The Special Education Teacher Pipeline in Pennsylvania: Year 2 Report

This report provides formative data about the implementation of projects associated with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Special Education’s Attract, Prepare, and Retain (APR) efforts during the 2023–24 school year. We surveyed or interviewed students and educators participating in six such projects: Developing Future Special Educators Grants, APR Mentoring Project, Networking and Learning Communities, Learning Institutes, Accelerated Programs for PK–12 Special Education Teacher Certification Grant, and American Sign Language programs. For the first three APR projects, these findings build on data from the first year of project implementation in the 2022– 23 school year. And for the latter three projects that were introduced in 2023–24, these data provide early evidence about how participants view their experiences with these projects.