Connecticut
Collaboration for Effective Educator Development,
Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Grant
Collaboration for Effective Educator
Development, Accountability, and
Reform
Funded by the US Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
as a technical assistance center to support states engaged in:
• Reforming teacher and leadership preparation programs to
embed evidence based practices
• Revising licensure standards to align with reforms in teacher
and leader preparation
• Refining personnel evaluation systems in teacher and leader
preparation programs
• Realigning policy structures and professional learning systems
Goal: improving outcomes for students with disabilities.
Intersection and Coherence of
Reform Initiatives
• Educator Evaluation and Professional Learning System Reform:
Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC)
• Pre-service preparation reform: Educator Preparation Advisory
Council (EPAC)
 Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) Grant
 CEEDAR Grant
• CCSS and Smarter Balanced Assessment Implementation
• Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) Program
• Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI)
State Outcome for the CEEDAR Grant 2013-2017
• Design and implementation of pre-service curricula for all
TEACHER candidates (special education and non-special
education) in order to provide opportunities to learn and
demonstrate competency in evidence-based practices to
improve core and specialized instruction to support SWD, ELLs
and struggling learners reach college- and career-ready (CCR)
standards in reading, writing and comprehension skills in
argumentation.
 Take a side of an argument and support it with evidence
 Compare/contrast the authors perspective, key points/details (Grade 3)
 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or
speak about the subject knowledgeably (Grade 4)
 Analyze texts that address similar topics in order to build knowledge (Grade 9)
Central Connecticut State University
National & State Ed Prep Reform Initiatives
Redesign (Partnerships)
CTEC (Governance Structure)
CEEDAR
Gen
Ed
CCSS
PBIS
EBP
SRBI
Spec
Ed
Goal #1:
Develop a set of core practices that will be emphasized
throughout all of the teacher education programs in the
Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s track
Goal #2:
Develop a cross-endorsement licensure program for special
education (SPED) and elementary education (EE)
SHARED ORIENTATION
CURRICULUM REDESIGN
Between Special and General Education
Literacy Acquisition
Literacy Development
Evidence-Based Practices
Clinical and Fieldwork Experiences
Literacy Remediation
GOALS
FACULTY TRAINING
& MENTORING
Common Core State Standards
Evidence Based Practices
SRBI Process
Field Supervisor Training
& Mentoring
USJ Program Model