Breakout Sessions

This session describes how Ohio and Connecticut have worked to develop inclusive leaders to support all students. Ohio has recently implemented a leadership program at the Ed.D., and Connecticut has developed a pilot to support quality internship experiences for students with disabilities and English Language Learners (ELLs).

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Goal 1: Building capacity through CEEDAR-UCEA partnership: Effective preparation and practice opportunities for inclusive leaders

Presenters:

Mónica Byrne-Jiménez, David DeMatthews

In this session, participants will be provided with a preview of the newly refreshed inclusive CEEDAR leadership Innovation Configuration and have an opportunity to discuss how CEEDAR and UCEA are partnering to improve preparation and practice for inclusive leaders.

Goal 1: ‘I’ is for induction: Strategies for dissemination and implementation in Mississippi and New Hampshire

Presenters:

MS : Lisa White

NH: Patricia Wons

In this session, New Hampshire will share the process of developing a state survey and how data were used to identify Six Pillars that are being used as the basis for resource development. Mississippi will share about the collaborative development and statewide dissemination of an Induction Toolkit.

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Goal 2: Tracking and evaluating the impact of policy: Where do we start?

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Chris Redding

One of the four priority goal areas for CEEDAR 3.0 is to improve state teams’ capacity to track and evaluate the impact of policy on the ability to attract, prepare, and sustain teachers and leaders. Whether you are a policy novice or a policy pro, join for us a discussion about measuring the impact of policy on personnel preparation systems.

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Goal 3: Supporting LEAs to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers

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AZ: Julie Blair, Jay Johnson

GA: DaShaunda Patterson

In this session, Georgia and Arizona will discuss strategies to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers and leaders. Georgia will discuss how it has used mini-grants, and Arizona will discuss its Teacher Empowerment Project that involves LEAs sharing data and resources.

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Goal 3: Developing and conducting a survey of inclusive leadership programs in California

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CA: Sara Juarez

This session will describe the development of a survey of leadership programs in California to understand the extent to which programs include inclusive practices. Preliminary results will be discussed along with potential recommendations.

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Goal 3: Strategies for diversifying the workforce

Presenter:

LaRon Scott

In this session, participants will learn about the national data on teachers of color and strategies to impact recruitment and retention.

Goal 4: Planting seeds to support scale-up: Implementing mini-grant competitions in Kentucky and Tennessee

Presenters:

KY: Todd Whitney

TN: Teresa Bicknell, David Cihak, Melissa Drinnon, Cynthia Gardner, Kim Hawkins, William Hunter, Cindy Lang, Roy Miller, Jennifer Nelson, Kim Paulsen

Tennessee and Kentucky will share about the implementation of mini-grants to scale up EPPs participating with their SLTs. Each state will provide details of current reform efforts at the new EPPs.

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Goal 4: ‘Where are OUR resources?’: Resource hubs for collaboration, sustainability, and scale-up

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RI: Diana Marshall, Karen Swoboda

WA: Don McMahon

In this session, Rhode Island and Washington will share about the creation of resource hubs in each state to ensure equitable access and sustainability.

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AACTE Invite Only: Reducing the Shortage of Special Education Teachers Networked Improvement Community 3.0

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AACTE: Weadé James, Brook Evans

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Goal 1: How to use HLPs to identify needs and supports for the field

Presenters:

GA: Melissa Driver, Toni Franklin

UT: Katie Dewey Hill

In this session, Utah will be describing how working with five prioritized HLPs has helped to identify areas where more professional learning is needed and how the EPPs, SEAs, and LEAs have coordinated to address these needs. Georgia will share the HLP case studies they have created and describe how they are using these in EPPs in the state.

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Goal 1: Collaboration for promoting education preparation reform

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CT: Michael Brosnan, Joan Nicoll-Senft

WA: Cyndi Caniglia

In this session, participants will learn from Connecticut practitioners about resources to assist districts and teacher preparation programs with the placement of teacher candidates, as well as Connecticut’s EPP partners, providing an overview of the induction modules and HLPs crosswalk. Washington will share how they used a mini-tag to strengthen the use of HLPs in the instructional process.

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Goal 1: Supporting faculty in Arizona and Colorado to implement best practices in coursework and field experiences

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AZ: Jessica DeBiase, Danielle Remy-Tauaese, Kim Rice, Christina Rivera

CO: Jennifer Fox, Tara Mason, Kathy Randolph

In this session, Arizona will discuss the development, implementation, and evaluation of a book study on HLPs that was conducted across EPPs from multiple programs. Colorado will share resources from three successive rounds of faculty-led projects to integrate evidence-based and high-leverage practices into course experiences.

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Goal 1: The roadmap to quality educator preparation: An introduction to BranchEd’s signature framework

Presenters:

Patricia McHatton, Kate Zimmer

In this session, participants will learn how Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity’s (BranchED) uses six principles to engage in educational equity work with educator preparation programs. Specifically, BranchEd assists with creating a common vision of what high-quality, culturally sustaining educator preparation is and a coherent and sustained approach to implementing evidence-based high leverage preparation practices.

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Goal 1: It’s everywhere and limitless yet we stick with PowerPoint: Expanding day-to-day engagement with technology

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Michael Kennedy

In this engaging session, participants will learn about effective and practical technology tools and options for use in teacher preparation and professional development and will be provided a preview of content from the newly refreshed CEEDAR Innovation Configuration on Using Technology in the Preparation of Pre-Service Teachers.

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Goal 2: Data to inform state and national policy effectiveness and implementation

Presenters:

HECSE: Corey Pierce

MS: Courtney Van Cleve

In this session, Mississippi will share how data from their residency program can assist in informing the effectiveness of policy. HECSE will provide a link to how state efforts, such as in Mississippi, helps to inform critical policy and funding decisions at the national/federal level.

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Goal 3: Pathways to the profession: Providing opportunities for paraeducators

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FL: Keri Fogle

VT: Jennifer Stratton, Kimberly Vannest

In this session, state team members from Vermont and Florida will share how they are providing pathways for paraeducators to become certified teachers. The Vermont team will share how such programs leverage collaborative relationships between EPPs and SEAs while the Florida team will share how such programs can be developed and evaluated.

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Goal 3: Approaches for improving the quality and diversity of the educator workforce

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MN: Keri DeSutter, Ok-Hee Lee

OH: Christa Preston Agiro

This session explores how Ohio and Minnesota have worked to address the quality and diversity of the educator workforce. Ohio will describe partnership work between several EPPs and LEAs to develop a comprehensive model to address these needs. Minnesota will then describe virtual programming in progress to diversify and attract individuals to the profession.

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Goal 4: Partnering for personnel development: Multi-tiered systems approaches to improving outcomes in New York and Rhode Island

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NY: Shannon Budin, Sue Courey, Denise Ferrara, Jane Sileo

RI: Shannon Dolan

In this session, participants will learn how two state teams are promoting sustainability and scale-up through alignment of educator preparation and LEA efforts. New York will share how EPPs are using a state- developed MTSS Innovation Configuration to collect data and revise programs aligned with their State Personnel Development Grant efforts. Rhode Island will share about the development and implementation of two tiered resources aimed at strengthening partnerships between EPPs and LEAs.

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Goal 4: Leveraging cross-agency collaboration and funding for sustainability

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CA: Eric Engdahl, Virginia Kennedy

MS: Robin Lemonis, Bobby Richardson

In this session, the California team will discuss how they leverage multiple agencies and groups to ensure that the CEEDAR work is aligned and sustained. The Mississippi team will share how they leverage multiple funding sources to ensure reform efforts are scaling and sustaining.

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