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Direct linkBettini, Elizabeth; Nguyen, Tuan D.; Gilmour, Allison F.; Redding, Christopher – Exceptional Children, 2022
Scholars have documented long-standing disparities in access to well-qualified, well-supported teachers, including disparities in access to special education teachers (SETs), based on student socioeconomic status. In response, policy initiatives have aimed to incentivize teaching in higher-poverty schools. Thus, we examined changes over time in…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teacher Competencies, Special Education Teachers, Poverty
Download full textMathews, Hannah Morris; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Morris Mathews, Hannah; Lillis, Jennifer L.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Peyton, David J.; Pua, Daisy; Oblath, Rachel; Jones, Nathan D.; Smith, Stephen W.; Sutton, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2021
Working conditions may be an important lever to support special educators' reading instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). Thus, we explored how working conditions relate to the quality of special educators' reading instruction in upper-elementary, self-contained classes for students with EBD. Using mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Special Education Teachers, Reading Instruction, Students with Disabilities
Bettini, Elizabeth; Lillis, Jennifer; Stark, Kristabel; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Mathews, Hannah Morris – Remedial and Special Education, 2022
Students with emotional/behavioral disorders are increasingly included in general education settings, requiring their special educators to coordinate with other educators. Yet, research provides limited insights into their interactions with other educators. Thus, we qualitatively examined how special educators experienced and navigated…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Interaction, Emotional Disturbances
Cumming, Michelle M.; O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Bettini, Elizabeth – Remedial and Special Education, 2021
Students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings depend on special educators to deliver high-quality instruction and behavior management, and special educators depend on administrators to create supportive working environments. Yet, to date, no studies have examined how working conditions relate to special educators'…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Special Education Teachers
O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; Ragunathan, Maalavika; Sutton, Rachel – Exceptional Children, 2019
Special education teachers (SETs) who teach students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings are often less qualified, more stressed and burned out, and more likely to leave teaching than other SETs, resulting in a less effective workforce teaching students with significant behavioral and academic needs. Working…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Self Contained Classrooms, Emotional Disturbances
Bettini, Elizabeth; Lillis, Jennifer; Stark, Kristabel; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Mathews, Hannah Morris – Grantee Submission, 2021
Students with emotional/behavioral disorders are increasingly included in general education settings, requiring their special educators to coordinate with other educators. Yet, research provides limited insights into their interactions with other educators. Thus, we qualitatively examined how special educators experienced and navigated…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Interaction, Emotional Disturbances
Bettini, Elizabeth; Cumming, Michelle M.; O'Brien, Kristen Merrill; Brunsting, Nelson C.; Ragunathan, Maalavika; Sutton, Rachel; Chopra, Akash – Exceptional Children, 2020
Schools experience difficulty retaining special educators to serve students with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) in self-contained settings, as they have higher rates of burnout and attrition than other educators. Administrators could prevent these outcomes by improving working conditions, but research provides limited insights into which…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Intention, Students with Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Bettini, Elizabeth; Wang, Jun; Cumming, Michelle; Kimerling, Jenna; Schutz, Sarah – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Cultivating and retaining special educators competent to serve students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBDs) has proven persistently difficult. Improving educational systems' capacity to meet this challenge will require better understanding of the roles special educators in these settings should be prepared for and supported to fulfill.…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Self Contained Classrooms, Teacher Attitudes, Emotional Disturbances
