Tools to Support Higher Education Faculty

Adult Learning Planning Tool

The Adult Learning Planning Tool is for use by higher education faculty and professional development providers when planning and implementing a topic/content/practice.  These seven evidence-based adult learning practices are derived from a meta-synthesis of 15 research reviews of professional development which included 550 studies and 50,000 teachers and practitioners (Dunst, et al., 2015).

Adult Learning Planning Tool with Examples

Crosswalks

Crosswalks identify similarities and differences between two different systems to support understanding, decision-making, planning, and other applications; a bridging technique.

Crosswalk of the Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards EI/ECSE (2020) and the DEC Recommended Practices (2014)

Cross-Walk-of-the-Practice-Based-Professional-Preparation-Standards-EIECSE-with-DEC-RPs

Crosswalk of the Initial Practice-Based Professional Preparation Standards EI/ECSE (2020) and the Professional Standards and Competencies for ECE (2020)

Crosswalk-EI.ECSE-Standards-ECE-2020

ECIPC Curriculum Planning Tools

The intended use of the ECIPC Curriculum Planning Tool is to provide higher education faculty with guidance to develop initial Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) programs and blended Early Childhood Education (ECE) and ECSE programs aligned with personnel preparation standards and recommended practices to ensure they are embedded within the curriculum.

The development of the ECIPC curriculum planning tool was driven by the EI/ECSE Practice-based Professional Preparation Standards aligned with the DEC Recommended Practices (RPs) (2014). You will find each EI/ECSE Standard as a separate tab on the tool.  This is a downloadable excel file and should be personalized to meet the needs of your EI/ECSE or blended ECE/ECSE program. The tabs represent Standards in early childhood special education and are not intended to represent single courses within an EI/ECSE program.

ECIPC Curriculum Planning Tool

An enhanced version that includes alignment of the EI/ECSE Standards, ECE Competencies, DEC Recommended Practices, ECPC Cross-Disciplinary Competencies/Indicators, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Competencies (IECMHC), ZERO TO THREE Competencies.

ECIPC Curriculum Planning Tool with IMH ZTT

IHE Curriculum/Program of Study Self-Assessment Checklist

This checklist is designed for program self-assessment for an Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education (EI/ECSE) or a blended Early Childhood Education and EI/ECSE curriculum or program of study at an approved Institution of Higher Education (IHE).

IHE Program-Self-Assessment-Checklist

Syllabus - Checklist

This checklist includes eight sections typically included in course syllabi and is designed to facilitate alignment of the course content and requirements with the EI/ECSE standards and components.

Syllabus-Checklist

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The Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Center (ECIPC) awarded to the University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities was made possible by Cooperative Agreement # H325C220003 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. All rights reserved.