Over the past three years staff of the Oregon Special Education Recruitment and Retention Project have shared the results of national studies on the recruitment and retention of special educators at various workshops, conference presentations and on our website. A frequent question raised by participants, however, has been, "Do these results apply to Oregon?"
To answer this question, and to provide ongoing feedback and direction to the recruitment and retention efforts within Oregon, several studies are being initiated through the Oregon Special Education Recruitment and Retention Project. These studies are designed to address questions that should be useful in improving efforts to recruit and retain special educators into the profession, the state and specific positions.