New York State is experiencing, as are many other states, critical shortages in special education, bilingual special education, and related pupil personnel service and related services areas. 

The State Education Department is committed to proactively address these shortages. We are requesting your assistance by providing us with enrollment and capacity data in the aforementioned areas. The information you provide will be compiled, analyzed and utilized by the State Education Department, the New York City Department of Education, and Institutions of Higher Education to identify where additional State and Federal resources could and should be used to increase capacity, support recruitment, enhance faculty, and implement best practices.  This survey will be conducted annually for the next five years to establish trend data. 

The State Education Department will also be sharing data from the New York City Department of Education with the institutions of higher education identifying the projected need for special education and bilingual special education teachers. By linking together data identifying the demand for teachers with data identifying prospective teachers currently in preparation programs, we hope to focus resources and, therefore, help to increase the number of needed teachers in hard-to-staff schools. 
 
 
Data is requested for the following program areas: 

• Special Education - monolingual and bilingual extension

• School Psychologist - bilingual extension

• Teachers of English and Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

• Teachers of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped - monolingual and bilingual extension. 

We know that your time is valuable and your resources are stretched.  However, the information you provide us in this survey is critical to our efforts to serve students with disabilities.  Your prompt assistance is therefore greatly appreciated. 

Please return all surveys by mail or fax by March 1, 2003 to: 
 
Fredric DeMay
New York State Education Department
VESID
Room 1624 OCP
Albany, New York  12234
Attn:  Special Education/Higher Education Survey

NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 

ANNUAL SURVEY OF IHE PREPARATION PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH
SHORTAGES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL 
 

The purpose of this annual survey is to provide the New York State Education Department, the New York City Department of Education and Institutions of Higher Education with pertinent enrollment and capacity data regarding special education and related fields where the State has experienced significant shortages as described in the cover memo.  This information will be used to support policy and resource decisions. Please duplicate this form and use one for each program. 

College/University ______________________________________________________________

Program ______________________________________________________________________

Contact Person ________________________________________________________________

Address/E-mail ________________________________________________________________

Phone/Fax ____________________________________________________________________

Enrollment* 

1. Number of undergraduate applicants ____ numbers enrolled ____

2. Number of anticipated BA/BS recipients in May 2003 ____

3. Number of graduate student applicants ____ numbers enrolled ____

4. Number of anticipated MA/MS recipients in May 2003 ____

Capacity 

With existing resources and faculty: 

5. Number of additional undergraduate students program could support ____

6. Number of additional graduate students program could support ____

7. Do you have plans to expand capacity of program?  Y/N ____

8. Do you have plans to contract the program?  Y/N ____

Optional Explanation: _________________________________________________________________________________

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*Use approximations if actual numbers are not available or known

 
Issues Impeding Growth 

9. Lack of applicants - Y/N

Comments ____________________________________________________________________________________

10. Lack of faculty - Y/N

Comments ____________________________________________________________________________________

11. Lack of resources - Y/N

12. If above issues could be addressed would your institution consider expansion?
    Y/N
    Comments ____________________________________________________________________________________

Other issues:  Please provide any additional comments that will help us address personnel shortages. 

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13. Would you like a representative of the State Education Department or its technical Assistance partners to contact you regarding initiatives associated with shortages? 
    Y/N

Comments ____________________________________________________________________________________
 
 

Please return by March 1, 2003 to: 

Annual Survey of IHE Preparation Programs Relating to Special Education 

Fredric DeMay
New York State Education Department
VESID - Special Education
Room 1624 OCP
Albany, New York  12234
Fax:  (518) 473-5387