Learning To Teach

Revie wr ke 27) sale pexi Wedne vieledgoustere nl SUappar ont vi r ade cach} he tenes ic tial ‘te& ‘hea snushy a ‘wo " ee ern and Kiel fi ean es Ji ee tion | wssale tg named ”o at ‘fe r ws hind. OF EDUCATION Learning To Teach (NAPS)—An upcoming sympo- sium may result in good newsfor parents of children receiving spe- cial education services—a greater numberof prepared teachers to provide thoseservices. “4 Quality Teachers fo os @ A national symposium may result in better trained teachers teaching the nation’s special education classes. According to the National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, preparing teachers to educate children and youth with disabilities is complicated work. The current process often requires special education teacher preparation programs and state agencies to operate within an inconsistent frameworkof licensing andaccreditation requirements. In June of 2001, the Clearinghouse will bring together policy makers from different depart- ments within state and federal governments and academicinstitutions in an attempt to bring con- sistency and inter-relatedness to the process of preparing special education teachers. The event, called National Symposium:Policy and Practice to Ensure High Quality Teachers for Children and Youth With Disabili- ties, is intended to provideclarification of the bureaucratic issues that can impede training special education teachers. The symposium’s purposeis to help states identify actions that will streamline the process of preparing and placing well-qualified teachers in the nation’s classrooms. For more information on the symposium visit www.special-ed- careers.netor call 800-641-7824.