Presenters:Hannah Mathews, Lisa Morin, Jen Curran, & Gabriella Arfaras
We will present two studies focused on highly effective special educators. One will examine how special educators’ instructional effectiveness is bound and shaped by their working conditions, producing very different ways of being “effective.” Another will spotlight how one teachers' agency was crucial to her effectiveness for students with low incidence disabilities. Together, these papers explore how interactions between individual beliefs and working conditions are a powerful lever for improving effectiveness.
