The Seattle Times – John Higgins
“It’s hard to imagine a more complex and demanding responsibility for a school district administrator than overseeing the education of children with disabilities. Such leaders are in high demand; Seattle Public Schools’ new special education director, Wyeth Jessee, is the ninth person to hold the job in 10 years. A new two-year master’s degree program to train future special ed directors has begun meeting that demand, graduating its first group of 10 students last summer. All the graduates, who already had at least five years experience in special education, received job offers.”(more)