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Department of Specialized Education Services
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Project RESTART: Recruitment and Retention: Students on Alternative Routes to Teacher Training
U.S. Department of Education, OSERS H325K060337
Project RESTART: Recruitment and Retention: Students on Alternative Routes to Teacher Training is a model teacher preparation program for high incidence disabilities and currently supports 30 undergraduate majors in special education and dual majors in elementary education and special education. Seven of these students ate teaching assistants from area school system. Project RESTART was one of the U.S. Department of Education’s personnel preparation grants highlighted in the Council for Exception Children’s Federal Outlook for 2007. A manuscript on outcomes of the first four years of the initial project has been accepted for publication in the professional journal Teacher Education and Special Education. Additionally, project participants continue to be involved in several service-learning projects such as volunteering with a nationally certified therapeutic horseback riding program and a day program for adults with disabilities. Project participants attended and presented with project faculty at the North Carolina Council for Exceptional Children’s annual meeting in February 2007.
The Project RESTART website is provided as an overview of the project and provides updates on the progress of Project RESTART and its students. Specific info should be sought out from the project director.
For more information contact us at restart@uncg.edu
Recent article about Project RESTART
Project CREATE: Collaboration, Reflection, and Excellence-Accountable Teacher Education
U.S. Department of Education, OSERS H325T070024
Project CREATE is a collaborative program improvement grant with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The purpose of this grant is to provide resources to improve the new dual major in special education and elementary education that prepares highly qualified teachers to serve children with high incidence disabilities. The growth of the dual major has been exciting. There are 16 students in the first cohort and the 2007-08 cohort currently has 18. With this grant we are able to offer additional sections of needed courses as well as provide resources to improve our assessment system for this new program. We have already completed a staff development with one of our partner schools that provide a field-based site for our internships.
Recent article about Project CREATE
Project CONNECT: Preparing Highly Qualified Educational Interpreters
CDFA 84.325K
This project will increase the number and quality of personnel who provide educational interpreting services for students with hearing loss. The project will enhance the existing bachelor's degree Interpreting track in the Education of Deaf children program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to reflect the recently adopted state of North Carolina requirements for employment as an educational interpreter. The Project CONNECT page provides more information.
Recent article about Project CONNECT
Auditory-Oral/Birth-Kindergarten Concentration Program
Philosophy
The philosophy of the Auditory-Oral/Birth-Kindergarten teacher preparation program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is based on the belief that children who are deaf and hard of hearing are well served by programs offering numerous opportunities to acquire spoken language, that all children have access to inclusive early childhood programs, and that the family is the child's first and most important teacher.
Program Goals
- To provide undergraduate preparation in the education of young children who are deaf/hard of hearing using an auditory-oral approach and in the education of children ages birth to five years with and without disabilities.
- To prepare students to complete the requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
- To prepare students for "A" licensure in Hearing Impairment K-12 and Birth-Kindergarten by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Dr. Judy Niemeyer
Co-Principal Investigator
336-334-3447
janiemey@uncg.edu
Dr. Mary V. Compton
Co-Principal Investigator
336-334-3771
mvcompto@uncg.edu
Visit Auditory-Oral/Birth-Kindergarten Concentration Program Website
Collaborative Early Intervention National Training E-Resource (CENTe-R)
(Formerly known as the Center for Early Intervention Professional in Hearing Impairment, was created in 2001.)
Recent passage of newborn hearing screening legislation in nearly 40 states promises earlier identification of infants with hearing impairments. The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (1994) stated that infants and toddlers with hearing impairments and their families caregivers should receive intervention by six months of age. Historically, children with hearing impairment exhibit delays in their English language and social development. Detection of hearing loss during infancy followed by appropriate intervention enables children with hearing loss to retain reading and academic achievement levels equal to those of their hearing peers. Therefore, appropriately preparing personnel to serve infants and toddlers with hearing impairments and their families is critical. In response to this need, Center goals are to:
- Develop a program of study focusing on the acquisition of professional competencies in the areas of developmental, communication, social, conceptual, cultural, medical and technological areas.
- Partner with state agencies, the medical community, parent organizations, professional advocacy groups, colleges and universities, to develop field-test and disseminate the training program.
- Develop, field-test and disseminate web-based modules in early intervention for preservice professionals
- Establish ongoing training activities via on-site, distance education and consultation.
The Center is funded for five years and plans are to be self-sustaining. Drs. Mary V. Compton, Judith Niemeyer, and Edgar Shroyer are principal investigators. Dr. Rosalyn Proctor and Anne McNally serve as full time directors of this national center. For more information you may contact Center staff at (336) 256-0524.
Global Hearth Project
The Global Hearth Website provides a forum to connect early childhood care and education (ECCE) professionals in communities around the globe. Share your expertise with others, discuss hot topics, get new teacher resources, and learn strategies for improving program quality through the Global Hearth Website.
Belinda Hardin
(336) 256-1083
Email: bjhardin@uncg.edu
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Specialized Education Services Department
P.O. Box 26170, UNCG, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Email: SES@uncg.edu
Phone: 334-5843 (Voice/TTY)
FAX: 334-4120