California State Universities receive $17 million from the United States Department of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to train special education teachers.
California Universities Receive $17M
Moneys To Go Towards Training Special Ed Teachers
California State Universities receive $17 million from the United States Department of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to train special education teachers. Educators, school counselors and psychologists will collaborate to serve the unique needs of students with disabilities. CSU produces almost 8,000 new educators every year, more than 1,500 are special education teachers.
The campuses awarded are:
~ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ($1.1 million)
~ California State University, Chico ($1.25 million)
~ Humboldt State University ($1.25 million)
~ San Francisco State ($1.25 million)
~ California State University, Long Beach ($3.6 million)
~ California State University, Los Angeles ($3.75 million)
~ San Diego State University ($4.5 million)
The projects will ensure that students with special needs and their families have comprehensive support in and out of the classroom, advance interdisciplinary collaboration among general and special education teachers. Other projects are specializing in serving special needs dual-language learners and their families.
“These grants are evidence of the significant commitment of CSU campuses to preparing educators to enhance the vision of inclusive education for all students,” says Marquita Grenot-Scheyer, assistant vice chancellor for Educator Preparation. “Addressing the needs of all learners is at the heart of CSU teacher preparation and major reforms in California.”
Campus projects receiving funding from OSERS in this round of awards that support dual-language learners with special needs include:
~ A San Diego State project called Project PUEDE!: Partnering to Unify Education Services for Dual Language and English Learners, which prepares bilingual school psychologists and speech language pathologists uniquely skilled at interdisciplinary collaboration in assessment, interventions, and consultation for dual language and English-learner students with high intensity needs.
~ A Cal State Long Beach project called Project CREST (Culturally Responsive Transition Support in School Counseling and Special Education) that will teach evidence-based practices that emphasize culturally-congruent support for special needs students with a focus on postsecondary opportunities including employment and education.
Read more at https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/CSU-Campuses-Receive-17M-to-Train-Special-Education-Teachers.aspx
Photo Courtesy of California State University, Chico’s Facebook Page
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