OSEP Professional Development

Preparing Personnel to Serve Children with Disabilities

April 8, 2019; 1:30 – 3:30 PM EDT

Registration is now open. Register today!

About the 2019 OSEP Symposia Series

Each year, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) conducts a Symposia Series to provide high-quality, timely, and evidence-based strategies focused on improving performance in a specific topic. The 2019 OSEP Symposia Series will focus on strategies to attract, prepare, and retain effective personnel—general and special education teachers, early childhood personnel, and related services providers—who have the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective instruction, interventions, supports, and services to children with disabilities. This is a topic that not only impacts every state but also disproportionately effects children with disabilities and their families due to the many unfilled positions and high attrition rates among special education teachers, early childhood personnel, and related services providers. The 2019 OSEP Symposia Series will explore the factors contributing to personnel shortages in special education, early intervention, early childhood special education, and related services; highlight current research on this topic; and explore promising practices that are making a difference in programs, districts, and states. Please save the dates and join us as we explore this important topic. Additional information will be coming soon and posted at the Symposia Series webpage.

· Symposium 1:  April 8, 2019 will focus on strategies for Preparing Personnel to Serve Children with Disabilities.  Registration for this event is now open. Register today!

· Symposium 2:  May 15, 2019 will focus on strategies for Retaining Personnel to Serve Children with Disabilities. 

· Symposium 3:  August 14, 2019 will focus on strategies for Attracting Personnel to Serve Children with Disabilities.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please visit the OSEP Symposia Series webpage or contact the Symposia Series planning team at osep-meeting@air.org.