Database of Federally Funded Technical Assistance and Research Centers

CEEDAR Center: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform

The CEEDAR Center: Collaboration for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform Center (CEEDAR) is designed to help State Education Agencies (SEAs), Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs), and Local Education Agencies (LEAs) create aligned professional learning systems that provide teachers and leaders effective opportunities to learn how to improve core and specialized instruction in inclusive settings that enable students with disabilities to achieve college and career ready standards. The technical assistance (TA) effort is organized around universal, targeted, and intensive TA supports. AIR, as subcontractor to University of Florida, is taking the lead in intensive TA.

The Center provides intensive TA supports to 20 states. Intensive TA services, tailored to the needs of each state, seek to reform and align the areas of licensure standards, teacher and leader preparation and induction, and personnel evaluation data systems to inform preparation program improvement. CEEDAR provides responsive technical assistance through knowledge building of evidence-based research and practice. CEEDAR also supports implementation of the research into school-based instruction and practices through online tools and resources, leadership development, collaborative teams of stakeholders, and ongoing learning opportunities.

Director(s): Mary Brownell, University of Florida, Lynn Holdheide, AIR

Specialty Area

  • Alternative Routes to Certification
  • Education Leadership
  • Educator Preparation
  • Equity
  • Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up
  • Multi-tiered Systems of Support
  • Personal Preparation
  • System Alignment

Primary Audience

  • State Education Agencies

Services

  • Consulting
  • Content Expertise
  • Convening Stakeholders
  • Facilitation

Regions/States

National

Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah

Level of Support

Tiered

Additional Information

Other Services Provided: CEEDAR operates in the policy lever areas of educator preparation reform; certification and licensure; and preparation program evaluation; approval; and/or review (including data systems). Additionally; we have areas of emphasis; within those policy areas that include data collection and use; state systems alignment; and equity and access.

Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia

Regional Educational Lab (REL) Appalachia partners with key stakeholders in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice. Key stakeholders include organizations with decision-making authority and the ability to influence education policy and practice, such as state and local education agencies, school boards, institutes of higher education, and student, family, and community organizations. RELs partner with these organizations on applied research and development; training, coaching and technical supports; and dissemination

Director(s): Victoria Schaefer, Director

Specialty Area

  • 21st Century Skills
  • Career and Technical Education
  • Educator Effectiveness

Primary Audience

  • Administrators
  • School Districts
  • State Education Agencies

Services

  • Assessment Tools
  • Content Expertise
  • Convening Stakeholders
  • Facilitation
  • Research

Regions/States

Southeast

Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Level of Support

Intensive

Additional Information

Other Specialty Areas: Dual Enrollment Courses