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CREATE program receives federal grant
Danielle Moore
Issue date: 10/9/07 Section: Campus News
In order to improve special education for students wanting to major in both special education and general education, UNCG's CREATE program recently received a $500,000 federal grant,
CREATE - which stands for Collaboration, Reflection, and Excellence: Accountable Teaching Education - is a program that aims to improve UNCG's training for teachers with concentrations in specific areas of special education.
As stated in a news release by University Relations, these extra funds will go toward expanding the School of Education's dual-licensure program in general elementary education and general special education.
The focus on the dual-licensure program is due to a large number of students declaring double majors in these two areas.
Many students may be interested in the dual major because of a North Carolina law about inclusion, which states that special education students must be placed in the least-restrictive education environment possible, and because very few teacher education programs offer this dual-licensure program.
UNCG is one of only two North Carolina universities to receive the grant. East Carolina University also received a special education training improvement grant.
For more information on CREATE, contact Stephanie Kurtts at skirts@uncg.edu.
CREATE - which stands for Collaboration, Reflection, and Excellence: Accountable Teaching Education - is a program that aims to improve UNCG's training for teachers with concentrations in specific areas of special education.
As stated in a news release by University Relations, these extra funds will go toward expanding the School of Education's dual-licensure program in general elementary education and general special education.
The focus on the dual-licensure program is due to a large number of students declaring double majors in these two areas.
Many students may be interested in the dual major because of a North Carolina law about inclusion, which states that special education students must be placed in the least-restrictive education environment possible, and because very few teacher education programs offer this dual-licensure program.
UNCG is one of only two North Carolina universities to receive the grant. East Carolina University also received a special education training improvement grant.
For more information on CREATE, contact Stephanie Kurtts at skirts@uncg.edu.
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