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Big Ideas in Special Education: Specially Designed Instruction, High-Leverage Practices, Explicit Instruction, and Intensive Instruction
Practice-Based Learning Opportunities for the high-leverage practices
To support teacher educators’ use of HLPs, the CEEDAR Center, in collaboration with Educator Preparation Program faculty across the country, has collected a set of effective practice opportunities, that we refer to as practice-based learning opportunities...
Cross-walks: Alignment of the CEC High Leverage Practices with the CEC Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards for Special Educators
These standards are the result of three years of work by the CEC Standards Development Work Group (SDWG).
Using High-Leverage Practices in Teacher Preparation to Reduce the Research-to-Practice Gap in Inclusive Settings
News From CEC: High-Leverage Practices in Special Education
Unedited Clips of Teachers Implementing HLPs
These unedited clips feature video exemplars of teachers implementing high-leverage practices (HLPs) in a variety of instructional settings. The settings include elementary-level, secondary-level, one-on-one, small-group, whole-group, and virtual...
HLPs #8 and #22: Provide Positive and Constructive Feedback to Guide Students’ Learning and Behavior
This video introduces and defines high-leverage practices (HLPs) 8 and 22 and provides the rationale for this practice appearing twice on the list of HLPs. The video also features four teachers demonstrating examples of the four key components of this HLP...
Welcome to Our New Series on High-Leverage Practices
This introductory video introduces and defines high-leverage practices (HLPs) and provides a roadmap for the remainder of the HLP Video Series.
HLP #22 Guide
This guide highlights key elements of high-leverage practice (HLP) 22; provides tips for mentors, supervisors, and other school leaders who are supporting the implementation of this HLP; and presents questions to consider when observing and evaluating this...
Introducing High-Leverage Practices in Special Education: A Professional Development Guide for School Leaders
This downloadable online guide provides school leaders with practical tools for engaging their staff members in learning about the 22 high-leverage practices (HLPs) and how they can be used to enhance student learning. The guide has three sections, and...