Biggest Challenges Faced By A Director At Special Education Consulting
Anjanette, a Director at Special Education Consulting, identifies the critical challenge of a shortage of qualified personnel in education as a major hurdle. This lack of qualified personnel, coupled with dwindling post-pandemic funding, leaves school systems struggling to meet the needs of students with disabilities, despite having previously received "extra money to ensure that we could hire people".
Education, Personnel Management, Funding, Special Education, Leadership
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Anjanette Pelletier
Director
Special EducationConsulting
UC Berkeley
Cal State Hayward, Masters in Clincial Child School Psychology
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Coaching, Speaking & Writing, Education
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Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Worked 20+ Hours in School, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. The difficulty of finding qualified personnel in education is a major challenge, impacting program development and implementation.
2. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the existing staffing shortage, despite increased funding for education.
3. The combination of funding limitations and persistent staffing shortages creates significant hurdles for providing quality special education services for students with disabilities.
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What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
Right now, some of the biggest challenges in the education consultant space are things we don't have control over. In education, it's very hard to find qualified personnel for many of the work roles our systems need.
This leaves managers, the people I consult with, struggling to develop, implement, and maintain quality programs. They're trying to figure out how they'll meet the everyday needs of students with disabilities.
We came out of the Covid pandemic shutdowns with significant dollar resources. We were provided extra money to hire people, to add to and replace the learning that was lost. However, we found there were no people to hire.
Not having enough people, even with sufficient revenue, is challenging. Now, those extra dollars are ending. This means we no longer have the extra funds to pay the people we need in our system.
So, there's a lack of revenue and resources for schools, especially for high-cost activities often included in special education. Additionally, there's a lack of people wanting to join that career at this time.
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