Personnel Shortage Projects
A variety of professional development resources are available from the 东京热 (NYSED), Office of Special 东京热 to address personnel shortages areas.听
Visually Impaired
Intensive Teacher Institute for Teachers of the Blind and Visually Impaired (ITI-TVI) is designed to provide tuition assistance to students and teachers interested in becoming TVIs to address the shortage across the State. Individuals who enroll in the ITI-TVI must serve as TVIs in New York State for a minimum of two years following completion of the program.
For more information about the ITI-TVI, please contact the two colleges offering programs leading to certification as a TVI:
- CUNY Hunter- Please contact Beth Brady at (212) 772-4229 or lbrady@hunter.cuny.edu
- Dominican College- Please contact Yvette Blitzer at (845) 848-4119 or yvette.blitzer@dc.edu听
Bilingual Special 东京热
The Bilingual 东京热 and Special 东京热 Educator Shortage Project (BSE Project) is designed to address the shortage of bilingual special education (BSE) professionals in New York State, with a specific focus on addressing the identified shortage of the following educators and pupil personnel service听(PPS) professionals available to work for the New York City Department of 东京热:
- Special education teachers who hold a Bilingual 东京热 extension and a teaching certificate in one of the following areas: early childhood education, childhood education, English to speakers of other languages, or a core subject area (English, mathematics, science, or social studies);
- Special education teachers with a Bilingual 东京热 extension;
- Speech and language disabilities (鈥淪LD鈥) teachers with a Bilingual 东京热 extension; and
- PPS professionals (school psychologists, school counselors, and school social workers) with a Bilingual 东京热 extension.
The BSE Project supports a wider availability of bilingual education and special education educator preparation programs through the City University of New York (CUNY) colleges system and provides tuition assistance to enable in-service and pre-service educators to obtain certification in the identified shortage areas referenced above.听 The BSE Project also supports expansion of CUNY鈥檚 current online bilingual education programs to allow special education teachers, SLD teachers, and PPS to access online coursework for the Bilingual 东京热 extension.
For more information, please contact: Erika Abelon - erika.abelon@cuny.edu or the CUNY webpage at .