C ollaboration for E ffective E ducator D evelopment, A ccountability, and R eform (CEEDAR) Center U.S. Department of Education, H325A120003

CEEDAR Center  Funded by OSEP for five years  Cooperative Agreement with the University of Florida  Directed by Dr. Mary Brownell  Began Jan 1, 2013  Intensive technical assistance to 20 states (5 this year)

CEEDAR Center Leadership  Mary Brownell, Director  Paul Sindelar and Erica McCray, Co-directors  Meg Kamman, Project Coordinator Partners  American Institutes for Research (AIR)  University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning  Council of Chief State School Officers  New Teacher Center  Goodlad Institute for Educational Renewal at the University of Washington  Major organizations  Senior advisors OSEP Project Officers: Dr. Bonnie Jones and Dr. David Guardino

CEEDAR’s Mission  To create aligned professional learning systems that provide teachers and leaders effective opportunities to learn how to improve and support core and specialized instruction in inclusive settings that enable students with disabilities to achieve college and career readiness standards

Our Approach

Polling Question  What area of reform is your SPDG engaged in? –Teacher and leader reform –Preparation program evaluation/approval –Licensure and certification –Alignment 6

Key Assumptions Powerful strategies Effective and sustained learning opportunities Supportive policies Change through collaboration

Fundamentals of Our Approach  Facilitate collaborative relationships among SEAs, IHEs (and other training programs), and LEAs to:

Effective Opportunities to Learn Content Quality of instruction Time --Elliott, 2012; Kurz, 2011

Focusing on the Evidence Knowledge Development Papers Innovation Configurations Access to Experts Course Enhancement Modules Reform Rubrics 10

CEEDAR Products  Innovation configurations – novation-configurations/  Course enhancement modules – 11

IMPLEMENTING THREE LEVELS OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Achieving Our Mission

Intensive TA 14 Implement and support state and IHE/LEA reform teams. Analyze program content, and program pedagogy using innovation configurations and reform rubrics. Improvement in teacher/leader preparation and ongoing professional development using TA tools. Revise licensure/certification standards to support reformed programs. Refine teacher and leader evaluation systems to strengthen preparation. Increase capacity for scale up.

Intensive Technical Assistance

Process of State Strategy Development &/or Refinement Identifying State Needs and Priorities Review of student, educator, preparation, and policy data Leveraging Existing Efforts Identify existing SEA, IHE, and LEA Efforts Targeting Efforts V ision setting and high level review of existing efforts Technical Assistance Blue-Print Establish goals and action steps

Polling Question  Is your state involved with the CEEDAR Center? –Yes –No 17