A CEEDAR TA Partner since: 2014
Participating Teacher Preparation Programs:
CEEDAR UT is focused on:
CCSC 2017: Utah TEAMs: Together we can Envision and Achieve More
CCSC 2019: Partnerships in Utah
Clinical Practice Placement Guide Checklist created for use by LEAs and IHEs
Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Improving Mentor Capacity and Student Teacher Effectiveness:
Brigham Young University, Utah Tech University, Utah Valley University, University of Utah, and Southern Utah University are collaborating on a system to provide high-quality student teaching experiences for students in both Special Education and Elementary Education. The efforts have resulted in the development of a Student Teaching Placement Guide to help ensure that students are placed with highly qualified mentors. In addition, the placement guide helps match student teachers to mentors according to current strengths and areas for growth using Utah’s selected five High Leverage Practices (HLPs).
The Multi-University team has also developed a set of Canvas modules for Cooperating Teachers. The modules are designed to help strengthen critical mentoring skills and knowledge on the HLPs. Initial feedback after 2 pilot studies indicates teachers felt the modules significantly improved their ability to mentor and coach their student teachers. Significant differences in teacher efficacy were also observed in both student teachers and mentor teachers when participating in focused mentoring. These pilots have shown promise in developing cooperating teacher mentoring capacity. Ongoing research will look at retention of teachers mentored using the modules in the hopes of contributing to a new teacher retention trend.
| Institution Represented | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| CEEDAR | Kate Adams | kadams@coe.ufl.edu |
| CEEDAR | Tim Dove | tim.dove@coe.ufl.edu |
| CEEDAR | Garrett Stevens | stevens.g@ufl.edu |
| Utah State Board of Education | Jennifer Throndsen | Jennifer.Throndsen@schools.utah.gov |
| Utah State Board of Education | Leah Voorhies | Leah.voorhies@schools.utah.gov |
| Brigham Young University | Cade Charlton | cade_charlton@byu.edu |
| Utah Tech University | Kari Gali | kari.gali@utahtech.edu |
| Southern Utah University | Jenna Behm | jennabehm@suu.edu |
| University of Utah | Matt Jameson | matt.jameson@utah.edu |
| Utah State University | Tim Slocum | tim.slocum@usu.edu |
| Utah Valley University | George Odongo | george.odongo@uvu.edu |
| Westminster College | Lowell Oswald | loswald@westminstercollege.edu |
| Spectrum Academies | Christina Guevara | CGuevara@spectrumcharter.org |
| Iron School District | Kevin Garrett | kevin.garrett@ironmail.org |
| Jordan School District | Brian King | brian.king@schools.utah.gov |
| Granite School District | Bryce Day | bbday@graniteschools.org |
| Lincoln Academy | Peter Ehlen | ehlen@lincoln-academy.org |
| Southern Utah University | Jennifer McKenzie | jennifermckenzie1@suu.edu |
| Weber State University | Shirley Dawson | shirleydawson@weber.edu |
| Western Governors | Aaron Popham | aaron.popham@wgu.edu |
| Nebo School District | Megan Langford | megan.langford@nebo.edu |
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American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL)
Center on Personnel Studies in Special Education (COPSSE)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
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