Published on 2/2/2012 7:00:00 AM
"In the next five years, 60 to 70 percent of [faculty] are predicted to retire, so we won't have the leadership capability to continue preparing quality special-ed teachers," says Christopher Lemons, assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. "There is a high need for both specialists in autism and highly qualified special-ed teachers in middle and high schools. The need for leadership is very apparent in this field."
One solution lies in $4 million in funding recently awarded to the Department of Instruction and Learning in Pitt's School of Ed from the U.S. Department of Education to create a trio of five-year programs focused on teacher preparation. Lemons is involved in two of the programs.
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