The Science Behind Social and Emotional Development
Learn the science behind early social and emotional development in infants and toddlers. Explore research on how social and emotional development supports learning across the ELOF domains.
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Teaching Practices
Effective, nurturing, and responsive teaching practices and interactions are key for all learning in early childhood settings. They foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; and promote critical thinking and problem-solving. They also support social, emotional, behavioral, and language development; provide supportive feedback for learning; and motivate continued effort. Teaching practices and interactions are responsive to and build on each child’s pattern of development and learning. They can be measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS®) and other adult-child interaction tools. These observations may then be used to support professional development. Teaching practices also include how schedules and routines are carried out, how settings are managed, and how children’s challenging behaviors are addressed.
Approaches to Learning, Birth to 5
This season of Teacher Time focuses on the four sub-domains of the ELOF Approaches to Learning domain. Each episode highlights teaching and learning experiences that support children’s approaches to learning in ways that are culturally and linguistically responsive and promote children’s sense of identity.
Infant/Toddler Approaches to Learning
These four Teacher Time episodes focus on supporting the four sub-domains of the ELOF Approaches to Learning domain with infants, toddlers, and their families.
Preschool Approaches to Learning
These four Teacher Time episodes focus on supporting the four sub-domains of the ELOF Approaches to Learning domain with preschoolers and their families.
CLASS Quality Improvement
Explore the resources on this page to find information useful to directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and others who want to improve the quality of instruction for children in Head Start programs.
Head Start and CLASS Quality Improvement
Learn more about how the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS): Pre-K® observation tool helps improve teacher-child interactions program quality and child outcome.
CLASS QI for Emotional Support
Check out this collection of resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use these resources to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Emotional Support domain.
CLASS QI for Classroom Organization
Check out these resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Classroom Organization domain.
CLASS QI for Instructional Support
Check out these resources that Head Start directors, education managers, coaches, teachers, and other education staff can use to improve teacher-child interactions in the CLASS® Instructional Support domain.
CLASS QI for Leaders
Explore this collection of resources that program leaders can use to ensure key components of systems work together, cultivate collaboration, and foster a culture of continuous quality improvement so that children and families thrive.
