Recruitment and Retention

Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE)

The OSEP-funded project provides Research Syntheses and Policy Briefs regarding supply and demand and teacher retention and attrition.

National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers

The OSEP-funded center works to increase the nation's capacity to recruit, prepare and retain diverse highly qualified personnel.

Recruitment and Retention

The National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education has resources on recruitment and retention.

Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPEnSE)

This former OSEP-funded research center was designed to address concerns regarding personnel shortages and the need for improvement in qualifications of those employed.

Twenty-Third Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) reported national data on research conducted by SPEnSE, a previously funded national research center on Special Education Teacher Recruitment and Hiring (PDF: 370kb) which included preschool data.

SPEnSE

This Website also contains reports, fact sheets and data tables including study results regarding preschool special education. (PDF: 159kb)

Supply and Demand Study

The American Association for Employment in Education provides this study and other recruitment resources.

Predicting the Need for Newly Hired Teachers in the United States to 2008-09

The National Center for Education Statistics report.

Absence Unexcused (PDF: 1,349kb)

The Urban Institute's report highlights the need for a larger pool of teachers.

Workforce Reports

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association provides these reports regarding state and national supply and demand for the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.

Arkansas State Improvement Grant

Arkansas has a focused effort to increase recruitment and retention of special education teachers.

Oregon Special Education Recruitment and Retention Project

This project is a collaborative effort to build a qualified Special Education workforce. A comprehensive plan for recruiting and retaining staff is provided.

Resources for Best Practice in Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining Personnel

For additional examples of state recruitment and retention efforts, visit the OSEP-funded National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers' page on resources which features selected state initiatives.

Recruitment, Retention and Career Transition of Racial/Ethnic Minorities to Communication Science Disorders (March 2009)

Exemplary practices and a review of the literature can be found on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association website.

Ideas and Strategies

Philippa Campbell and Brian Hurwitz presented at the 2000 OSEP / NECTAC annual meeting.

Diversifying the Special Education Workforce (2002) (PDF: 245kb)

The OSEP-funded Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE) developed this Research Synthesis Policy Brief.

Creating and Maintaining a Diverse Faculty

ERIC Digest

Multicultural Strategies for Community Colleges: Expanding Faculty Diversity

ERIC Digest

Preparing Personnel to Meet the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families

For additional resources, also see the NECTAC Web page above.