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UW Renewal Project: Renewing the UW Special Education Program to Insure High Quality Special Education Teachers

Contact: Roxanne Hudson

Core Function: Research and Evaluation

The goal of this project is to renew the existing UW teacher education program to better meet the need for highly qualified teachers to serve children with high-incidence disabilities. The program will produce graduates who meet or exceed newly published regulations in IDEIA and the soon-to-be-revised state standards for highly qualified teachers.

Work will be done in collaboration with state, educational service districts, school districts, schools, teachers, families and people with disabilities to identify training needs, plan program revisions, and evaluate program outcomes. Drawing from those same constituencies, an advisory board will be established to assist in achieving project goals. The first year of the project will be used to evaluate and plan a restructured pre-service teacher preparation program. The subsequent four years will follow a cycle of implementation of new program elements, systemic evidence-based evaluation of the new elements, change, and additional on-going evaluation.


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