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D.  \nJeremy Pope, MS.  \nHuman Development Institute  \nLocal Special Education Administrators  \nThe High Turnover Rate in Kentucky and Solutions for the Future  \nIntroduction  \nNationally, as well as in Kentucky, the growing challengesand responsibilities faced by Directors of Special Education (e.g. , DoSEs) and early childhood coordinators are daunting (Bellamy & Iwaszuk, 2017) . The need to deliver high quality services to infants, toddlers, and youth with disabilities places a premium on highly skilled local DoSEs. In Kentucky, many local DoSEs also hold the added role as supervisors for the Local Education Agency’s (LEA) early childhood program. It has become increasingly clear throughout the country there is an ongoing challenge to identify, recruit, and prepare highly skilled local DoSEs, early intervention service leaders, and Part C coordinatorsas well as retain high quality leadership.  \nChallenges in Kentucky  \n• There were 255 different persons serving as DoSE in the past five years for a state with 172 LEAs.  \n• Only 61.3% of current DoSEs have fie or more years of experience.  \n• From 2018-2020 DoSE turnover rate was 15.5% .  \nBackground  \nKentucky is focused on capacity building to facilitate systems change by increasing the number and capacity of certified DoSEs, and early intervention service leaders to address the following challenges.  \nNational trends confirm a growing problem of leadership shortages and high turnover. According to the National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI) (2018A, 2018B), at the state level over the last five years, there has been nearly a 100% turnover among State Special Education Directors (Part B) (Table 1) . The tables below outline significant trends and challenges across the country but also in Kentucky (Chart 1 & Table 3) .  \n\n| Year | 2005–09 | 2010–14 | 2015–10 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| New State Part B Directors across U.S. | 5 | 47 | 60 |\n\nTable 1: New state special education directors by year.  \nNational Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI, 2018b)  \nStaff turnover in leadership positions in early childhood Part C Lead Agencies (LA) is also occurring at an increasing rate. State-level changes impact the continuity of implementation and improvement work under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) . The NCSI, in collaboration with the Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association (ITCA), identified the turnover in coordinators on the state early intervention systems and state Part C programs. The table below reflects this alarming trend.  \n\n| Year | 2005 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Part C Coordinators | 39% Baseline | 60% | 60% | 62% | 67% | 73% | 71% | 70% |\n\nTable 2: Part C coordinators with 5 years or less experience National Center for Systemic Improvement (NCSI, 2018b)  \nIn 2005, 39% of Part C Coordinators had five or fewer years of experience while 61% had six or more years’ experience (NCSI, 2018b) . In 2018, the data reversed with 73% having five years or less experience and only 27% with six or more years’ experience.  \nIn addition, research conducted by Lashley & Boscardin (2003) and Muller (2009) revealed that when 10-15% of special education positions turn over each year, significant stress is placed on local and state systems. This type of leadership turnover causes numerous problems for local districts such as difficulty in finding adequate replacements, given that Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) cannot produce enough  \ncandidates. It also causes disruption in special education program continuity across these districts that hinders long term planning, program improvement and instructional planning efforts. In Kentucky, these same statistics are true at the local level pertaining to DoSEs and early childhood coordinators.  \nA five-year analysis of employment d","cbCaivO1gAYdk0FU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivO1gAYdk0FU","pdf",564450,"English","# Introduction\n# Challenges in Kentucky\n## Background\n## National trends and data\n# Kentucky analysis and workforce transitions\n## Chart 1: DoSE employment rate\n## Table 3: Part B directors data","[{\"question\":\"What main leadership challenge does the brief address in Kentucky?\",\"answer\":\"The brief focuses on the ongoing difficulty of recruiting, preparing, and retaining highly skilled directors of special education (DoSEs) and early intervention leaders.\"},{\"question\":\"What evidence is provided about DoSE turnover in Kentucky?\",\"answer\":\"It reports statewide patterns across Kentucky’s 172 LEAs, including significant turnover and transitions shown through multi-year employment analysis and summarized rates of new DoSEs joining districts.\"},{\"question\":\"How does leadership turnover affect special education systems under IDEA?\",\"answer\":\"The brief links turnover to disruptions in program continuity, reduced effectiveness of long-term planning and instructional planning, and increased stress on local and state systems when replacements cannot be readily found.\"}]","The High Turnover Rate in Kentucky and Solutions for the Future - Research Brief | PDF",1792051489,25]