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Washington, Valora; Gadson, Brenda – Teachers College Press, 2017
With growing evidence about the critical period of birth to age 5 for child development and learning, the imperative to professionalize the early childhood education workforce has never been greater. In this follow-up to "The New Early Childhood Professional: A Step-By-Step Guide to Overcoming Goliath", the authors share lessons learned…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Guidelines, Definitions, Prosocial Behavior
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Cross, Alice Frazeur; Conn-Powers, Michael – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
This study investigated the extent to which early education classrooms across Indiana implemented evidence-based practices and how well the classrooms of different types of early education programs in our state compared with one another. Evidence-based effective curricula increase children's learning compared to those that are not effective. This…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Implementation, Best Practices, Evidence
Martella, Jana; Connors-Tadros, Lori – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
Early childhood educators play a critical role in preparing students for success later in their school experience. The instructional techniques, emotional supports, and assessment approaches for early childhood settings are different from classroom settings in later grades. How can states and districts develop evaluation systems that are tuned to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Evaluation, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Evaluation
Walker, Tim; Donohue, Chip – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
For the typical early childhood administrator, there will never be enough hours in a day to finish the work that needs to be done. This includes numerous hours spent on a computer tracking enrollment, managing the budget, researching curriculum ideas online, and many other administrative tasks. Improving an administrator's computer efficiency can…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Computer Literacy, Administrator Effectiveness
Delhaxhe, Arlette; Motiejunaite, Akvile; Coghlan, Misia; Huart, Thierry; Manni, Gentile; Leseman, Paul P.M.; Crahay, Marcel – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2009
This study explores the available cross-national data and national policies on early childhood education and care (later--ECEC) in Europe. Early childhood education and care in this study refers to publicly subsidised and accredited provision for children under compulsory school age. "Education" and "care" are combined in the…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
Blackwell, Patricia L. – Zero to Three (J), 2004
This article examines whether the idea of "temperament" is a useful construct for families to understand babies' and toddlers' behavior. The author suggests that "regulatory skill" may be a more neutral term than temperament for parents and practitioners to use in discussing individual differences among babies and toddlers and suggests that…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Personality, Parents, Individual Differences