With the critical shortage of special educators in Virginia, there has never been a better
time to seek financial assistance for a career in special education.
Below is a list of federal and state tuition assistance programs as well as individual tuition assistance
programs at specific colleges or universities. Please contact college, university, or program
coordinators
for more information on these tuition assistance programs.
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| Program |
Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement Program (CSEEP) |
| College/University |
Old Dominion University (Distance Learning Program) |
| Description |
This program is a distance-learning program for Virginia teachers on conditional licensure and provides endorsement in learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, and/or mental retardation for qualified teachers. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Stephen Tonelson
Project Director
CSEEP Office Staff:
cseep@odu.edu
(757) 683-5372
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| Program |
Project TEACH (Teachers of Exceptional Adolscents and Children) |
| College/University |
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg |
| Description |
This project will prepare personnel at the masters level to effectively teach students with learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, or mental retardation in demographically diverse areas. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2005 |
| Contact Information |
Sharon deFur
Lori Korinek
Project Directors
shdefu@wm.edu
lakori@wm.edu
757-221-2150
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| Program |
Project CME (Collaborating Master Educators) |
| College/University |
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg |
| Description |
The project will train early career general education teachers for a masters program in special education. CME students will continue to teach in public schools while earning special education endorsement in a M.A.Ed. program that emphasizes research-based practices and collaboration. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2005 |
| Contact Information |
Lori Korinek
Project Director
lakori@wm.edu
Melody Camm
Project Coordinator
mlcamm@wm.edu
757-221-2335
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| Program |
Improving Special Education Services in Southwest Virginia |
| College/University |
Radford University, Radford |
| Description |
This three-year project will prepare at least 35 graduate-level teachers by enhancing the existing special education program. Teachers trained under this project will have the knowledge and skills to teach in high-poverty rural or urban areas. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2004 |
| Contact Information |
Rachel Janney
Alice Anderson
Project Directors
Vanessa Haskins
Project Coordinator
vhaskins@radford.edu
540-831-6425
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| Program |
Enhancing Success of Special Education Students in the Demographically Diverse Schools of Southwest Virginia |
| College/University |
Radford University, Radford |
| Description |
This program will prepare 47 to 60 special education teachers with masters degrees and/or certifications in three high-incidence disabilities who are prepared to meet the needs of students in demographically diverse settings. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2005 |
| Contact Information |
Rachel Janney
Alice Anderson
Project Directors
Vanessa Haskins
Project Coordinator
vhaskins@radford.edu
540-831-6425
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| Program |
Teacher Preparation and Licensure Program for Hearing Impairments PreK-12 |
| College/University |
Radford University, Radford |
| Description |
This endorsement program will prepare personnel at the undergraduate, graduate or licensure only levels to effectively teach students with hearing impairments. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Ellen B. Austin, Coordinator
ebaustin@radford.edu or 540-831-5549
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| Program |
Educators without Borders |
| College/University |
George Mason University, Fairfax |
| Description |
This program will provide individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups entering the field of early intervention with the knowledge and skills necessary to work with culturally and linguistically diverse infants/toddlers and families in early intervention. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2006 |
| Contact Information |
Sylvia Sanchez
Eva Thorp
Project Directors
ssanche2@gmu.edu
ethorp@gmu.edu
703-993-3844
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| Program |
UpLink: University Partner for the Inter-professional Preparation of Personnel in Low-Incidence Disabilities for Diverse Early Childhood Settings |
| College/University |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond |
| Description |
This program will prepare educators to obtain a teacher licensure in early childhood special education with specialized training in the area of low-incidence disabilities. |
| Ending Date |
September 30, 2005 |
| Contact Information |
Evelyn Reed-Victor and Ann Cox, Co-Directors
ereedvic@mail1.vcu.edu or acox@hsc.vcu.edu or 804-828-1305
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| Program |
Project EMBRACE |
| College/University |
Norfolk State University, Norfolk |
| Description |
This project will target and prepare 40 African American, Hispanic, and Filipino educators to obtain the Masters of Art in Pre-Elementary Education with a specialization in Early Childhood Special Education. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2006 |
| Contact Information |
Arletha McSwain
Project Director
amcswain@nsu.edu
757-823-2700 |
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| Program |
Early Childhood and Developmental Risk: An Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation Program in Pyschology, early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education |
| College/University |
University of Virginia, Charlottesville |
| Description |
The program will train 16 students each year for a total of 80 graduates. Upon completion of the program, students will earn a bachelor's degree in psychology and a masters degree in education. |
| Ending Date |
July 31, 2007 |
| Contact Information |
Paige Pullen
Project Director
pullen@virginia.edu
434-243-5502 |
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| Program |
Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Severe Disabilities (Distance Education) |
| College/University |
George Mason University, Fairfax
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Virginia
Radford University
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| Description |
This distance education endorsement program will prepare personnel at the masters level to effectively teach students with severe disabilities. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Mike Behrmann
Project Director
mbehrman@gmu.edu
703-993-3670
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| Program |
