special education faculty that found that few included instruction on self-determination in their courses. It then describes a course that was developed on transition planning to ensure that special educators obtain the skills necessary to support the development of self-determination skills. (Contains…
Descriptors: Career Development, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Richmond, James; Turner, Nancy; Janicki, Terence; Szychulda, Cathy; Forbes, Tom; Hackett, Karen – Issues in Teacher Education, 2003
The newly developed "Learning To Teach System" for the preparation of teachers in California and the accompanying standards (referred to as the "2042 Standards" since they were derived from Senate Bill 2042 (SB 2042) passed by the California Legislature in 1998) have changed the way some California educators perceive the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Preservice Teachers, Colleges, Cooperation
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2002
This executive summary of Wisconsin's 5-year state improvement plan outlines goals and objectives for improving special education services to students with disabilities and progress toward these objectives in Year 2. The first goal (students with disabilities will demonstrate skills that will engage them to become independent, productive, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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Prater, Greg, Ed.; Minner, Sam, Ed.; Islam, Mohammad, Ed.; Hawthorne, Deborrah, Ed. – 1997
This collection of 64 papers from a 1997 international conference of special educators focuses on the challenges of diversity in education. Topics of the papers include: (1) assessment strategies for individuals with autism; (2) self-determination strategies for at-risk youth with learning, behavior, and emotional disabilities; (3) developing…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Career Development, Child Development