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Jiaoyue Lyu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In the United States, language education programs are increasingly popular and have expanded considerably in recent years. At the same time, very little data exists on the leadership practices that have guided the most successful language education programs (Forman, 2015; Hutton, 2018; Rocque et al., 2016). This study filled that gap by exploring…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Transformational Leadership, Chinese
Lindsay Dennis; Jennifer Eldridge; Taryn Wade; Audrey Robbins; Maria Larkin; Erika Fundelius – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2024
High-quality professional development can lead to increased and sustained implementation of evidence-based practices. This study examined the effects of practice-based coaching (PBC) paired with scripted supports on teachers' use of shared book reading strategies. The primary dependent variable was percentage of strategies correctly implemented;…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Reading Strategies, Coaching (Performance), Professional Development
Bayly, Benjamin L.; Escott, Rebecca; Nicewonger, Nancy; Campana, Caroline – ZERO TO THREE, 2022
Infant-toddler programs stand to benefit greatly from evidence-informed coaching and professional development opportunities. However, few coaching initiatives have been delivered within infant-toddler programs, and these programs often face challenges that affect their educators' ability to participate. In an effort to support infant-toddler…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Partnerships in Education, Coaching (Performance)
Gomez, Lauren; Barton, Erin E.; Winchester, Claire; Locchetta, Brandy – Journal of Early Intervention, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of email-delivered performance feedback to teachers working in inclusive early childhood classrooms. A concurrent multiple probe across-participants design was used to examine the relation between performance feedback delivered via email and teachers' use of play expansions. Results…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Feedback (Response), Job Performance, Inclusion
Shore, Rebecca A.; Lambert, Richard G.; Shue, Pamela L. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
The Early Childhood Directors Leadership Institute (ECDLI) project addressed a need for effective professional development with a series of Institutes using the Program Administration Scale (PAS), the Program Management Inventory (PMI), and the Plan-Do-Study-Act model, over a 3-year period. Each of the 100 participating program directors in the…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Professional Development, Preschool Education, Administrators
Julie Fitz; Stephanie Levin; Marjorie E. Wechsler – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
California has a notable history of investing in educational leaders' professional learning. In 1983, the state launched the California School Leadership Academy (CSLA), which it funded until the academy was discontinued due to statewide budget cuts in 2003. Research showed that CSLA was a source of high-quality professional development. In 2019,…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Administrator Education
Laws, Kevin; Xun, Feng – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2021
Transforming two early education centres in China to incorporate the educational philosophy of Maria Montessori is a huge task. To induct teaching staff into Montessori's philosophy, pedagogy, and curriculum when their past educational experiences have been formed by a rigid, traditional model added to the challenge. To further complicate matters…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Electronic Learning
Peden, Michele; Eady, Michelle; Okely, Anthony; Jones, Rachel – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2021
ECEC-based physical activity (PA) interventions have reported modest changes; however, those that are underpinned by theory seem to report more favorable outcomes. To date, no ECEC-based PA interventions have been underpinned by professional development-focused theories, despite professional development being a consistent component in such…
Descriptors: Child Care, Physical Activities, Intervention, Professional Development
Jones, Christopher; Shah, Harshini; Xue, Yange – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
Adults who provide care and education to young children have a great responsibility, as children's early environment and relationships have profound and lifelong effects. The Early Head Start conceptual framework recognizes that the characteristics of teachers and home visitors who deliver core Early Head Start services to children and families…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Federal Programs, Social Services, Home Visits
Janet Welsh; Sarah Meyer Chilenski; Ann-Michelle Daniels; Amber Letcher; Aileen Garcia – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
This study involved a pilot implementation of an evidence based school readiness intervention in new community contexts. The Head Start Research Based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) program was implemented in preschools on and near a Native American reservation with both indigenous and non-indigenous students and teachers. The REDI curriculum…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services
Elek, Catriona; Gray, Sarah; West, Sue; Goldfeld, Sharon – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
The years from birth to five are critical for building the emergent literacy skills that precede learning to read and write. Early childhood education and care services are in a unique position to support emergent literacy development, particularly for children in socio-economically disadvantaged communities. This article reports the findings of a…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Emergent Literacy, Skill Development, Reading Skills
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority, 2022
This report presents key findings from the four years of the Quality Support Program (QSP). The QSP is an initiative of, and funded by, the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education Early Childhood Education Quality Assurance and Regulatory Services Directorate (NSW DoE), involving the delivery by Australian Children's Education and Care…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Toran, Mehmet; Yagan Güder, Sevcan – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2020
This study aimed to determine the opinions of preschool teachers about courses they attended in a preschool undergraduate program in order to support their professional development. The case study, one of the qualitative research designs, was adopted in the study. Two sampling strategies, snowball and criterion sampling, were used for the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Undergraduate Study
Boyd, Wendy – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Waste created by modern lifestyles is of key concern to sustainable development globally. Early childhood centres engage in sustainable practices, and waste management is one of these practices. Past research has indicated that early childhood staff are challenged to implement sustainable practices. However, the National Quality Standard requires…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sanitation, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
Farewell, Charlotte V.; Maiurro, Emily; Powers, Jamie; Puma, Jini – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The Healthy Environment Project (HEP) was designed to improve familiarity with attitudes, confidence and knowledge related to health-promoting best practices, as well as the implementation of health-promoting policy, system and environment best practice change in diverse early childhood education settings. Design: Pre-post study design…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Best Practices, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education