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The Effects Of Mentorship Programs On Special Education Teacher Retention, Sarah Jane Nelson
The Effects Of Mentorship Programs On Special Education Teacher Retention, Sarah Jane Nelson
Theses and Graduate Projects
Education is considered one of the most popular choices among college majors. Special Education may be one area of the education field that does not have enough licensed qualified teachers to fill the vacancies. What are the effects of mentorship programs on special education teacher retention? The purpose of the study was to look at mentorship programs as a way to combat the low retention rate of special education teachers. There are many factors such as design of the mentorship program that determine success or failure. The amount of time given to the mentorship program can also determine success or …
Teachers' Perceptions On Implementation Of Rti, Steven Grant Tesar
Teachers' Perceptions On Implementation Of Rti, Steven Grant Tesar
Theses and Graduate Projects
Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI) is progressing its way through school districts and could be used as a new model for identifying learning disabilities, thus replacing the discrepancy model of learning disability identification. Although RTI was established within IDEA 2005 and the No Child Left Behind Act, school districts are slowly transitioning to thisinnovative, three-tiered process. The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of RTI and introduce its use to elementary school teachers. Further, another goal of the study was to ascertain its connection to reading instruction and intervention already present in one elementary school and their views …