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State of the Profession
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)'s State of the Special Education Profession Survey Report is a groundbreaking survey of more than 1,460 special education teachers, commissioned by the CEC Pioneers Division and supported by CEC. The results of...
Life Centered Education Transition Curriculum
An all-in-one set of 1,200 transition lesson plans with related tests, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s Life Centered Education (LCE) is a fully online, secure transition curriculum that students and teachers can engage with 24/7. LCE’s online...
Teaching Students with Disabilities—and All Students Who Need a Learning Boost
Read this paper for concrete guidance on how special and general education teachers working together can implement two critical HLPs: Explicit instruction and Feedback. Resources teachers can use to improve their use of high leverage practices are also...
Practice Review: High-Leverage Practices and Teacher Preparation in Special Education
This practice review focuses on the use of high-leverage practices (HLPs) in special education teacher preparation programs. It describes the rationale embedding HLPs and practice-based opportunities to implement HLPs into the core curriculum of teacher...
High-Leverage Practices and Evidence-Based Practices: A Promising Pair
This brief describes how high-leverage practices (HLPs) and evidence-based practices (EBPs) can be used together to advance educator preparation and practice, as well as outcomes for students with disabilities. It includes examples of how educator...
Learning to Teach: Practice-Based Preparation in Education
This special issues brief from the CEEDAR Center supports state education agencies, educator preparation programs, and local districts in improving teacher preparation by outlining essential features for providing high-quality, structured, and sequenced...