Texas Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education

TCER's research on Texas's special education personnel needs supports efforts by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), to foster greater state accountability and establish data-driven planning and self-assessment processes that help states and schools to address provisions of the recently enacted Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004).


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Access the documents below to learn more about this research effort.

Report TitleDateFile Type
 
Getting to Know Your Special Education Teacher: PowerPoint presented at the TASB/TASA Annual Convention October 2006PDF (168 KB)
This presentation summarizes the results of several statewide surveys addressing special education teacher staffing in Texas public schools. Included slides present an overview of the preparation, experience, and current workload of special education teachers, as well as their levels of job satisfaction. The presentation highlights the need to recruit and retain well qualified special education teachers and identifies critical shortage areas in terms of special education staffing and the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining special education teachers.
 
 
Texas Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education: PowerPoint presented at the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Leadership Council August 2006PDF (200 KB)
 
 
Texas Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education 2006 May 2006PDF (931 KB)
This report presents findings of statewide surveys of special education administrators, human resource administrators, special education teachers, and other special education professionals (e.g., speech language pathologists and educational diagnosticians) in Texas public schools. Results provide an assessment of special education staffing levels, turnover rates, and projected shortages for special education positions. The analysis examines effective recruitment and retention strategies as well as the preparation, experience, and work environments of special education personnel. The report concludes with a discussion of the policy implications of survey results and recommendations for the effective recruitment and retention of special education personnel.
 
 
2006 Executive Summary May 2006PDF (243 KB)
 
 
2006 Appendix May 2006PDF (5 MB)
 
 
Administrators' Views of Special Education Personnel Needs in Texas Public Schools: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) February 2006PDF (143 KB)
This paper reports findings from statewide surveys of special education administrators and human resource administrators conducted as a part of a larger study of special education personnel needs in Texas public schools. The paper examines Texas's special education staffing levels and projected shortages and discusses the barriers to the recruitment and retention of special education personnel as well as effective recruitment and retention strategies.
 
 
Preliminary Results of Administrator Surveys: Paper presented at the Midwinter Conference of the Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE) January 2006PDF (131 KB)
 
 
The Statewide Study of Special Education Professionals' Personnel Needs Survey 2001 September 2001PDF (356 KB)
 
 
2001 Executive Summary September 2001PDF (226 KB)