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Project Directors:
Mary Lynn Boscardin,
Ph.D., Project Director
Preston C. Green, Ed.D.,
J.D., Co-Project Director
Contact Information:
173 Hills-South
School of Education
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-1101
umcec@educ.umass.edu |
Special
Education Leadership Preparation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Linkages: Training Special Education
Administrators to Meet the Changing Needs of Children and Youth with Disabilities
from Diverse Backgrounds
The goal of the Linkages Project
is to:
provide students
desiring to become leaders in special education administration with integrated
training in general education and special education administration recognizing
the need to create unified districts and schools.
The project has an
established curriculum and field experiences that prepares special education
administrators at the graduate level to unify the knowledge traditions
of special education, general education, and educational leadership so
that they can influence educational reform initiatives that benefit all
students, including those with disabilities.
The program challenges
students to become effective leaders, change agents, and advocates for
students and provides them with the intellectual, classroom, research,
and field-based experiences necessary to carry their ideas into practice.
The project has five primary
objectives:
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address and ameliorate
national, state, and local level shortages of qualified administrators
of special education,
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provide financial
assistance and incentives to project trainees,
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establish a collaborative
comprehensive, field-based training program,
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develop leadership
skills built on collaborative relationships between general and special
education, and
- provide training
opportunities for general and special education administrators, teachers,
and support personnel at the national, state, and local levels.
(U.S. DOE, Office of
Special Education Programs, Leadership Personnel Preparation Project,
H325D990075) |
Linkages Presentations
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