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Recruitment/Retention and Personnel Development

Project Director: John Copenhaver

TAESE has built successful partnerships with State departments of education around recruitment and retention of professionals in special education.

TAESE currently has projects with Arizona and Nebraska:

The Arizona Center for Professions in Education (ACPE) Cutting Edge Recruitment and Retention Center was established in 2001. Dale Brown takes the leadership role for this center. It has played a role in placing over 14,000 educators and support staff statewide into school-based careers during the past five years, and built one of the nation's most visited educational recruitment Web site: Arizona Educational Employment Board (AEEB).

The Arizona State Improvement project provides Information Technology (IT) and Internet Service Provider (ISP) support to the Arizona State Improvement Grant. Via its infrastructure backbone, the SIG hosting includes development, maintenance, and online support for over six different SIG web hosts including http://www.azsig.com, Goal's 2 and 3 to the website, as well as auxiliary hosting including http://www.ade.az.gov/ess/eapn/ among others.

TAESE also has a contract with the Nebraska Department of Education to evaluate and automate the Teach In Nebraska Web site.

TAESE provides technical assistance and consultation in the areas of recruitment and retention of highly qualified school staff.

If your State or local education agency is interested in what assistance TAESE offers, please contact John Copenhaver.