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Using an Ecological and Systems Approach to Support Early Learning Readiness
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Coddett, Andrea; Orr, Margaret Terry – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2020
This case is to help district leaders and community partners understand the complexity of pursuing a principles-based approach to improving early school readiness. Wyckoff Public Schools adopted the Boston Basics to support young children's early learning and readiness for school. It required district leaders and partners to work across…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Systems Approach, School Readiness, Public Schools
Complex Counting in Kindergarten
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Sci, Eve; Kircher, Kristen Sendrowski; Shook, Heather – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
A team of teachers from the same New York City public school met to discuss and compare the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) to their current math curriculum. The group consisted of four kindergarten teachers, a representative from the first-grade teaching team, and the school's math coach. During the first meeting, the…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Kindergarten, Young Children
The Uncompromised Curriculum: Videos of Teachers Teaching Social Justice Issues
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Sonu, Debbie – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
Despite pressures to narrow the curriculum and focus only on testing, there are teachers who continue to work social justice issues into their elementary lessons through the subject of social studies. These teachers speak of education as an instrument for the public good. In this day and age, it can be hard to find teachers with such…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Justice, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies
The Promise of Pre-K
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Pianta, Robert C., Ed.; Howes, Carollee, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
High-quality pre-K that really improves children's outcomes--that's the goal early childhood professionals will work toward with this groundbreaking text, the first volume in the NEW National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE) series. Combining the most current knowledge of top researchers, policy makers, and federal and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers
What Does It Mean to Be a "Good" Early Childhood Teacher? An Analysis of Themes in Application Essays Submitted to Two Early Childhood Education Teacher Certification Programs
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O'Brien, Leigh M.; Novinger, Sue; Leach-Bizari, Arlene – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2007
Three teacher educators at two colleges in western New York have used content analysis to analyze prospective undergraduate and graduate students' applications to their early childhood education programs. Despite a number of apparent differences between both the applicants and the programs to which they were applying, there was a remarkable degree…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Content Analysis
Early Literacy Guidance: Prekindergarten - Grade 3.
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 2002
The New York State Education Department has adopted the national reading goal that all children will be able to read independently and well by the end of Grade 3. Building on previous English language arts documents of the Department, this document provides teachers with additional specificity regarding the early literacy skills that students…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Behavior Standards