CEEDAR Cross State Convening - 2015

1. Overview: Innovation Configurations Course Enhancement Modules CEEDAR Cross State Convening - 2015 H325A120003

2. Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability and Reform(CEEDAR) H325A120003

3. Focusing on the Evidence: Resources and Tools Evidence-based practices for teacher and leaders Research on effective professional preparation Effective strategies for building capacity and engaging in organizational and systems change Creating cohesive policy

4. Innovation Configurations

7. Course Enhancement Modules

8. IC and CEM Topics Content Innovation Configurations Course Enhancement Modules • Writing Instruction • Reading Instruction • Mathematics Instruction • Classroom and Behavior Management • Learning Strategy Instruction • Universal Design for Learning • Severe Disabilities • Sensory Impairments • Culturally Responsive Teaching • Leadership • Technology • Disciplinary Literacy • Classroom and Behavior Management • Writing Instruction • Reading Instruction • Mathematics Instruction • UDL

9. UDL CEM

10. Institutional Characteristics • University of West Florida • College of Education and Professional Studies (CEPS) • Department of Teacher Education and Educational Leadership (TEEL) • Elementary/ESOL/Reading program • ESE/Elementary/ESOL/Reading (dual) program

11. Teacher Education & Educational Leadership Strengthen programming in our dual-certification (Elementary/ESE) and Elementary teacher preparation programs Develop a collaborative curriculum redesign process that can be used with all of our programs

12. Historical Perspective of TEEL Curriculum Enhancement • Strong focus on accreditation requirements • Often led to “accreditation fatigue” • Organizational structures that did not support collaborative curriculum design

13. Faculty Support for Coordinated Programs • Florida DOE Summer Institute for IHEs • Intentional and coordinated program redesign for dual programs • Classification system for dual licensure programs (Blanton & Pugach, 2011) • Led to informal faculty collaborations

14. Administrative Support for Coordinated Programs • Intentional curriculum enhancement beyond accreditation requirements • What do we want to accomplish? • Organizational structure and processes to support collaboration and intentional continuous improvement

15. Beyond Accountability to Intentionality • Florida CEEDAR Project • IHE to pilot use of CEEDAR tools to conduct curriculum review and enhancement • Opportunity for TEEL to change the culture of curriculum reform

16. UDL Project • Increase collaboration between general and special education faculty through a specific project • Universal Design for Learning • Develop collaborative, intentional curriculum enhancement process

17. Planning for Success Acknowledge “accreditation fatigue” Learn from others Identify a project team to lead efforts Use CEEDAR and other resources Facilitate a faculty professional learning community

18. UDL Pilot Project • Prep and Plan (summer 2015) • Faculty PD and Project Team Action Planning • Curriculum Review (fall 2015) • UDL Team reviews selected courses (UDL IC) • Curriculum Enhancement (spring 2016) • Faculty PLC enhance courses (UDL CEM) • Evaluation (spring & summer 2016)

19. Disclaimer This content was produced under U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Award No. H325A120003. Bonnie Jones and David Guardino serve as the project officers. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or polices of the U.S. Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise mentioned in this website is intended or should be inferred.