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Direct linkAnn Partee; Amanda Williford; Jason Downer; Jenna Conway; Erin Carroll – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study describes the implementation and findings from a consultation process designed to enhance the professional development (PD) offered to teachers working in Virginia's state-funded preschool program. A PD Rubric was developed to translate research on effective PD (i.e., PD practices linked to positive changes in teacher practice and/or…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Faculty Development, State Aid
Stipek, Deborah – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
The use of the Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) to improve early childhood education program quality is based in part on assumptions that the quality of programs can be measured and that quality ratings are associated with meaningful differences in learning outcomes for children. This report reviews all of the state QRIS validation…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality
Wiltshire, Cynthia A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2023
Detrimental circumstances (e.g., poverty, homelessness) may affect parents, parenting, and children. These circumstances may lead to children being labeled "at risk" for school failure. To ameliorate this risk, more school and school earlier (e.g., Head Start) is offered. To improve child outcomes, Head Start teachers are expected to…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Early Intervention, School Readiness, Stress Variables
Gullnar Syed; Hannah Kelly; Todd Grindal; Emma Terrell – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2025
Effective instructional coaching has long demonstrated positive impacts on teacher practices and early learning outcomes. Providing effective instructional coaching at scale is a challenge that many state and local systems tackle. This case study report highlights four systems (Alabama, AppleTree, Maine, and Washington) that are uniquely…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development
Thierry, Karen; Vincent, Rhonda; Norris, Karen; Dawson, Oatanisha – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2022
This case study examined the first two years of adult preparation or "readiness" for an elementary school's adoption and implementation of a trauma-informed, social emotional learning (SEL) universal curriculum. SEL programming served as a key lever for improving the academic growth and achievement of students over a 3-year period. The…
Descriptors: Readiness, Elementary Education, Trauma, Social Emotional Learning
Quick, Heather; Manship, Karen; González, Raquel; Holod, Aleksandra; Cadigan, Michele; Anthony, Jennifer; Hauser, Alison; Madsen, Shannon; Blum, Jarah; Mercado-Garcia, Diana – American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
