Braley, Deloris Ann2014-03-142014-03-141993-04-18etd-12142006-131843http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40411Critical teacher shortages in special education have led to revisions in certification and licensure policies in some states and implementation of initiatives to attract special education teachers in other states. Some of these revisions have allowed unendorsed teachers to be assigned to special education classrooms. The reliance on unendorsed teachers to fill special education vacancies means those working with students with the greatest educational needs may have the least amount of training or teaching experience. However, there have been no investigations of unendorsed special education teachers.xvii, 291 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V856 1993.B735Special education teachers -- Certification -- VirginiaSpecial education teachers -- VirginiaDissertationhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12142006-131843/