This presentation provides an overview of the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and describes how the Classroom Assessment Scoring System® (CLASS) can be used across age levels to focus, measure and improve classroom interactions — a key factor proven to drive children’s academic and life-long success.
This resource includes a draft report on a recent pilot of a new tool designed to help early care and education programs assess the strengths of their family engagement practices and identify goals and steps to strengthen these practices. The tool covered in the report, The Family Engagement Assessment and Planning Tool (FEAP-T), and a Parent Survey that is part of the tool.
In this document, the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) provides an internal review of the ESSA -Preschool Development Grants (Section 9212).
This paper discusses why and how states are integrating DC:0–5 into
state policy and systems, provides state examples to highlight some of
the strategies that states have used to allow, promote, or require the use
of DC:0–5, and provides recommendations for further improvements in
state IECMH policy and practice.
This planning tool guides organizations through the development and use of a logic model. Specific action steps are provided for the preparation phase, the design phase, and the refinement phase of the process.
This fact sheet outlines the application process for Taking the Lead Leadership Academy, a family child care initiative. It also outlines the benefits of participation and the areas of focus.
This fact sheet covers the purpose, target audience, topics covered, and benefits of participation in the Leadership Matters Institute in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
This resource describes the Director to Director (D2D) training, a carefully designed cohort model that brings program owners, directors, and their management team together to share best practices centered on specific and carefully select topics that address the unique challenges our industry leaders face.
This brief outlines policy approaches that have the potential to strengthen the
organizational conditions of early care and education (ECE) programs as a means to
quality improvement.