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Ann Partee; Amanda Williford; Jason Downer; Jenna Conway; Erin Carroll – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study describes the implementation and findings from a consultation process designed to enhance the professional development (PD) offered to teachers working in Virginia's state-funded preschool program. A PD Rubric was developed to translate research on effective PD (i.e., PD practices linked to positive changes in teacher practice and/or…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Faculty Development, State Aid
Nguyen, Tutrang; Ansari, Arya; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Ruzek, Erik – Grantee Submission, 2020
The present study considered the ways in which interactional quality in the classroom and teacher--child relationships independently and synergistically shaped the early academic, social-behavioral, and executive function outcomes of 1,498 preschoolers from low-income families from a large, culturally, and linguistically diverse county. The…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Child Development, Interaction
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Zinsser, Katherine M.; Denham, Susanne A.; Curby, Timothy W.; Shewark, Elizabeth A. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The connections between parents' emotional competence (emotion expression, regulation, and knowledge) and children's social-emotional learning (SEL) have been well studied; however, the associations among teachers' emotional competencies and children's SEL remain widely understudied. In the present study, private preschool and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Emotional Development, Social Development, Emotional Intelligence
Gosse, Carolyn S.; McGinty, Anita S.; Mashburn, Andrew J.; Invernizzi, Marcia – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2012
The purpose of this study is to contribute to the limited research base on the complex relationships between classroom supports and language development by addressing two research aims. The first aim is to determine the unique association between relational support and and instructional support and preschoolers' language development. The second…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Classroom Techniques