CEEDAR-IRIS Cross-State Convening
Enhancing Systems for Personnel Preparation
The CEEDAR Center and the IRIS Center are collaborating to plan, implement, and evaluate a convening of CEEDAR Intensive Technical Assistance (TA) States with a particular focus on improving the quality of personnel preparation programs for teachers and leaders.
Session topic highlights include:
Sheraton Reston Hotel
11810 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Reston, VA 20191
3:00-4:30 Opening Session
7:30-8:30 Morning Panel Session
10:00-11:00 Breakout Sessions
Evidence-Based Practices and High Leverage Practices: Connecticut Example
Evidence-Based Practices and High Leverage Practices: California Example
Evidence-Based Practices and High Leverage Practices: Florida Example
MTSS and State Program Approval
Collaboration for MTSS Across General Education, Special Education, and Educational Leadership
12:00-1:45 Lunch Session
2:15-3:15 Breakout Sessions
Teacher Performance Enhancement
Program Approval and Certification Processes
Clinical Practice: Guidance on Thoughtful Construction of Fieldwork Experience
Partner Highlight: CAEP’s Clinical Preparation Requirements
4:45-5:15 Washington Update
8:15-9:15 Panel Discussion
Aligning Efforts to Improve Capacity: Strategies for Scale-Up and Documenting Impact
9:15-10:00 Keynote Session
Sue Swenson, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at the U.S. Department of Education
10:15-11:15 Breakout Sessions
Principal Preparation and Policy
State Examples of Leveraging Resources and Initiatives and Communicating Across Stakeholder Groups: Georgia and New Hampshire Examples
State Examples of Leveraging Resources and Initiatives and Communicating Across Stakeholder Groups: Ohio and Montana Examples
Consideration and Documentation to Support Statewide Scale-Up
Scaling Up EBP and HLP Implementation: From One to All
2:45-3:00 Recent Graduate Perspective
Colin Smith Presentation