The Collaborative for Effective Educator Development, Accountability, and Reform (CEEDAR) Center is a national center funded by the Office of Special Education to advance outcomes for students with disabilities.
Serving 22 states across the nation, the center builds state-based teams comprised of personnel from state departments of education (SEA), educator preparation programs (EPP), local education agencies (LEA), and other allied professional organizations to develop work in the following four areas:
- Increased EPP capacity, in collaboration with SEA and LEAs, to offer high-quality instruction for teacher and leader candidates.
- Improved SEA capacity, in collaboration with EPPs and SEAs, to track and evaluate the impact of policy on the ability to attract, prepare and sustain teachers and leaders, and change policy when appropriate.
- Increased SEA, EPP, and LEA capacity to use multiple data sources to inform continuous improvement of personnel preparation systems to attract, prepare, and retain teachers and leaders.
- Increased capacity of SEAs, EPPs, and LEAs, and other state organizations to collaborate and implement plans that sustain and scale up reform efforts.