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Leading Special Education
How to Support, Retain, and Empower Teachers for Success
This book is designed for K–12 school leaders in various settings. Discover strategies to support special education teachers and manage successful special education programs. Focus areas include highlighting the power of connections, professional learning, collaboration, co-teaching, and leveraging technology for special education success.
A leader’s guide to support special education educators
Supporting and empowering special education teachers is essential for student success, as author Breauna C. Wall emphasizes with this guide. She advocates for reform in special education programs, including robust systems of support, mentoring, and ongoing professional learning for special education teachers. These efforts promote effective teaching, foster collaboration among general and special education, and create thriving school communities for educators and students alike.
K–12 leaders, administrators, and special education teachers can use this book to:
- Transform special education programs through continued professional learning
- Form collaborative partnerships for continued professional learning and support
- Introduce innovative technologies and teaching practices to support student learning
- Implement organizational planning tools to improve communication, teamwork, and efficacy
- Sustain a long-term service commitment through efficient, effective work practices
Related Topics
LeadershipSchool ImprovementSpecial Needs
Additional Information
“Dr. Wall’s expertise and passion for a people-first approach shine brightly throughout this book. She states that if we want our students to succeed, we must help ensure our special education teachers have a sense of belonging, feel empowered, and are properly equipped to engage in the nation’s most important work. Leading Special Education is our playbook, providing a clear framework for building and maintaining a successful special education program that supports teachers, students, and their families. Dr. Wall’s work is insightful, practical, and accessible, offering a wealth of resources and tools that are immediately useful. A must-read for all educators, Leading Special Education is more than a guide, it’s a call to action. Dr. Wall shows that by empowering special education teachers, we create the conditions for all students to thrive.”
“Dr. Breauna Wall has constructed a viable volume of research-based resources directed toward those with various leadership roles in special education. Readers will appreciate her flair for explaining not only the importance of collaboration to get things done for students who qualify for special education services, but also how to do it within various settings: classrooms, schools, and communities. Impressively, Dr. Wall grounds her discussion doing collaborative leadership as an authentic toggle between in-person and that which is facilitated by technologies. An important read for special education leadership in the current era.”
