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Download full textLucas, Michelle; Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report summarizes the first year of the prekindergarten partnership between AISD, United Way for Greater Austin, and participating child development centers that served 417 students. Classrooms and students displayed high quality of instruction and academic performance, and teacher professional development opportunities are summarized.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, School Community Programs
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Direct linkJohn, Karen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Leadership mentoring is a central component of the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL), which is designed to develop robust, creative and courageous children's centre leaders. Mentoring provides a safe, supportive and confidential space in which leaders can discuss the challenges of leading their centres.…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Mentors, Role Perception, Leadership Effectiveness
Colmer, Kaye – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2008
Established in 1940, Lady Gowrie Child Centres in Australia provide integrated early childhood programs and develop and share project work, information, resources and training at local and national levels. While changes in social policy compromised their provision of integrated programs, the centre in Adelaide has made real strides towards moving…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Professional Training, Foreign Countries, Child Development Centers
PDF pending restorationWyoming State Department of Education, 2004
The Kindergarten Readiness Survey (KRS), using data collected by kindergarten teachers across the state, was determined to be an effective way to measure the effect of preschools and childcare settings preparing students to enter the K-12 education system. This approach allows for a more valid evaluation of programs and accurate assessment of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Barnett, W. Steven – 1984
Newly assembled evidence indicates that children attending South Carolina's early childhood programs are better prepared for first grade than those who do not attend kindergarten. Children who attended some type of kindergarten in 1979-80 reached higher levels of achievement by the end of first grade than children who did not attend. These levels…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
Bridgeman, Brent; And Others – 1977
This paper describes the Parent Child Development Center (PCDC) model and related experimental programs at Birmingham, Houston and New Orleans and summarizes findings from data gathered during the first five years of program operation. Preliminary findings from data collected after 1975 are also reported. All PCDC programs share several common…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
