Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with
High Incidence Disabilities |
| CFDA Number: |
84.325H |
| Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities |
| Competition Name: |
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with
High-Incidence Disabilities |
| Project Number: |
H325H000100 |
| Project Director: |
Campbell, Margarett; Buckles-Whitmer, Donna |
| Organization: |
Fort Peck Community College
P.O. Box 398,
Poplar, Montana 59255
406-768-5551 |
| Beginning Date: |
2000-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Ending Date: |
2003-08-31 00:00:00 |
Abstract |
| Purpose: This project will
reduce a severe shortage of fully licensed special education
teachers and increase the number of qualified Native American
special education teachers. The project will provide special
education courses for teachers, teacher aids/instructional aids,
staff, and administrators to assist with the delivery of education
to students with multiple learning disabilities and the obvious
effects of alcohol abuse. The project will further prepare the
teacher training students with a quality special education and
mentoring program that will supplement the existing teacher training
efforts and implement specific provisions addressed in the Fort Peck
Tribal Education Code. The Code states that education must be
effective, appropriate for, and relevant to the reservation and help
prepare students to perpetuate the tribes. |
| Method:The first priority
for the implementation of the Code includes the establishment of a
Tribal Tracking System. Stage I includes the tracking of enrolled
members in the K-12 grade levels. Data will be collected from the
five school districts. Stage II will include the collection of data
from birth to death of all tribal enrolled members residing on the
Fort Peck Reservation. The project will include the delivery of
methods and material courses through the interactive television
system from Rocky Mountain College to complete requirements for a
Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. In addition, the project
will provide an endorsement in Special Education through an
interactive television system delivered by Montana State University
(MSU)-Billings, the only institution in the state of Montana that
offers special education programs and degrees. A "Learning
Development" master program will also be delivered through an
interactive television system from MSU-Billings. |
Children to benefit from this
project: |
| Age: |
Not specified |
| Disability: |
Specific Learning Disabilities |
| Severity of disability: |
Mild |
| Ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
| Geographic location: |
Not specified |
Personnel preparation program
information: |
Academic degree
to be
received: |
Bachelors, Masters |
| Program focus: |
Teachers, School Administrators, Related Services
Personnel |
| Trainee ethnicity: |
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut |
