OSEP Grant Programs for Paraeducators
The following OSEP personnel
preparation grant programs train paraeductors or work to transition
paraeducators to fully certified special education teachers:
Training High Quality Paraeducators
Preparation of Bilingual (Spanish-English) Speech-Language Pathologists
and Paraprofessionals to Serve Preschool and Elementary-Aged Children
with Communication Disorders
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Director : Wilcox, M. Jeanne
480-965-9397 mjwilcox@asu.edu
The Partnership for Progress: Low Incidence Population
Florida International University
Miami, Florida
Director : Gavilan, Marisal; Fernandez, Alberto
305-348-2097 gavilanm@fiu.edu
Pacific Basin RSA Training Project
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Director : Stodden, Robert; Kelly, Dotty
808-956-9199 stodden@hawaii.edu; dotty@hawaii.edu
Chief Dull Knife College Preparation of Personnel in Minority Institutions
Project
Chief Dull Knife College
Lame Deer, Montana
Director : Davis, Judith D.
406-477-6215 jdavis@cdkc.edu
Educational Interpreting and Research Project
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Director : Shroyer, Edgar
336-334-5845 ehshroye@uncg.edu
Project EPIC (Educating Paraprofessionals in Our Communities)
University of Texas - El Paso
El Paso, Texas
Director : Hammond, Helen
915-747-7642 hhammond@utep.edu
Building
a Supportive Training Structure for Paraeducators Working with Students
with High Incidence Disabilities
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Director : Wall, Shavaun
202-319-5800 walls@cua.edu
Associate
of Arts Degree in Paraeducation with an Emphasis on Special Education
White Earth Tribal and Community College
Mahnomen, Minnesota
Director : Parsons, Sandra J.
218-935-0417 sanjo84@hotmail.com
Paraeductor-to-Teacher Training Programs
Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Rural Special Education
Personnel, Focusing on Teachers on Emergency Certificates, Paraprofessionals,
and Community College Graduates
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas
Director : Jephson, Melanie
936-468-2549 mjephson@sfasu.edu
Para-Educators in Pinal County (PEP-C)
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona
Director : Schiller, Marjorie
520-876-1935 marjorie_schiller@python.cac.cc.az.us
Paraeducator to Educator: A School-University Preservice Partnership
Program
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Director : Albright, Leonard
562-985-8103 lenalb@aol.com
The Long Beach Paraeducator Partnership Project
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Director : Hutten-Eagle, Cynthia
562-985-4688 chutten@csulb.edu
Earn as You Learn: An Innovative Master's Level Teacher Preparation Program in Behavior Disorders
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Director : Hendrickson, Jo
319-335-5328 jo-hendrickson@uiowa.edu
Project PROMOTE: Preparing Paraeducators for Teaching Positions in
Special Education
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Director : Vasa, Stanley F.; Scheffler, Marilyn L.
402-472-5994 svasa@unl.edu; mscheffler1@unl.edu
Visionary Para to Professional Educator Project
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Director : White, Richard B.
704-687-2623 rbwhite@email.uncc.edu
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with High
Incidence Disabilities
Fort Peck Community College
Poplar, Montana
Director : Campbell, Margarett; Buckles-Whitmer, Donna
406-768-5551 margiec@fpcc.cc.mt.us
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