About Project Mosaic-Goals and Objectives

About Project Mosaic

Goals and Objectives

Project Mosaic will address identified gaps and services by implementing these primary goals:

To increase the number and quality of fully credentialed and competent educators to work effectively with students with autism in diverse settings.
To increase the diversity of qualified educators who have disabilities and are from underrepresented ethnic, cultural and linguistic groups to serve similarly diverse students.
To collaborate with school and community partners to prepare educators in research-based knowledge and skill to meet the multi-faceted needs of students with autism and their families.

The following objectives will guide project activities to meet project goals:

Establish and maintain school, family and community partnerships with the university to support project activities
Recruit and retain 80 candidates with disabilities and/or from diverse ethnic, cultural and language backgrounds
Develop specialized research-based curricula and pedagogy that allows 20 candidates each project year to provide high quality services and instruction to students with autism
Prepare candidates with knowledge and skill through integrated coursework and supervised field experiences to address the specialized needs of students with autism
Evaluate project activities, candidate knowledge and skill, and associated outcomes for the students with autism, and disseminate the program model at the local, state and national level

*Project goals are consistent with the goals of California's State Improvement Grant (SIG2) and the California Strategic Action Plan for the Recruitment, Preparation and Retention of Special Education Teachers.