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    Incentive and Retention for Special Education Teachers

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    A 3 page proposal for an incentive plan for special education teachers. The local school district has made available $10,000 annually for three years – a total of $30,000 – to be used in attracting and retaining ten additional special education teachers. The purpose here is to devise a plan for using those funds with two leading goals: cause teachers to feel valued and benefit their students. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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    There has been a dearth of special education teachers for several years, and increasing pressures on local and state budgets place even greater stress on school districts ability to attract  and then retain qualified, caring special education teachers. The local school district has made available $10,000 annually for three years - a total of $30,000 - to be used  in attracting and retaining ten additional special education teachers. The purpose here is to devise a plan for using those funds with two leading goals: cause teachers to feel  valued and benefit their students. The Incentive Plan The proposed plan will send two of the ten teachers to the annual conference of  the Teacher Education Division of The Council for Exceptional Children. The District cannot underwrite the conference for all ten teachers; to provide any reward for all ten teachers it  will be necessary to limit conference registration and travel expenses to only two teachers each year. The budget in Table 1 represents a pared-down one that does not include  car rental, hotel parking or a great deal of spending money, but it does provide for the basics and enough cash to travel locally by taxi as well as enjoy  a few non-conference meals. Table 1. Conference Attendance Cost per Teacher Item Component Cost Total Cost Conference registration 290 Additional training 105 Total Conference 395  Hotel - 4 @ $160 640 Airfare allowance 400 Cash 565 Total 2,000  Sending two teachers to the national conference each year will consume $4,000 of the available funds, leaving $6,000 to use for the eight 

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