1. Connecticut Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Grant

2. 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)

3. Critical Stakeholder Group Members  State Board of Education Member  IHEs Deans, Presidents, System Admin  P-12 District Leaders/Superintendents  Teacher and Admin Professional Organizations  Boards of Education  CSPD/Special Education  Parent Advocacy Groups

4. How are the Ed Prep Reform Initiatives Connected--EPAC, NTEP and CEEDAR?  CSDE is working in collaboration with IHEs, Alternate Route Programs, and PK-12 District Educators on:  Program Approval: Identify our future priorities for evaluating and approving educator preparation programs  Data Reporting and Accountability: Identify more consistent and meaningful supply and demand data to inform the public and ed prep providers about productivity and demand, areas for program improvement and areas of accountability  Assessment Development: Develop, pilot and implement new assessments to provide important feedback and external data about success of programs  Curriculum Reform: Infuse teacher preparation programs with EBP in literacy and writing to lead ALL students to achieve the CCSS

5. State Goal 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)

6. 6 Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI) All candidates must be trained on SRBI Framework for teaching and learning Evidence Based Practices Instructional interventions/Support For general education, special education prep programs K-12 as well as school leader prep programs I Tiers of Instruction

7. CEEDAR Institutes  Oct 6, 2014: Dr. Tim Shanahan EBP in Literacy/Disciplinary Literacy  May 8, 2015: Dr. Steve Graham EBP in Writing  2015-16: goal to focus on EBP for ELLs, district partnerships, and assessing EBP in clinical experiences

8. Georgette Nemr CEEDAR Project Director CSDE Bureau of Educator Standards & Certification georgette.nemr@ct.gov 860-713-6716