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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Special Education Leadership"”.
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What Virginia Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do to Minimize Special Education Disputes Between Parents and Schools. A Delphi Study
… from conflicts between parents of children with special needs and educators tasked with meeting those needs (Osborne, 2009). Principals have the enormous responsibility to ensure appropriate services to educate students with disabilities and, as special education leaders, require a skill set that …
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Transition Competencies: Secondary Special Education Teachers' Perceptions of Their Frequency of Performance
<p>Millions of high school students are receiving special education services from teachers who may be inconsistently performing competencies during transition planning that leads to sustainable, postsecondary success. Secondary special education teachers’ frequency of performance of transition …
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Elementary School Teacher Preparation and Attitudes toward Co-Teaching in an Inclusion Classroom in an Urban Division in Virginia
… in an inclusion classroom. All general education and special education teachers (n=1009) in elementary schools in an urban division in Virginia were surveyed. Teacher attitudes toward a practice have had an impact on student achievement (Friend and Pope, 2005; Ghaith and Yaghi, 1997). A …
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Educational Leadership and the Ethic of Care: The Experiences of Four Women Educators of Trinidad and Tobago
… develop strategies for facilitating inclusive education, there is a subsequent realization that this involves inclusive leadership. Such leadership may be addressed through ethical decision-making, exceptionality in learning, equity, effective programming, and partnerships (Crockett, 1999). …
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Inclusive Education in Practice: District-Level Special Education Administrators' Leadership
… six million children ages six through 21 receive special education services in the United States (Department of Education, 2017), it is critical to examine the leadership it takes to provide equitable education to students with disabilities. This study employs a qualitative research methodology …
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Common Characteristics of School Administrators Who are Perceived as Effective in Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities.
… school systems in East Tennessee by interviewing special education directors, school principals, and teachers. The purpose of this study was to identify administrators who are successful in meeting the needs of special education students and determine characteristics they possess that facilitate …
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Streamlining Professional Development: Finding a Solution to Reduce Stress and Burnout Among Self-Contained Classroom Educators
… an investigation of the demands associated with special education and the needed support required for effective special education programming. The purpose of this study is to explore what comprises administrative support and ways administrators currently support special education teachers in …
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A Principal's Leadership in the Implementation and Support of Inclusion
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) 2004 requires schools to provide students with disabilities with all the academic opportunities, services, and extracurricular involvement afforded non-disabled peers and with non-disabled peers. Accountability measures resulting …
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Leadership for Co-teaching: A Distributed Perspective
Educational leadership is challenged with meeting the requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) legislation which mandates an education for all students. The focus on accessibility and accountability has resulted in more students with …
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An Exploration of Supportive Relationships in the Lives of Academically Successful Individuals with Autism
This study explored 17 dyads of academically successful people with autism and individuals whom they identified as supportive. Four research questions guided this study: 1) How do individuals with autism and the people who support them describe their relationship? Specifically, how was the …