Project PROMOTE: Preparing Paraeducators for Teaching Positions
in Special Education |
| 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: |
H325H010088 |
| Project Director: |
Vasa, Stanley F.; Scheffler, Marilyn L. |
| Organization: |
University of Nebraska
Special Education, 318
Barkley Center
Lincoln, Nebraska 685830738
402-472-5994 |
| Beginning Date: |
2001-09-01 00:00:00 |
| Ending Date: |
2005-08-31 00:00:00 |
Abstract |
| Purpose: This project will
address critical shortages of special education teachers by
preparing paraeducators with baccalaureate degrees in areas other
than special education for certification in Mild/Moderate
Disabilities (MMD). Project PROMOTE will recruit 32 paraeducators,
16 per two-year cycle, to enable them to obtain MMD
certification. |
| Method:The MMD
Certification Checklist will be used to determine coursework needed
by paraeducators participating in the project; following the
analysis, a program of study will be developed for each participant.
The program of study will include courses in the MMD program, a
seminar, Web-based coursework and other alternative instructional
methodologies, and practica. The project will develop partnerships
with inner city and rural schools to deliver preservice training to
special education paraeducators who wish to become certified in MMD,
with special emphasis on skills for working in inclusive classrooms
with high rates of poverty and large numbers of students from
underrepresented groups. |
Children to benefit from this
project: |
| Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
| Disability: |
Not Specified |
| Severity of disability: |
Mild, Moderate |
| Ethnicity: |
Minority (Non-specific) |
| Geographic location: |
Inner City, Rural |
Personnel preparation program
information: |
Academic degree
to be
received: |
Certificate, Masters |
| Program focus: |
Teachers |
| Trainee ethnicity: |
Minority
(Non-specific) |
