By Kara Arundel

This strategy-packed guide empowers you to solve the special educator shortage - and avoid the potential consequences of IDEA violations, loss of state funding and students not achieving adequate educational progress. Whether you’re in a school system or at the state level, you’ll discover a range of short- and long-term solutions others are using to successfully attract and maintain a competent, dedicated special education teaching staff:

Recruiting: Using social media and other creative avenues to advertise job openings
Developing a timeline for recruitment and selection of job candidates
Asking applicants the right interview questions

Retention: Providing nonfinancial incentives to special educators
Creating teacher residencies and grow-your-own programs
Building career ladders for special educators

Plus dozens more ideas and additional practical guidance: "Real-Life Lessons" from 30+ districts and nearly every state; checklists of key strategies to implement and track; and legal cases illustrating the IDEA-related issues courts consider when districts lack qualified special educators.