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Adina Schick; Cassie Wuest; Rachel Lim; Gigliana Melzi – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Policymakers have underscored the importance of professional development (PD) opportunities for supporting the early childhood education workforce. Yet little is known about how the scope and delivery of PD opportunities impact the extent to which the content provided informs classroom practice. In the present study, we explored how teacher…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Cultural Capital
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Christopher Doss; Elaine Wang; Jill Cannon – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background/Context: There has been a growing realization in American education that the traditional focus on academics, particularly mathematics and English language arts, is insufficient to guarantee success in the modern workforce and society (Griffin and Care, 2015). Educators, policymakers, and researchers have correspondingly broadened the…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Child Development, Skill Development, Preschool Children
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Salih Rakap; Serife Balikci; Burak Aydin; Sinan Kalkan – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Embedded instruction facilitates individualized support and promotes meaningful participation for all children, irrespective of their abilities or disabilities, by integrating learning opportunities into the natural, everyday activities of inclusive preschool settings. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a coaching intervention on the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Student Participation
Simonsen, Brandi; Freeman, Jennifer; Gambino, Anthony J.; Sears, Sandra; Meyer, Katherine; Hoselton, Robert – Remedial and Special Education, 2022
To support all students, including students with disabilities, many schools have adopted a positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework. Although rigorous research documents the beneficial effects of Tier 1 PBIS for all students and emerging research extends these findings to students with disabilities, there has not been a…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Discipline
Hugh, Maria L.; Ahlers, Kaitlyn; Joshi, Mahima; Locke, Jill – Grantee Submission, 2021
Purpose of Review: The purpose of this review is to provide an update on the recent research (2016-2021) that evaluates the effectiveness of school-implemented interventions for students with autism (3-21 years old) from preschool to high school. Recent Findings: Overall, the recent literature demonstrated that there are EBPs that help students…
Descriptors: Intervention, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Helsabeck, Nathan P.; Justice, Laura M.; Logan, Jessica A. R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Process data, data generated by a user's interaction with a web-based application, is an emerging tool in educational research. The current study explores using process data as a measure of implementation fidelity to a randomized control trial (RCT) of the Read It Again Mobile (RIA-M) curricular supplement. Objectives: To determine the…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Early Intervention, Handheld Devices
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D'Agostino, Sophia; Douglas, Sarah N.; Horton, Elizabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This single-case investigation was designed to evaluate the effects of telehealth training on practitioner implementation of a naturalistic developmental behavioral intervention (NDBI). Six general education preschool practitioners engaged in an intervention with six children with varying disabilities in inclusive classroom settings. The…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Intervention
Lindsay R. Dennis; Kelly Farquharson; Anne Reed; Rebecca Summy; Jennifer Westmoreland; Kimberline Clark – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study examined the effects of practice-based coaching with scripted supports designed to support paraeducators and speech-language pathology assistants (SLP-As) as they implement evidence-based shared book reading strategies with preschoolers with language delays. A single-case, multiple baseline across behaviors was employed. Five educators…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Paraprofessional School Personnel, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology
Sandra L. Soliday Hong; Robert C. Carr; Ronald Seifer; Aditi Nambiar; Jada Walker – FPG Child Development Institute, 2023
The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC Chapel Hill (FPG) partnered with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Child Development and Early Education (NCDHHS DCDEE) to assess a pilot implementation of the NC Preschool Pyramid Model (Pyramid Model). This social-emotional coaching program is…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Lemire, Colombe; Dionne, Carmen; Rousseau, Michel – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Despite the recognized effectiveness of naturalistic intervention practices, including activity-based intervention (ABI), challenges remain regarding their implementation. Assessing implementation fidelity can help understand factors that may influence their implementation. This study aims to document the evolution of ABI implementation fidelity…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Child Care Centers
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Chang, Ching-Wen; Cheng, Shan-Shan; Chang, I-Wen; Liaw, Fong-Ruey; Cheng, Ching-Ching – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2021
Taiwan government consolidated the kindergarten and daycare systems in 2012, and launched a new national curriculum framework, Early Childhood Education & Care Curriculum Framework (ECECCF), as a guidance for quality early childhood education programs. Research has shown that the effects of a new educational program highly depended on the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Preschool Curriculum, Foreign Countries
S. Soliday Hong; R. C. Carr; R. Seifer; A. Nambiar; J. Walker – FPG Child Development Institute, 2023
This is the executive summary for the report "North Carolina Pre-K Pyramid Model Evaluation Study: Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation Study Final Results." The report is an assessment of a pilot implementation of the NC Preschool Pyramid Model (Pyramid Model), a social-emotional coaching program to support NC Pre-K teachers to engage…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Zhang, Chenyi; Cook, J. Claire – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
This study presents a professional development (PD) model for promoting preschool teachers' writing instruction utilizing teachers' reflective practices. Thirteen prekindergarten teachers were followed for the entire pre-K year. Teachers were assigned to intervention and comparison conditions. A reflective PD workshop was developed based on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Preschool Teachers, Writing Instruction, Reflective Teaching
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Gebhart, Kaylee; Kattelmann, Kendra; Wey, Howard; McCormack, Lacey; Bowne, Mary; Sltuka, Suzanne; Meendering, Jessica – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Train-the-Trainer (TTT) methodology uses an expert to train a non-expert on how to implement an intervention and is often used by Cooperative Extension personnel for delivery of programs in the natural setting. In these interventions using multiple educators and/or non-experts, a measure of implementation (fidelity of implementation) is necessary…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Physical Activities, Fidelity, Program Implementation
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Hoffman, Jessica A.; Schmidt, Ellyn M.; Arguello, Diego J.; Eyllon, Mara N.; Castaneda-Sceppa, Carmen; Cloutier, Gregory; Hillman, Charles H. – School Psychology, 2020
This study tested the Wellness Enhancing Physical Activity in Young Children (WE PLAY) program, a 4-week online preschool teacher training, on children's moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). In this cluster RCT, six Head Start preschools were randomized to an intervention and comparison group. Children's MVPA was measured using…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Physical Activity Level, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
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