Redesigning Special Education Teacher Preparation Challenges and Solutions

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Redesigning Special Education Teacher Preparation describes both challenges and possible solutions to redesigning and restructuring high-incidence teacher preparation programs so graduates will meet the Highly Qualified Teacher requirements and be prepared to teach students with high-incidence disabilities. This powerful new text discusses many possible reforms including field-based teacher preparation a focus on evidence-based core practices and teacher moves collaboration with K–12 school-based partners as teacher educators interdisciplinary collaboration across university faculty and a grounding in current expectations for high-stakes accountability and program evaluation. | Redesigning Special Education Teacher Preparation Challenges and Solutions