ERIC Number: ED589019
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Nov-16
Pages: 120
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ISBN: 978-0-8077-5954-7
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Coaching with ECERS: Strategies and Tools to Improve Quality in Pre-K and K Classrooms
Seplocha, Holly
Teachers College Press
ECERS [Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale] is widely used in the United States and internationally to assess the overall quality of preschool and kindergarten classrooms and to provide a framework for continuous quality improvement. This new book in the ERS® Family presents best practices to help coaches build trusting relationships with teachers, program directors, and administrators that will improve classroom environments and teaching practices. By using ECERS-3 and ECERS-R as a coaching tool, Holly Seplocha shows coaches and teachers how to work together to implement what is best for children. Each ECERS subscale chapter offers suggestions for quick and easy solutions, as well as strategies for classroom change that generally take more time for teachers to understand and incorporate into daily practice. This resource also includes guidance and activities for facilitating group meetings, professional learning communities, and staff workshops. "Coaching with ECERS" will help refine classroom practices and environments so that scores will rise, not just for the day, but for every day. Book features: (1) Outlines the nuts and bolts of coaching with ECERS in a way that has meaning and impacts classroom practice; (2) Provides an overview of adult learning and coaching strategies, incorporating techniques for coaching novice and experienced teachers, as well as administrators; (3) Examines the diversity of roles, from peer coaching to coaching from the inside or outside of the program, to administrators and supervisors who coach within their role; (4) Presents the case for building onsite program capacity for coaches who target their efforts with administrators; and (5) Offers hands-on advice, strategies, and tools including "ECERS Tips" and "No, No, Never, Nevers," as well as helpful resources to support coaches and administrators. [Foreword by Debby Cryer, Richard M. Clifford, Thelma Harms, and Noreen Yazejian.]
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Coaching (Performance), Kindergarten, Best Practices, Educational Improvement, Educational Strategies, Capacity Building, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Books; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale
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