Consortium of Low Incidence
Teacher Preparation
Programs in Kansas Project (CLIPP)
(9/09) This three-year grant received by David Lindeman,
Ph.D. is funded by the Kansas State Department of Education. The
grant dates are August 1, 2009 through July 31, 2012.
CLIPP will
be composed of faculty from colleges and universities across Kansas
who are committed to collaboratively support and enhance the development
and delivery of teacher training programs to meet the standards for
low incidence disabilities license(s). This project will solidify
relationships and partnerships among participating teacher training
programs in the effort to meet the needs of the state of Kansas for
highly qualified teachers. These achievements will be realized through
systemic change created at three levels: a) at the course level through
the examination of course content to foster shared or common content
across programs, b) at
the college/university level though a shared curriculum design
that will prepare students to meet the teaching standards and support
collaboration between the low incidence disability teacher trainers,
and c) at the state level through the examination, possible adoption,
and development of courses designed to be delivered through a distance
education consortium to allow students to access courses at any
and all participating colleges or universities.
The goals of this
proposal are to:
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Strengthen the relationships of college and
university faculty through the coordination of planning meetings
to explore college and university partnerships;
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Develop a network/infrastructure
of professionals working together, as a state resource, to address
the need for highly trained teachers of children with low incidence
disabilities;
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Examine potential models for partnerships that
would support sharing of cost and revenue for courses shared
across teacher training programs.
