Find out about teaching practices to engage children in conversations that can support learning in the classroom.

"Thick" conversations are the extended back-and-forth exchanges between a teacher and a child. This in-service suite describes teaching practices to engage children in "thick" conversations.

Expansions are ways to expand on what a child says or does during a conversation. This in-service suite describes how to use expansions to extend conversations with children to promote their language development.

This in-service suite describes how teachers can plan efficiently for conducting ongoing assessment of children's learning in the preschool classroom.

This in-service suite describes how to collect and use work samples to document children's learning in the preschool classroom.

Learn how to use technology in the preschool classroom.

Learn about the role of each attendee at a typical Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting.

Watch as a facilitator recaps an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting highlights. The next step is to have all attendees sign the IEP document.

In this video clip, a family support specialist closes a Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting. She gives parents the chance to provide feedback and ask questions.

There are many ways teachers can use video in a classroom. Explore this in-service suite to learn how to use it to collect information to document child progress.