成人AV视频 and DCPS offer professional learning for elementary teachers working with students with disabilities
The University of North Florida Silverfield College of Education and Human Services and Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) are offering a specialized teacher training program, . The primary goal of the project is to improve the academic and behavioral outcomes of students with disabilities. The project is in its final year of enrollment. Each year, the grant supports a cohort of 240 teachers.
The project focuses on building K-5 teacher capacity and improving outcomes for both students with and without disabilities in general education classrooms. It implements a professional learning model focused on High-Leverage Practices with ongoing coaching and mentoring for teachers.
Key results from the first year saw a reduction in challenging student behaviors, a significant increase in teacher motivation, and improvements in classroom climate.
High-Level Practices are content-free and flexible techniques, not tied to one subject or age, making them universally applicable across K-12, enhancing math, reading and social skills. These techniques provide a common language, bridging general and special education, empowering teachers to adapt instruction to student needs.
Eligible DCPS teachers must teach in a K-5 general education classroom in DCPS that includes students with and without disabilities. Teachers participate in a three-day summer professional learning academy led by the IDEAS team of specialists; receive $1,500 for completion of all study requirements; commit to one school year of six virtual coaching sessions with the IDEAS team of specialists; and earn 20 ESE points that meet the recertification requirements with the Florida Department of Education.
At the forefront of this initiative are Schantel Minton-Jones, DCPS project director and Dr. David Hoppey, 成人AV视频 education professor and principal investigator. Other key personnel include DCPS special education specialists and coaches Leila Jenkins and Amanda Foggie, grant consultants Dr. Megan McMillan, Rebekah Wallis and Dr. Pamela Williamson, and project evaluators Dr. Natalie Wright and Chuck Buresh from CIC Planning group.
The results of this ongoing project have already been presented at the 2025 annual conference of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children in Kansas City, Missouri, and the 2025 annual conference of the Council for Exceptional Children in Baltimore, Maryland. The first manuscript has also been submitted for publication to TEACHING Exceptional Children, the leading special education practitioner journal.
The project is funded by a five-year $4 million federal grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program.
Interested teachers can learn more and register for the 2026-27 cohort .