Abstract
Educational leaders can be the biggest support and resource in schools and districts for special educators who teach students with disabilities in preschool-12th grade settings. Although candidates in preschool-12th grade doctoral leadership programs assume assistant principal, principal, and director positions in public school settings that service students with disabilities, many have not had a single course that prepares them to support this student population. The absence of their pedagogical knowledge on historical context as well as law and policy in special education is particularly concerning as these leaders will be expected to support students with disabilities, their teachers, family members, and support personnel to meet student needs. To address this issue, one instructor developed a university doctoral leadership course covering historical context, law, and policy in special education, and their application to future preschool-12th grade leaders.
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Sarana E. Roberts, California State University at Bakersfield, United States
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Conference: BAMC2024
Stream: Education / Pedagogy
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To cite this article:
Roberts S. (2025) Developing a Course in a P-12 Educational Leadership Doctoral Program to Support Disability Education ISSN: 2435-9475 – The Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2024: Official Conference Proceedings (pp. 53-58) https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9475.2024.6
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9475.2024.6
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