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Preparing Educators and Related School Personnel to Work with At-Risk Students

University of Hawaii at Manoa, prater{at}hawaii.edu

Thomas W. Sileo

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Rhonda S. Black

University of Hawaii at Manoa

One of the largest growing populations of students in the United States are those identified as at-risk for educational failure. The term at-risk implies that the student is in danger of negative future events, such as dropping out of school, abusing drugs, becoming a gang member or committing suicide. A separate course was designed at our university to prepare teachers and related school personnel to work with at-risk students in inclusive settings. We describe the course briefly including course content, in-class instructional approaches, out-of-class student activities, as well as students' reactions to the course. We then report the results of a national survey comparing the course at our university to other courses offered in other education teacher preparation programs across the United States.

Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, Vol. 23, No. 1, 51-64 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/088840640002300108


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