w/ a truly amazing team: @brunnc3.bsky.social, Kristen O'Brien, @michellecumming.bsky.social, Corinne Huggins-Manley, Neslihan Ünlüol Ünal, & @kszocik.bsky.social

Hoping this framework will be useful to researchers, leaders, & policymakers, at a time when the special ed workforce (& the teacher workforce generally!) is really struggling.

For more info on the measure we're developing, check out Project RESPECT's website: www.wiseinstitute.net/project-resp...

Finally, we comprehensively defined the many responsibilities with which special educators are charged, as well as the resources they report relying on to fulfill those responsibilities (i.e., working conditions subconstructs).

We also articulated what they are NOT - closely related constructs that have sometimes been conflated with working conditions:

"Working conditions are the job responsibilities special educators fulfill & the resources special educators experience, as a result of how their school is organized to structure & coordinate teachers’ work."

To measure & improve them, we need a clear definition of what working conditions are. Drawing on COR theory, prior research & qual data, we developed the following definition:

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”