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NASDE on HOUSSE

By JohnL on Feb. 10, 2006.

This just in from NASDE–JohnL

Dear Colleague:

The following new Project Forum document was recently prepared under Federal Cooperative Agreement H326F000001:

HOUSSE: State Approaches to Supporting Special Educators to Become “Highly Qualified”
http://nasdse.org/publications/HOUSSEStateApproachestoSupportingSpecialEducatorstoBecomeHighlyQualified.pdf

This In-brief Policy Analysis provides an overview of how states are utilizing the option of a High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) to assist veteran teachers, particularly those teaching students with disabilities, to meet the “highly qualified” provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) while continuing to teach in their current placements.

This document is available for download by clicking the “Publications” button at NASDSE’s new web page: http://www.nasdse.org. Search for the specific document by typing in the above title. Many other documents can be downloaded by following the same procedure. Additional copies are available from NASDSE; however, there are no restrictions on copying because this document was produced with federal funds.

Please feel free to include the above short summary in any pertinent organization’s newsletter.

If you have difficulty with the document links, please contact me and I will be happy to mail a hard copy to whatever address you provide.

Paula J. Burdette, Ph.D.
Project Forum
NASDSE
1800 Diagonal Rd Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 519-3800 x335
fax (703)519-3808
paula.burdette@nasdse.org

New categories

By admin on Feb. 2, 2006.

We’ll be adding two new tags to the set of categories for posts.

• Advanced training opportunities—A tag for entries that describe opportunities to pursue advanced educational preparation in special education; this category is mostly for announcing doctoral training programs in special education.
• Positions in higher ed—A tag for entries announcing the open faculty positions in special education.