During 1999 – 2000 Administrators Used a Variety of Strategies to Recruit Special Educators:

• 98.0% contacted colleges and universities
• 97.2% contacted educators in other schools and agencies
• 96.8% advertised in local publications
• 54.8% contacted teacher organizations
• 22.6% advertised in national education publications
• 92.2% recruited in other ways—websites, job fairs, collaboration by State Department of Education

Source: Survey of Personnel Needs in Special Education (2002). Retrieved July 2002, www.spense.org.