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Excellence in early childhood education (ECE) programs is built on a workforce that promotes continuous program improvement. Professional development is a cornerstone of this process. It includes gaining new knowledge, skills, and abilities, along with experience and competencies that relate to one’s profession, job responsibilities, or work environment. ECE programs and staff must address three areas: Professional Development Systems; Foundation for Staff Development; and Individual Career Development. Resources are organized within these areas to promote easy access to the information you need.
Watch this Coaching Corner webinar to increase your understanding of curriculum fidelity. Learn how practice-based coaching can support curriculum fidelity. Identify teaching practices and strategies to support it in the classroom.
Discover teaching practices that coaches can share with teachers to promote engineering activities for children.
Learn about ways that coaches help teachers around the teaching of STEAM—science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Explore how to manage stress and the responsibilities of coaching using the practice-based coaching cycle.
Find out how coaches can help teachers implement effective and engaging transitions in the preschool classroom.
In this video, learn how collaborative partnerships are the foundation of Practice-Based Coaching. Find out what collaborative partnerships look like in action and what elements make up strong partnerships.
Learn about the shared goals and action planning process in the Practice-Based Coaching cycle. Find out how the coach and teacher collaborate to create observable goals and develop action plans to achieve them.
Learn more about the focused observations process in Practice-Based Coaching (PBC). Find out how these observations are based on the goals and action plan developed by the coach and coachee.
Explore the reflection and feedback component of the Practice-Based Coaching cycle. This process occurs when the coach and coachee reflect and discuss feedback from the focused observation.
Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) uses a cyclical process supports teachers’ use of effective teaching practices leading to positive outcomes for children. PBC occurs in the context of collaborative partnerships.
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official website of the Administration for Children and Families
