Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers
What Principals and District Leaders Can Do
Bonnie S. Billingsley
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
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Improve teacher retention by understanding and supporting the work of special education teachers!
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers provides effective ways to:
- Recruit and hire qualified special educators
- Provide responsive induction programs for new teachers
- Design effective professional development opportunities
- Create inclusive and collaborative schools
- Provide reasonable work assignments and reduce paperwork
- Promote wellness by reducing stress
This book emphasizes the important role that principals play in supporting special educators and how they can make a difference in what special educators accomplish in their schools. Numerous assessments, tools, and resources are included to help leaders, mentors, and teachers improve the conditions of special education teaching.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
List of Contributors
List of Contributors
Dedication
Dedication
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Author
Part I: Understanding Teacher Attrition and Retention
- 1. Introduction: A Leader's Framework for Teacher Retention
- Chapter Overview
- The Leadership Framework
- Types of Attrition: A District and School Perspective
- Chapter Summary
- 2. Why Special Educators Leave and Why It Matters
- Scenario: Two Perspectives on Attrition
- Chapter Overview
- Why Special Educators Leave
- Special Educators' Plans to Leave
- Why Attrition Matters
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part II. Finding and Cultivating High Quality Special Educators
- 3. Recruiting and Hiring Highly Qualified Special Educators
- Scenario: "Where are the Qualified Applicants?"
- Chapter Overview
- Recruiting Special Education Teachers
- Effective Hiring and Assignment Practices
- Tips for Leaders
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 4. Supporting New Teachers Through Responsive Induction
- Scenario: How We Eat Our Young
- Chapter Overview
- Reasons New Teachers Struggle
- Induction Goals and Planning
- Key Components of Induction Programs
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 5. Designing Effective Professional Development
- Scenario: Unclear Boundaries
- Chapter Overview
- Involve Teachers in Assessing Needs and Planning Goals
- Use Effective Professional Development Practices
- Clarify Leader Roles in Professional Development
- Developing University-School Partnerships for Professional Development
- Enhancing Experienced Teachers' Professional Growth
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part III. Creating Positive Work Environments
- 6. Creating Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Scenario: What a Difference a Principal Can Make
- Chapter Overview
- Eight Leadership Tasks for Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 7. Designing Reasonable Work Assignments
- Scenario: "I Wanted to Teach Kids"
- Chapter Overview
- Four Types of Role Problems
- Designing Reasonable Assignments for Special Education Teachers
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 8. Promoting Wellness by Reducing Stress
- Scenario: "Where's the Joy?"
- Chapter Overview
- Symptoms of Teacher Stress and Burnout
- Contributors to Stress and Burnout
- Assessing Stress and Burnout
- Strategies to Reduce Stress
- Tips for Leaders
- Understand Local Stressors Affecting Special Educators
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 9. Strategic Planning for Teacher Quality and Retention
- Scenario: Learning From Teachers
- Chapter Overview
- Key Questions for Understanding and Improving Retention
- Strategic Planning for Retention
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part IV. Resources
- A. Principal Support Questionnaire
- B. Teacher Stress Inventory
- C.Teacher Exit Interview
- D. Teacher Follow-up Exit Questionnaire
- E. Teacher Workforce Survey
- F. Focus Group Interviews
- References
- Feedback Form
- Index
Additional materials
Description
Improve teacher retention by understanding and supporting the work of special education teachers!
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers provides effective ways to:
- Recruit and hire qualified special educators
- Provide responsive induction programs for new teachers
- Design effective professional development opportunities
- Create inclusive and collaborative schools
- Provide reasonable work assignments and reduce paperwork
- Promote wellness by reducing stress
This book emphasizes the important role that principals play in supporting special educators and how they can make a difference in what special educators accomplish in their schools. Numerous assessments, tools, and resources are included to help leaders, mentors, and teachers improve the conditions of special education teaching.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
List of Contributors
List of Contributors
Dedication
Dedication
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Preface
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Author
Part I: Understanding Teacher Attrition and Retention
- 1. Introduction: A Leader's Framework for Teacher Retention
- Chapter Overview
- The Leadership Framework
- Types of Attrition: A District and School Perspective
- Chapter Summary
- 2. Why Special Educators Leave and Why It Matters
- Scenario: Two Perspectives on Attrition
- Chapter Overview
- Why Special Educators Leave
- Special Educators' Plans to Leave
- Why Attrition Matters
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part II. Finding and Cultivating High Quality Special Educators
- 3. Recruiting and Hiring Highly Qualified Special Educators
- Scenario: "Where are the Qualified Applicants?"
