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--rural areas so they will be more inclined to go back and teach there where they are desperately needed." he said. "The grant can help provide the best qualified person to staff education classrooms in those areas."
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Schools look for more special ed instructors
By Amy Zamierowski
Kansan staff writer
KU recruiting new students to enter field
The need for special education teachers nationwide is increasing, and KU is trying to help fill those positions by recruiting people to enter the field.
"Because of medical technology, we now have more severely disabled kids who before might not have survived birth," said Earle Knowlton, associate professor of special education.
The number of children who need special education also will increase because of an amendment to the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act that requires a child's school district, regardless of the child's disability, to provide a special education program starting at age 3. The amendment went into effect this year.
Knowlton said that the shortage of teachers would hurt the quality of special education programs in certain areas of the nation.
"In some districts, such as Shawnee Mission, they might have eight or nine applicants for a position," he said. "But in the Kansas City, Missouri, area, some people will last for maybe a year, sometimes less."
Knowlton said that the wealther suburban school districts were able to retain and attract special education better than large city schools district.
"In western Kansas, they are dying for special education teachers and can't find anyone," he said. "If you have a special education degree and say you want a job there, they will roll out a red carpet for you."
Many universities recruit students to enter into their special education departments to help alleviate the shortage of teachers, he said.
"We are better off than most universities in gaining students because the department at KU has a good reputation," he said.
The KU special education program was rated as the best in the nation in a recent survey of college and university instruction. It was conducted by the University of Illinois.
Knowlton said the department received a three-year grant in August from the U.S. Department of Education to help recruit students from rural areas to the KU special education graduate program.
"We will recruit people from the
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We will recruit people from the rural areas so they will be more inclined to go back and teach there where they are desperately needed.
— Earle Knowlton associate professor of special education
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Knowlton said surprisingly little research was conducted that explained why many people left the special education field.
He said that about 95 percent of people in the field were women and that according to research that was completed, the most popular reason they left the profession was because of low pay.
"The profession also has a low status in society, which causes many people to leave for other professions." Knowlton said. "Some teachers also leave the field because of burnout, but I don't think it is one of the main reasons like many people Burnout in the field is overrated."
Ann Hartley, assistant director at the University Placement Center, said every region throughout the country had some or a considerable shortage of special education teachers.
"Special education majors certainly have a lot easier time finding a job, and they can pick where they want to live," she said. "I think the demand for them will keep increasing because schools are mainstreaming more children with learning disabilities into regular classrooms."
Jennifer Huerter, second-year graduate student in special education, said she thought less people were entering the special education field because they were intimidated by the challenge to teach students who had special needs.
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