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Ongoing Candidate Supports & Interventions
Candidates are more likely to reach readiness when support is built into preparation, becomes more focused when needs emerge, and stays connected to evidence of growth.
About the 14 Levers
EdPrep Partners' 14 Levers for Quality Teacher Preparation translate the EdPrep Performance Framework into practical parts of a preparation system. Together, they show how programs can define quality, develop candidates toward readiness, learn from evidence, and build the conditions for strong preparation to last.
Choose one common candidate concern. What is the specific developmental need, what should the candidate demonstrate next, what support follows, who owns it, and what evidence will show whether the candidate grew?
When those pieces connect, support becomes more than a response to difficulty. It becomes part of the developmental path toward readiness.
Every child deserves an excellent educator. Preparing teachers to enter classrooms ready to teach well takes more than strong coursework, clinical experiences, or assessments in isolation. It requires a preparation system that defines what candidates should know and be able to do, deliberately develops them toward those expectations, equips the people responsible for their growth, and continually learns and improves.
The EdPrep Performance Framework defines the systems, practices, and conditions required for high-quality teacher preparation. The 14 Levers for Quality Teacher Preparation translate that definition into the core program elements that shape candidate preparation in practice.
One system.
Designed to work together.
The 14 Levers describe connected parts of a preparation system. They build on and reinforce one another, but they are not a prescribed implementation sequence. Programs begin from different strengths, evidence, needs, and contexts.
Which parts of our preparation system need to move together to strengthen candidate development and readiness?







