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Direct linkHamilton, Laura S.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Holtzman, Deborah; Fulbeck, Eleanor S.; Robyn, Abby; Poirier, Jeffrey; O'Neil, Caitlin – RAND Corporation, 2014
This report describes the implementation of professional development (PD) reforms and efforts to use teacher effectiveness (TE) data to inform PD through the third year of the initiative for all seven sites: Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS), Shelby County Schools (SCS, formerly Memphis City Schools), Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS), and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Data, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Hamlin, Erica – Independent School, 2013
This author states her belief that there must be an answer to devising an effective and credible way to link compensation to professional development and improved teaching. Such a model would need to be transparent, equitable, and financially manageable for the school. It would need to marry objectivity with the art of teaching, and have buy-in…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation, Merit Rating
Peer reviewedZirkel, Perry A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2015
Intended as professional development for both new and experienced special educators, this article provides both the basic requirements and nuanced issues for foundational, successive, and overlapping key components under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): (a) child find, (b) eligibility, and (c) free appropriate public…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
Salvador, Karen; Pasiali, Varvara – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
In this article, a music teacher educator and a music therapy clinician and educator discuss special education policy and arts instruction at the district level. To illustrate the gulf between federal and local policies with regard to exceptional learners and arts instruction, we examine the intersections of music therapy and music education with…
Descriptors: Music Therapy, Music Education, Special Education, Educational Change
Download full textDoren, Bonnie; Flannery, K. Brigid; Lombardi, Allison – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The purpose of the study was to examine the potential efficacy of a professional development training model targeting IEP case managers of transition-age students. A training model was developed and a pilot study conducted to understand the promise of the model to improve the development of critical components within the IEP document that support…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Transition Plans, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Echaniz, Crystal; Cronin, Kathleen A. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2014
This paper reviews characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), possible causes of ASD, current demographic information, the effects on the individual with ASD and the family, as well as diversity and multicultural issues related to autism. Additionally, the paper provides pertinent information about students with ASD for both general…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Etiology, Student Diversity
Boavida, Tania; Aguiar, Cecilia; McWilliam, R. A.; Pimentel, Julia Serpa – Infants and Young Children, 2010
Individualized education programs (IEPs) are a fundamental mechanism for making special education services unique for the child and for enhancing the developmental outcomes of children with disabilities. If written IEP goals diverge, however, from recommended practices, they might result in ineffective interventions. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Preschool Children, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Hemmer, Lynn; Baker, Candace – Administrative Issues Journal: Education, Practice, and Research, 2011
The design of governmental regulations creates an assumption that policy implementation is linear in nature and is unproblematic (Dorey, 2005). As states, local education agencies (LEAs), and eventually school leaders and teachers engage in the policy implementation process, it becomes evident that this hierarchal dissemination of policy results…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Testing Accommodations
Etscheidt, Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2006
Providing appropriate programs for young children with disabilities is a priority of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA), recently reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004. The IDEIA requires that programs be provided in natural or least restrictive environments, and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Young Children, Placement, Individualized Instruction
Healy, Michelle – Educational Horizons, 2013
This article provides a description of the birth of The Odyssey Initiative. As teachers, this group of three, all educators, knew that there was outrage about the state of education in America. Griping about our nation's schools has almost become a pastime, and with very good reason. However, they found the solutions being offered to save our…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Best Practices
Jorgensen, Cheryl M.; McSheehan, Michael; Sonnenmeier, Rae M. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: Judgements about students' competence influence the goals of their individualised education programs (IEPs), the location of service delivery, and their placement in general education (GE) as opposed to special education (SE) classes. The purpose of this study was to describe how presumed competence to learn the GE curriculum was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Developmental Disabilities, Faculty Development, Mental Retardation
Duggan, Diane; Dawson, Carol A. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2004
How does the nation's largest urban public school district address the complex behavior management requirements of its special education students? This article reviews the positive behavior support system in the New York City schools. It delineates the major components of an urban special education public school district's positive behavior…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Behavior Modification, Special Education, Urban Schools
