Contact: Crystal Day-Hess

Audience: Teachers and Administrators

Description:

Professional Development & Technical Assistance

• Based on research on language acquisition and child development, our Scaffolding Early Learning program provides intensive, classroom-focused activities, such as in-class coaching and demonstrations, in order to build capacity and have a lasting impact. We also offer a Training of Trainers for this program.
• Our Dynamic Coaching Services gives your staff the tools and framework they need to coach others.
• Our Early Childhood Program Evaluation Services help schools, districts, and states evaluate their current approaches to early childhood education.
• Striving Readers Technical Assistance and Professional Development supports Striving Readers grantees by customizing a framework that supports existing curriculum and standards.
• With one-on-one intensive training and coaching, McREL’s Early Childhood Total Classroom Makeover helps teachers create classrooms that serve as models for others.
• Aligning Early Learning Standards and Curricula to the Common Core will help your district or state not only develop their own early learning standards but also close the gap between those standards and the Common Core State Standards.

Workshops

• The Scaffolding Early Learning Workshop explains the basics of early literacy development and self-regulation.
• Developing Math Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten Children focuses on early math literacy skills and how to integrate them throughout the day.
• School Readiness: Strategies to Help Preschool Children Meet the Demands of a Kindergarten Classroom helps educators understand the components of school readiness and how to better prepare preschoolers for the transition.
• Prepare Young Children for the Common Core Using Developmentally Appropriate Practices equips early childhood educators with the tools and resources to prepare their students for the Common Core State Standards.