| Session Title | Session Description | Presenter(s) | Time and Location |
| Providing Teachers and Teacher Candidates Opportunities to Learn to Use High Leverage Practices | The CEEDAR Center has collaborated with teacher educators from several states to develop Professional Learning Opportunities (PLO) to support teachers and candidates in learning to use HLPs. This session will briefly describe the development of two PLOs, and provide descriptions of how they may be used to support teacher learning. | James McLeskey
DaShaunda Patterson
Kathryn Doyle
Stephen Kroeger
Lois Kimmel
| Friday, 3/12, 2:45pm
Session #510 |
| Are High Leverage Practices Usurping Evidence-Based Practices? Actually. They’re Symbiotic | In this demonstration session, a panel of experts will discuss and illustrate the relationship between high-leverage and evidence-based practices. A key takeaway is HLPs are used throughout the school day, including when EBPs are implemented with fidelity. Panelists will provide examples using video and other modes to illustrate the symbiotic relationship between and among HLPs and EBPs. | Michael Kennedy
Mary Brownell
Stephen Ciullo
Lysandra Cook
| Friday, 3/12, 4:00pm
Session #564 |
| Mainstage: Innovative Partnerships to Increase the Special Education Teacher Pipeline | Forty-six states and the District of Columbia are experiencing severe special education teacher shortages, yet each state’s individual context calls for different approaches in order to address these shortages. Two state agencies will share the innovative strategies they have used to build statewide partnerships to increase their pipeline of special education teachers while building their preparation capacity. | Amy Colpo
Keane Alavi
Lindsey Hayes
Kimberly Rice
Zelphine Smith-Dixon
| Friday, 3/12, 4:00pm
Session #567 |
| Mainstage: Practice Makes Perfect: Using Practice Learning Opportunities to Improve Special Education Teachers’ Use of High Leverage Practices | The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the CEEDAR Center describe resources they have developed to ensure teachers’ and teacher candidates’ access to effective opportunities to practice using High Leverage Practices (HLPs). We provide a brief summary of the research underlying effective practice opportunities, specific examples of practice learning opportunities being used in teacher education programs and professional development across the country, and how they support candidates in the learning cycle. Participants will have opportunities to consider how they might adjust similar practices to their contexts. | Mary Brownell
Jennifer Bullock
DaShaunda Patterson
Elizabeth Hoffman
| Saturday, 3/13, 10:00am
Session #627 |
| High Leverage Practices for At-Home Learning | The CEEDAR Center has collaborated with teacher educators from the University of Wyoming to develop a “Family Guide to At-Home Learning.” This guide has practical strategies that work for helping children of all ages who may be struggling with at-home learning tasks. This session will explore the development of the guide and how teachers and families can use the select strategies to support children with at-home learning and behavioral tasks. Additionally, we will demonstrate how to use Amazon’s Alexa as an interactive tool that supports this guide. | Lois Kimmel
Amy Colpo
Richard Carter
Tiffany Hunt
| Saturday, 3/13, 1:15pm
Session #701 |
| HLP and CRE: Ensuring Learning for All | Ethnoracially diverse students often go without equitable opportunities to succeed. To improve outcomes for these learners, teachers should use HLPs to deliver a culturally relevant education (CRE). We will discuss alignment of HLP and CRE. The CEEDAR Center’s CRE Course Enhancement Module will be highlighted for use in educator development. | Erica McCray
Dia Jackson | Saturday, 3/13, 2:30pm
Session #768 |
| The Teacher Empowerment Project: A Partnership to Retain Special Education Teachers | In a collaborative partnership, a state department of education, four educator preparation programs, and three school districts worked together to provide resources and supports to help retain early career special educators. The outcome of the project evolved into rich discussions with the special education administrators and the supports they need | Jay Johnson
Julie Blair
Kimberly Rice
Beth Hoffman
| Saturday, 3/13, 3:45pm
Session #782 |
| Post-COVID Special Education Workforce Opportunities: Student Teachers and Career Changers | The changing labor market resulting from COVID-19 will impact district and university efforts in attracting, preparing, and hiring special education teachers (SET). Given the history and complexity surrounding SET supply and demand, we offer research-based suggestions for recruiting and preparing effective teacher candidates in the post-COVID landscape. | Loretta Mason-Williams
Lois Kimmel
Michael Kennedy
| Saturday, 3/13, 3:45pm
Session #833 |
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