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- Title
All You Need Is Patience and Flexibility: Administrators' Perspectives on Special Educator Knowledge and Skills.
- Authors
Steinbrecher, Trisha D.; Fix, Robert; Mahal, Stephanie A.; Serna, Loretta; McKeown, Debra
- Abstract
• School administrators play a significant role in the hiring, support, and evaluation of special educators. • Many school administrators have little pre- or in-service training on special educator classroom roles or special education evidence-based practices. • We examine the types of special educator skills and knowledge five elementary school administrators value and how these identified skills and knowledge align with the Council for Exceptional Children Initial Preparation Standards. • Administrators focus heavily on teacher dispositions that mitigate professional conflict and are heavily influenced by high-stakes student achievement testing. Implications for teacher evaluation and administrator preparation are provided.
- Subjects
PATIENCE; SCHOOL administrators; SPECIAL education educators; ELEMENTARY schools -- Social aspects; UNITED States social conditions; TWENTY-first century
- Publication
Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 2, p89
- ISSN
1525-1810
- Publication type
Article