Presenters: Dee Berlinghoff & Virginia McLaughlin
This workshop is intended for higher education faculty or other program developers who are revising initial special educator preparation programs or creating new ones. The focus will be on an approach to program design that will be useful to program desiring to align with the most current international standards and high leverage practices. The presenters, who Co-Chaired the CEC Standards Development Workgroup (2017-2020), will provide an overview of the 2020 Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards (K-12) with insights into the supportive resources available. They then will share practical strategies and tools for program development and assessment. During the workshop, participants will have opportunities to try out several tools applied to their own programs. Although this workshop is not specifically designed to provide preparation for the SPA Program Report or CEC Accreditation processes, it will provide programs with useful tools and strategies that will provide useful preparation for those processes. * All attendees will receive a copy of the purple book**