Virginia Teacher Preparation Project for Visual Impairment (Distance Education) |
| College/University |
University of Louisville |
| Description |
This distance education program offers teachers the opportunity to participate in courses leading to licensure in visual impairments via interactive television, video-streaming, and the Internet. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Bill Penrod
Project Director
502-852-0557
wpenrod@louisville.edu
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| Program |
Virginia Endorsement Program in Visual Impairment |
| College/University |
School of Continuing & Professional Studies
University of Virginia, Abingdon |
| Description |
This program provides college courses in special education designed to meet specified requirements for endorsement in visual impairment. These four courses offer special education teachers an opportunity to add the visual impairment endorsement to their special education license. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Glen Slonneger
Project Director
slonnegr@dbvi.state.va.us
804-371-3113
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| Program |
Personnel Preparation Program for Speech-Language Pathologists |
| College/University |
Hampton University, Hampton |
| Description |
This program allows public school speech-language pathologists with a bachelor's degree to take graduate level coursework in speech-language pathology. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Robert Screen
Project Director
robert.screen@hamptonu.edu
757-727-5435
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| Program |
Facilitating Licensure of School Personnel in Speech-Language Pathology |
| College/University |
James Madison University, Harrisonburg |
| Description |
This program allows public school speech-language pathologists with a bachelor's degree to take graduate level coursework in speech-language pathology in Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg, Farmville/Lynchburg, and Harrisonburg. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Nicholas Bankson
Project Director
banksonw@cisat.jmu.edu
540-568-6440
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| Program |
Radford University Plan Expanding Graduate Education |
| College/University |
Radford University, Radford |
| Description |
This program allows public school speech-language pathologists with a bachelor's degree to take graduate level coursework in speech-language pathology. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Raymond Linville
Project Director
rlinvill@radford.edu
540-831-7666
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| Program |
Expansion of Masters Degree Program in Speech-Language Pathology |
| College/University |
University of Virginia, Charlottesville |
| Description |
This distance education program allows public school speech-language pathologists with a bachelor's degree to take graduate level coursework in speech-language pathology in Northern Virginia and Charlottesville. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Director) |
| Contact Information |
Randall Robey
Project Director
rrr7w@cms.mail.virginia.edu
434-924-6351
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| Program |
Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership Preparation for Collaborative Service |
| College/University |
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg |
| Description |
This project will train 15 doctoral students in educational policy, planning, and leadership with an emphasis on special education administration and collaborative service delivery. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2007 |
| Contact Information |
Brenda T. Williams
btwiL1@wm.edu
Dr. Megan Tschannen Moran
mxtsch@wm.edu
757-221-2187
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| Program |
Doctoral Program in Special Education (Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities) |
| College/University |
George Mason University, Fairfax |
| Description |
This program will provide intensive, high-quality, comprehensive doctoral-level training in special education over a four-year period. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2006 |
| Contact Information |
Margo Mastropieri
mmastrop@gmu.edu
Thomas Scruggs
tscruggs@gmu.edu
703-993-4136
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| Program |
Tuition Assistance for Early Childhood Special Educators |
| Description |
A portion of Virginia's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C provides tuition assistance for coursework for early childhood special educators. |
| Ending Date |
August 30, 2005 |
| Information and Application |
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/suptsmemos/2003/inf136.html
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| Contact Information |
Pat Burgess
pburgess@mail.vak12ed.edu
804-225-2096
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| Program |
Tuition Assistance for Special Educators |
| Description |
A portion of Virginia's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B provides tuition assistance for coursework for special educators. |
| Ending Date |
June 30, 2005 |
| Information and Application |
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/suptsmemos/2004/inf127.html
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| Contact Information |
Pat Burgess
pburgess@mail.vak12ed.edu
804-225-2096
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| Program |
Special Education Endorsement Programs |
| College/University |
George Mason University (Region 4)
Liberty University (Regions 5 and 6)
Old Dominion University (Region 2)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Regions 1, 3, 7, and 8)
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| Description |
These programs are funded to provide coursework meeting licensure requirements for learning disabilities, emotionally disturbance, and/or mental retardation for eligible special educators. |
| Ending Date |
(Please contact Project Directors) |
| Contact Information |
Mike Behrmann (George Mason University)
mbehrmann@gmu.edu
703-993-3670
Beth Ackerman (Liberty University)
mackerman@liberty.edu
434 582-2445
Stephen Tonelson (Old Dominion University)
cseep@odu.edu
757-683-5372
John Kregel (Virginia Commonwealth University)
jkregel@vcu.edu
828-1851
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| Program |
Troops to Teachers |
| Description |
Troops-to-Teachers provides Referral Assistance/Placement services and Financial Assistance to military personnel interested in beginning a second career in public education as a teacher. The Virginia office of Troops-to-Teachers office will help applicants identify teacher certification requirements, programs leading to certification, provide financial assistance for these programs and employment opportunities.
To determine you eligibility visit the National Troops To Teachers Web Page at www.proudtoserveagain.com
For information on specific information on Troops To Teachers in Virginia visit www.odu.edu/troopstoteachers
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