Abstract
Project CREATE's chief mission is to reduce the number of non-certified special education teachers while simultaneously growing a highly qualified special education teacher work force in the State. Nationally recognized for grow your own (GYO) and alternative routes to certification (ARC) emphases, project leadership implemented an aggressive research agenda that has spanned CREATE's 10 years of operation to date. In this article, we summarize five peer-reviewed studies on the efficacy of CREATE, all focusing on aspects of outcome data from special education teachers who were program completers. These studies, emanating from different perspectives and research interests, provide a framework for other similar teacher preparation initiatives in assessing program efficacy.
Recommended Citation
Sutton, Joe P.; Bausmith, Shirley C.; Pae, Holly A.; Bishop, Michelle M.; and Boshamer, Cathy M.
(2013)
"A Decade of Growing Our Own in South Carolina: Efficacy Studies on Project CREATE,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol6/iss1/3