A Graduate School of Education and Human Development program starting this summer will position graduate students for employment as instructional assistants in Alexandria City Public Schools before becoming full-time special education teachers next year.
Officials said in a release last month that GSEHD will accept 10 to 12 graduate applicants in early March who will enroll in a master’s special education program in June that will prepare them to work as instructional assistants in ACPS starting in August. Faculty leading the partnership said students can be hired to full-time special education teacher positions during their second year of the program, which will help combat low teacher recruitment and retention.