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Special Ed Corner: What Should Special Education Teachers Know and Be Able to Do?

[Source:  Education Week]

A newly-minted special education teacher should be able to:

  • “collaborate with professionals to increase student success,”
  • “use multiple sources of information” to understand a student’s strengths and needs, and
  • “systematically design instruction toward specific learning goals.”

These skills are among 22 “high-leverage practices” for special education teachers that were developed by the Council for Exceptional Children and the federally-supported Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform, also known as CEEDAR.

Representatives for the groups have been spreading the word about their work this year, including during a session here at the annual leadership conference sponsored by the federal office of special education programs.

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