Special Education

Paper Summary:

The paper states that one of the most concerning issues with regard to education in the United States is the fact that there is an increasingly alarming shortage of teachers in the system. The paper mentions that the difficulty associated with this problem would seem to some to be that there are too few quality teachers to fill the available positions, but the reality, statistically, according to many educators is that teacher retention and turnover rates are astounding. This paper discusses that this creates a demographic group of teachers who are highly skilled and effective but who resist working in their original field of choice for many reasons and the attrition rate among special education teachers is particularly troubling.

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''In an interview study of beginning special educators, Kilgore and Griffin found that novice special educators reported different problems from their beginning colleagues in general education. They often described themselves as insufficiently prepared, frustrated, and exhausted. The compounded pressures unique to inexperienced special educators have also been noted by Rosenberg.''

Sample of Sources Used:

• Inman, D., & Marlow, L. (2004). Teacher Retention: Why Do Beginning Teachers Remain in the Profession?. Education, 124(4), 605.
• Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D., & Conroy, M. A. (2003). Availability of Special Education Teachers: Trends and Issues. Remedial and Special Education, 24(4), 246.
• Shen, J. (1997). Teacher Retention and Attrition in Public Schools: Evidence from SASS91. The Journal of Educational Research, 91(2), 81.
• Stempien, L. R., & Loeb, R. C. (2002). Differences in Job Satisfaction between General Education and Special Education Teachers: Implications for Retention. Remedial and Special Education, 23(5), 258.
• Voke, Heather.(May 2002) Understanding the teacher shortage. ASCD InfoBrief. 29, 1-17.

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