Every Day, Every Year of a Hoosier Child’s Life is Important! provides evidence on why a birth through third grade approach is important and describes how all children in Indiana can succeed. Lori Connors-Tadros gave this presentation at the Indiana Early Learning Summit.
Understanding Pre-K Inclusion Data: Making the Most of the NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook
This presentation demonstrates why a high quality preschool matters in an inclusive birth through third grade context. It explains what the 2013 NIEER State of Yearbook data tells readers and how the data can be used. It concludes with a list of additional resources. Jim Squires presented these slides at the National Inclusion Institute.
Don’t Just Do the Assessment, Look at It
This resource examines examples and challenges in using assessment data, discuss what data can tell us about teaching and learning, and offers resources on using assessment data. CEELO’s Tom Schultz gave this presentation to the New Jersey Early Childhood Academy.
If Birth-3rd Policy and Practice is the Answer, What is the Question?
This presentation illustrates why improving birth through third grade is an urgent priority. Tom Schultz presented these slides at the Nevada Birth through Third Grade Policy and Practice Implementation Summit.
New Research and the Pay-Off to Quality Early Care and Education
This presentation highlights research on quality early care and education in the US – including the National Head Start Impact Study and several state pre-K studies. The final slides lists a number of resources with hyperlinks.
Promoting Holistic, Shared and Consistent Birth-3rd Grade Pedagogy and Practice
This presentation explains why improving early learning opportunities birth through third grade is an urgent priority, describes how young children are doing in birth through third grade, and explains what we know about birth through third grade pedagogy and practice. Tom Schultz gave this presentation at the Vermont Governor’s Early Childhood Summit Focus Group.
Taking Charge of Change so All West Virginia Children are Successful in School and Life
This presentation provides information on what influences literacy development and identifies four strategies to increase reading proficiency. It also includes recommendations for leaders. Lori Connors-Tadros gave this presentation to the West Virginia Department of Education Advisory Committee on a Comprehensive Approach to Early Learning.
Supporting SEA Early Learning Initiatives – How We Can Help You!
This presentation gives an overview of CEELO and resources it hosts on the CEELO website. It also includes information from the NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook on the Mid Atlantic Comprehensive Center region. Jana Martella and Megan Carolan gave this presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center Early Learning Round Table.
The National Landscape of State Prekindergarten Programs: State Roadmaps of Inclusion
This presentation highlights critical indicators for improving access to pre-K for children with disabilities and details what the 2012 NIEER Yearbook data tell us, and how children faring after ten years of data collection. Jana Martella gave this presentation at the 2013 IDEA Leadership Conference.
Teacher Evaluation | P-3
This presentation explores emerging trends in measuring child growth for teacher evaluation, differing state roles in teacher evaluation systems, and key policies in states. Jana Martella presented these slides at the National Governors Association Cross-State Policy Academy.
Enhancing Early Learning in Rural States
This presentation details how to prevent/minimize achievement gaps and shortfalls for children birth through third grade and offers guidance on how rural Chiefs can lead to improve early learning opportunities and outcomes. Tom Schultz gave this presentation at the Council of Chief State School Officers Building Capacity of Rural States Meeting.
Mining pre-K Data: Making the Most of the NIEER State of Preschool Yearbook
This webinar guides viewers in how to use data in the Yearbook to provide technical assistance in a state. It also directs viewers to additional resources.