2014 National Call

1. 2014 National Call Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform H325A120003

2. Today’s Goals • This webinar will provide: • An overview of the CEEDAR Center • The purpose and scope of CEEDAR’s intensive TA to states • Guidance on the process for states to apply for assistance • Opportunity for Q&A

3. Overview of the CEEDAR Center

4. CEEDAR Center Leadership 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 • Mary Brownell, Director • Paul Sindelar and Erica McCray, Co-directors • Meg Kamman, Project Coordinator OSEP Project Officers: Dr. Bonnie Jones and Dr. David Guardino

5. 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

6. Our Approach

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

8. Key Assumptions

9. --Elliott, 2012; Kurz, 2011

10. Dimensions of O(TL)2 • Content coverage • Content knowledge, pedagogy for enacting the content, and how students learn content • Instructional quality • Evidence-based strategies that promote adult learning • Time

11. CEEDAR CENTER Intensive Technical Assistance

12. What is CEEDAR Center’s Intensive TA? • CEEDAR Center will work with 20 individual states to form leadership teams that can use TA tools to analyze and improve current practice • Licensure and certification standards • Content and structure of teacher education and leader education programs • Evaluation of teacher and leader programs

13. First RoundIntensive TA States

14. How does the CEEDAR Center establish state partnerships? • State Selection • Five states/IHE teams per year to receive intensive TA • Memorandum of Understanding • Outlines specific expectations negotiated between the CEEDAR Center and each SEA, IHE, and, as appropriate, each LEA partner • Sub-grant Awards • Sub-grants of up to $200,000 per state will support CEEDAR partnership & leverage state resources.

15. Outcomes of Intensive TA • Reformed leader and teacher education programs that incorporate O(TL)2 • An aligned and coherent state policy structure that supports effective PLSs for teachers and leaders • Improved capacity for evaluating teacher and leader education programs • Improved capacity for scaling up teacher and leader education reform statewide

16. Outcomes of Intensive TA • Teacher and leader graduates that can deliver evidence based, multi-tiered instruction to help students with disabilities achieve college and career ready standards

17. Applying for Intensive TA

18. Who are the Partners Eligible for Intensive TA? • CEEDAR Center seeks state/IHE teams (DC and US territories as well) to apply for intensive TA supports: • State Education Agency • 3 Institutions of Higher Education • Local Education Agencies, as appropriate and available

19. How Do We Apply? • Chief State School Officer or designee is responsible for starting and finishing the online application. Each IHE fills out a portion of the application. • If you are an IHE representative, contact your state to get the process started! • Current Targeted TA states–email Meg!

20. What is the Purpose of the State Application Process? • To provide each state/IHE team with a standard process for submitting information concerning current efforts and demonstrated need. • To assist the state/IHEs in considering their current level of effort related to teacher and leader preparation to support the academic and social growth of students with disabilities.

21. How to Apply? • Online Application • Brief present levels, paragraph summaries, and ability to upload supporting documentation • Leadership Support • Program Alignment/Integration • Data and Formative Evaluation • Leveraging Existing Efforts and Resources • For each area: • Describe present State and IHE efforts • Write a brief narrative describing each effort • Submit any documentation/evidence to support the narrative where appropriate

22. Online State Application • Visit the CEEDAR website to access the application: ceedar.org • Dedicated email and phone number for questions: • ceedar@coe.ufl.edu • 1-855-4CEEDAR • All online applications should be submitted via the website no later than 11:59 pm on August 1st.

23. Online State Application Process Two Step Process–Start Early! Step 1: The state gathers key stakeholders’ contact information and requests an online account. Step 2: Complete online application (Directions available at ceedar.org) Application demonstration–June 27th webinar

24. Important Dates May 6, 2014 National Call May 23, 2014 1st Informational Webinar about State Applications June 27, 2014 2nd Informational Webinar about State Applications August 1, 2014 Application Deadline Aug-Sept 1, 2014 Application review & state selection completed Sept 15, 2014 Notification of states selected for intensive TA 

25. Questions? • Please type your question into the chat pod.

26. Archived Webinars and Q&A • For future reference, these resources are available on the CEEDAR website: • National Call Webinars • National Call Document • Q&A Document

27. Thank you!

28. Disclaimer The contents of this webinar were developed under a cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Education, H325A120003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.