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Publication Date: 2013
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Coaching to Quality: Increasing Quality in Early Care and Education Programmes through Community-University Partnership
Gilbert, Jaesook Lee; Harte, Helene Arbouet
Child Care in Practice, v19 n4 p397-411 2013
This paper describes efforts to increase the quality in early care and education through targeted coaching. A collaborative including several community agencies and a university developed a framework of support for early care and education providers, using coaching as its foundational basis, called Coaching to Quality (CTQ). This paper provides a background on the regional need for increasing quality level of childcare centres, specific components and evolution of CTQ, and lessons learned or implications of the CTQ initiative.
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Child Care, Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Leadership, Faculty Development, Program Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Intervention, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
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