Southeast Regional Consortium for Low Incidence Disabilities

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Southeast Regional Consortium for Low Incidence
Disabilities
SERCLID
AL AR FL GA LA MS OK
PR TX USVI
Addressing the pervasive, critical shortage of
qualified educational personnel to serve
individuals (early childhood through 12th grade)
who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/visually
impaired, and deaf-blind.
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Understanding the unique challenges

• Pervasive, critical shortage of qualified
  educational personnel in low incidence
  disabilities
• Sporadic, but immediate, local needs for
  qualified personnel
• Need for on the job training for uncertified
  personnel
• Not a priority of institutes of higher education
  (IHE)
• Downsizing of low incidence programs at IHEs
• NCLB and HQT constraints on teacher training
• Barriers to interstate mobility of personnel
• Recruitment and retention challenges (i.e.,
  personnel isolation competing state/local
  priorities)
• National concerns r.e. outcomes for students with
  low incidence disabilities

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Documenting personnel shortages The Needs
Assessment in the Low Incidence Disabilities

• D/HH Teachers Educational Interpreters
• B/VI Teachers O M Specialists
• DB Teachers Braille transcribers

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Map of D/HH Teacher Training Programs in the
Southeast Region
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Map of BVI DB Teacher Training Programs in the
Southeast Region
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SERCLID Systems Design Model
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Emphasizing personnel preparation and, in turn,
certification and recruitment
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Promoting our traditional higher education
programs and supporting the development and/or
expansion of RPPMs
Regional Personnel Preparation Models
Multi-state models via distance technology
with ease of interstate mobility
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SERCLID Composition

• Individuals with Low Incidence Disabilities
• Families
• Advocacy Organizations
• State Education Agencies
• Local Education Agencies
• State Certification Officers
• Higher Education Faculty
• Higher Education Administrators
• Resource Persons
• Regional and National Partners

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Southeast Regional Consortium for Low Incidence
Disabilities
SERCLID
AL AR FL GA LA MS OK
PR TX USVI
Coming together is a beginning keeping together
is progress working together is success. -
Henry Ford