- Chapter Overview
- Recruiting Special Education Teachers
- Effective Hiring and Assignment Practices
- Tips for Leaders
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 4. Supporting New Teachers Through Responsive Induction
- Scenario: How We Eat Our Young
- Chapter Overview
- Reasons New Teachers Struggle
- Induction Goals and Planning
- Key Components of Induction Programs
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 5. Designing Effective Professional Development
- Scenario: Unclear Boundaries
- Chapter Overview
- Involve Teachers in Assessing Needs and Planning Goals
- Use Effective Professional Development Practices
- Clarify Leader Roles in Professional Development
- Developing University-School Partnerships for Professional Development
- Enhancing Experienced Teachers' Professional Growth
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part III. Creating Positive Work Environments
- 6. Creating Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Scenario: What a Difference a Principal Can Make
- Chapter Overview
- Eight Leadership Tasks for Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 7. Designing Reasonable Work Assignments
- Scenario: "I Wanted to Teach Kids"
- Chapter Overview
- Four Types of Role Problems
- Designing Reasonable Assignments for Special Education Teachers
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 8. Promoting Wellness by Reducing Stress
- Scenario: "Where's the Joy?"
- Chapter Overview
- Symptoms of Teacher Stress and Burnout
- Contributors to Stress and Burnout
- Assessing Stress and Burnout
- Strategies to Reduce Stress
- Tips for Leaders
- Understand Local Stressors Affecting Special Educators
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 9. Strategic Planning for Teacher Quality and Retention
- Scenario: Learning From Teachers
- Chapter Overview
- Key Questions for Understanding and Improving Retention
- Strategic Planning for Retention
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
Part IV. Resources
- A. Principal Support Questionnaire
- B. Teacher Stress Inventory
- C.Teacher Exit Interview
- D. Teacher Follow-up Exit Questionnaire
- E. Teacher Workforce Survey
- F. Focus Group Interviews
- References
- Feedback Form
- Index
Additional materials
Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers
What Principals and District Leaders Can Do
March 2005 | 264 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412908870 | $96.95 |
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412908887 | $44.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781483361314 | $41.00 |
Improve teacher retention by understanding and supporting the work of special education teachers!
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Are you concerned about special education teacher attrition? Do you wonder about how to meet the demand for highly qualified special educators? This book highlights the problems that drive many special educators out of teaching and outlines practical recommendations that leaders can use to increase retention. Drawing on field experience as well as research findings, Billingsley provides a comprehensive framework for supporting special educators.
Cultivating and Keeping Committed Special Education Teachers provides effective ways to:
- Recruit and hire qualified special educators
- Provide responsive induction programs for new teachers
- Design effective professional development opportunities
- Create inclusive and collaborative schools
- Provide reasonable work assignments and reduce paperwork
- Promote wellness by reducing stress
This book emphasizes the important role that principals play in supporting special educators and how they can make a difference in what special educators accomplish in their schools. Numerous assessments, tools, and resources are included to help leaders, mentors, and teachers improve the conditions of special education teaching.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Figures
- List of Contributors
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Part I: Understanding Teacher Attrition and Retention
- 1. Introduction: A Leader's Framework for Teacher Retention
- Chapter Overview
- The Leadership Framework
- Types of Attrition: A District and School Perspective
- Chapter Summary
- 2. Why Special Educators Leave and Why It Matters
- Scenario: Two Perspectives on Attrition
- Chapter Overview
- Why Special Educators Leave
- Special Educators' Plans to Leave
- Why Attrition Matters
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- Part II. Finding and Cultivating High Quality Special Educators
- 3. Recruiting and Hiring Highly Qualified Special Educators
- Scenario: "Where are the Qualified Applicants?"
- Chapter Overview
- Recruiting Special Education Teachers
- Effective Hiring and Assignment Practices
- Tips for Leaders
- Chapter Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 4. Supporting New Teachers Through Responsive Induction
- Scenario: How We Eat Our Young
- Chapter Overview
- Reasons New Teachers Struggle
- Induction Goals and Planning
- Key Components of Induction Programs
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 5. Designing Effective Professional Development
- Scenario: Unclear Boundaries
- Chapter Overview
- Involve Teachers in Assessing Needs and Planning Goals
- Use Effective Professional Development Practices
- Clarify Leader Roles in Professional Development
- Developing University-School Partnerships for Professional Development
- Enhancing Experienced Teachers' Professional Growth
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- Part III. Creating Positive Work Environments
- 6. Creating Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Scenario: What a Difference a Principal Can Make
- Chapter Overview
- Eight Leadership Tasks for Inclusive and Collaborative Schools
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 7. Designing Reasonable Work Assignments
- Scenario: "I Wanted to Teach Kids"
- Chapter Overview
- Four Types of Role Problems
- Designing Reasonable Assignments for Special Education Teachers
- Tips for Leaders
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 8. Promoting Wellness by Reducing Stress
- Scenario: "Where's the Joy?"
- Chapter Overview
- Symptoms of Teacher Stress and Burnout
- Contributors to Stress and Burnout
- Assessing Stress and Burnout
- Strategies to Reduce Stress
- Tips for Leaders
- Understand Local Stressors Affecting Special Educators
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- 9. Strategic Planning for Teacher Quality and Retention
- Scenario: Learning From Teachers
- Chapter Overview
- Key Questions for Understanding and Improving Retention
- Strategic Planning for Retention
- Summary
- Selected Readings
- Websites
- Part IV. Resources
- A. Principal Support Questionnaire
- B. Teacher Stress Inventory
- C.Teacher Exit Interview
- D. Teacher Follow-up Exit Questionnaire
- E. Teacher Workforce Survey
- F. Focus Group Interviews
- References
- Feedback Form
- Index