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Direct linkWojcik, Andrew J.; Hicks, Michelle; Scott, LaRon A.; Thoma, Colleen A.; Bowman, Rachel W.; Frazier, Regina – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2023
We used 14 years of state licensure and classroom data from Virginia to follow 19,878 special education teachers (SETs) who completed either the alternative route (AR) internship or traditional programs. Findings reveal that a greater percentage of SETs of color participated in AR programs compared to traditional licensure programs, while a…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Internship Programs, Teacher Certification
Download full textBrendli, Katherine; Taylor, Joshua P.; Scott, LaRon A.; Hobson, Jarrod; Powell, Christine; Ruiz, Amber – Journal of Education and Learning, 2022
Alternate route to licensure (AR) programs in special education continue to increase despite concerns that teachers certified through these pathways leave the profession at rates higher than traditionally prepared teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine special education AR program completers to determine their persistence to stay in…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover
Scott, LaRon A.; Bruno, Lauren P.; Willis, Cassandra B. – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2019
Special education teachers enrolled in a Virginia-based alternate route certification program were surveyed to determine if they perceived the program was valuable for creating effective special educators, and the focus of the study was on the effectiveness of alternative route programs for teacher preparation. The literature review showed scant…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
Scott, LaRon A. – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Many Black men interested in special education careers enroll in alternate route special education programs over traditional preparation programs. However, there is little research that focuses on their reasons for choosing special education alternate route programs and what makes these programs an effective choice for Black men pursuing teaching…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Males, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes
Bruno, Lauren P.; Scott, LaRon A.; Willis, Cassandra – International Journal of Special Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to survey the perception of alternate route and traditional route special education teachers, particularly as it relates to their training received in their teacher preparation programs to meet standards intended to prepare effective special education teachers. The study examined the perceptions of 465 pre-and…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
Scott, LaRon A. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2016
The under-representation of Black male teachers in special education has significant consequences. Historically, Black males account for the disproportionately high number of children served in K-12 special education programs (Talbert-Johnson, 2001). Often, the children are evaluated using racially-biased assessments (Cartledge & Duke, 2008).…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Males, African American Teachers, African American Students
