1st Edition

Special Education Leadership Building Effective Programming in Schools

By David Bateman, Jenifer Cline Copyright 2019
    282 Pages
    by Routledge

    282 Pages
    by Routledge

    Integrating coverage of the most important knowledge base, research, and practice in the field, this book prepares educators for the challenging role of special education leader. Special Education Leadership provides leaders with tools to review programs, implement special education law, and build special education programs that effectively supervise and support teachers. Grounded in theory, this book also includes best practice for day-to-day operations, such as issues of teaching and learning, personnel selection and evaluation, basic financial management, working with parent relations, mental health issues, and legal matters related to special education. Full of advice from practitioners, end-of-chapter questions, and coverage of emerging trends, this book helps prepare special education administrators and supervisors to survive the pressures of working with students with disabilities while supporting appropriate services and preventing litigation.

    Preface

    eResources

    PART One

    Change Agent

    1 Introduction

    With Verne Beffert

    PART Two

    Compliance Leader

    2 Laws and Special Education Administration

    3 State Monitoring and Compliance

    With Doug Cox

    4 Discipline for Students with Disabilities

    5 Mental Health for Students with Disabilities

    With Jessica Wery

    6 Working with Parents

    With Elizabeth Harkins Monaco

    7 Grades and Graduation for Students with Disabilities

    8 Progress Monitoring

    With Amy Finn

    9 Finance for the Special Education Administrator

    With Carrie Turner

    PART Three

    Instructional Leader

    10 Evaluating Special Education Staff

    11 Aligning Special Education Department Initiatives to District Mission

    With Rhonda Brunner and Wendy Kubasko

    PART Four

    Collaborative Leader

    12 The Conflict Continuum

    With Stephanie Weaver and Lenore Knudston

    13 Meeting Strategies and How to Prevent Due Process Hearings

    14 Current and Emerging Trends Facing Special Education

    With Laura Matson

     

    Appendix 1: Advanced Specialty Set: Special Education Administration Specialist

    Appendix 2: Council For Exceptional Children (CEC) Code of Ethics for Educators of Persons With Exceptionalities

    Appendix 3: List of Indicators

    Appendix 4: CEC’s Position on Special Education Teacher Evaluation: A Toolkit for Special Educators

     

    Index

    Biography

    David Bateman is Professor of Special Education at Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, the United States.

    Jenifer Cline is the Continuing Education Unit Manager in the Montana Department of Education, the United States.