This presentation identifies the purposes of peer learning communities (PLC), principles for success, stages of a PLC, and key steps, activities, and considerations. Links to resources are available on the final three slides. Kirsty Clarke Brown gave this presentation to the New Jersey Early Learning Academy.

This presentation details policy mechanisms that lead to improved child outcomes. The presentation discusses young children’s brain development, dimensions of readiness, elements and measurements of quality, the P-20 approach, and other areas policy can impact. It also includes information on return on investments in early childhood for South Carolina. Jim Squires presented at the Early Childhood Common Agenda Forum South Carolina Children’s Trust.

This presentation reviews two tools for supporting system improvement and shares the perspective and experience of New Jersey. Lori Connors-Tadros and Jana Martella presented with Terry Harrison (New Jersey Part C), Christina Kasprzak (ECTA), and Ann Reale (ICF International) at the Improving Data, Improving Outcomes Conference.

This presentation highlights research and tools to help states design their teacher evaluation system. CEELO’s Lori Connors-Tadros and Jana Martella gave this presentation at the DaSy Early Childhood Conference.

This presentation provides context on how young children and early programs are faring, highlights disparities and discusses what recent studies tell us. It also explores communicating metrics with educators & policy leaders. Tom Schultz gave this presentation at the Head Start 12th Research Conference.

This presentation describes a birth through third grade framework and its benefits and offers examples of what it looks like in practice. It also discusses what promotes and hinders a birth through third grade framework and highlights the roles state agencies, programs, administrators, policymakers, providers, and parents can play. Jim Squires gave this presentation at the Mississippi Early Childhood Conference.

This presentation provides information on maximizing policy of research and evaluation. It discusses the Perry Preschool Study, the Nurse Family Partnership, and NJ Abbott pre-K program. It concludes with lessons learned for program evaluation. The slides were presented by CEELO’s Steve Barnett at the Transatlantic Forum on Inclusive Early Years in Amsterdam.  (July 2014, Presentation)

This talk presents Yearbook information from the national level and then looks at Vermont specifically. guides on how to use the data. Jim Squires presented the slides to the Vermont Building Bright Futures State Advisory Council.

This roundtable offers helpful resources on improving instructional practices from the 2014 CEELO Roundtable (see “presentations” and “resources” tabs). Roundtable Reflections 2014 provides broad highlights from the sessions and lists resources identified by participants.

This presentation examines how states are approaching a comprehensive early learning system of standards and explores emerging tools to move state standards along a cohesive and high-quality continuum. CEELO’s Jana Martella and Tom Schultz, along with Albert Wat (National Governors Association) and Jim Lesko (ELC-TA) at the 2014 NAEYC Professional Development Institute.

This presentation discusses opportunities and implementation challenges in states and features presentations from Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, and Nevada on the implementation of KEA in each state. These presentations were given by CEELO’s Tom Schultz and representatives from states at the 2014 NAEYC Professional Development Institute.

This presentation shares information from a CEELO report on teacher evaluation systems in states as they relate to early childhood educators, including how the study was designed, findings, and recommendations. Lori Connors-Tadros and Michelle Horowitz gave this presentation to the New Jersey Early Childhood Academy.