Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
Triannual
National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

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Collaborative Inclusive Programs: Influences of Administrators and Teacher Leaders

  • Jane M. Leatherman, PhD (Author) Purdue University Fort Wayne image/svg+xml https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9286-5938
    Dr. Jane M. Leatherman, Associate Professor of Special Education at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). Dr Leatherman also is the director of the special education undergraduate and graduate programs for PFW. Her research interest is in teacher collaboration and administrators’ influences, and teacher attitudes toward collaboration. Most recently she has begun a research project to investigate the relationships among service professionals and teachers and the characteristics that support positive teams for students with IEPs.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.479
Abstract
This qualitative research examined the factors that affect collaboration practices of two rural elementary schools. The interviews revealed that the teachers are key to inclusion and successful collaboration in their classrooms. School administrators are vital to implement and support the school-wide collaboration including coordinating schedules, supporting teacher-generated agendas for the meetings, arranging for professional development, and providing resources to enhance collaboration. Their voices presented in this paper demonstrate the complexity of collaboration in inclusive schools.
Keywords
Administrator Role, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Inclusion, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Rural Schools
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Leatherman, J. M. (2022). Collaborative Inclusive Programs: Influences of Administrators and Teacher Leaders. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 17(1), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.479

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