Recommended Reading List for Webcast #4

Science Webcast Series #4: Bringing It All Together with Intentional Teaching in Effective Environments

The PowerPoint presentation for Webcast #4 includes video clips and photos. Program directors, education managers, and technical assistance providers can use these materials to help teaching teams understand these early science ideas: (1) elements and features of environments that inspire children’s interests and questions; (2) teacher and parent behaviors and dispositions to support environments for science; and (3) approaches and resources staff can use to foster professional development of science skills and scientific understanding.

• Select here for the PowerPoint Presentation [PDF, 8.68MB]
• Select here for Part One of the Script [PDF, 1.02MB]
• Select here for Part Two of the Script [PDF, 945KB]
• Select here for the Learners Guide [PDF, 105KB]
• Select here to view the archived Webcast

Mirrors that Talk: Using Video to Improve Early Education

A young child’s experiences can be a rich source of information regarding adult-child interactions. Teaching teams may use videos of classroom practice as a tool to help reflect on their own interactions with young children. These videos also offer teachers a way to explore meta-cognitive thinking with children. Full text »

Steps to Success Decision Maker Guide

Are you thinking of beginning a mentoring system to support teaching teams? Education managers, program directors, and professional development providers can follow the process outlined in the Steps to Success Decision Maker Guide to create a strong and effective mentoring program that supports teaching across all domains. Full text »

Pasos hacia el éxito: Guía del personal directivo

Este documento le ayudará a crear sistemas eficaces de Asesores-Mentores en Alfabetización Temprana al personal directivo y administrativo, así como a los Consejos de Políticas. Dichos sistemas apoyan el desarrollo de habilidades y conocimientos por parte del personal nuevo y experimentado. Full text »

Steps to Success Protégé Journal

Teachers use the Protégé Journal to document experiences with a Mentor-Coach. The journal encourages teaching staff, also known as Protégés or mentees, to reflect on the skills and strategies, processes and activities, and resources needed to promote positive outcomes for children. Full text »

Pasos hacia el éxito: Diario del protegido

Esta publicación brinda una orientación para prepararse y reflexionar sobre el trabajo con un Asesor-Mentor. El diario tiene como objetivo ayudar a ampliar la mente de las maestras. Hay tres secciones que describen el rol del Asesor-Mentor y el protegido, las habilidades y estrategias; procesos y actividades que son la base de la relación; y recursos para promover resultados positivos en los niños. Full text »

Steps to Success Professional Development Planner in English

Strengthening, acquiring, and refining mentor-coaching skills and concepts is an ongoing process. Mentor-Coaches can adapt this form to chart their professional growth and aspirations as they reflect on their interactions with protégés. Full text »

Pasos hacia el éxito: Plan de desarrollo profesional

Los Asesores-Mentores usan este folleto para trazar su crecimiento profesional y sus aspiraciones mientras reflexionan con regularidad sobre sus interacciones con sus protegidos, lo cual les ayuda a adquirir, fortalecer y refinar sus habilidades como Asesores-Mentores. Full text »

Head Start Leader's Guide to Positive Child Outcomes

Program managers, education coordinators, and professional development providers can review the eight domains of development and learning.  They can support teaching teams as teachers focus on strategies designed to foster learning experiences across the domains of development for young children. Full text » [PDF, 1.82MB]

Putting the Pro in Protégé:  A guide to Mentoring in Head Start and Early Head Start

The guide, intended to help grantees and delegate agencies design/improve mentoring efforts as part of continuous program improvement, describes basic principles, key components and necessary supports for effective mentoring. Full text »

Strengthening Operations for Learning and Results (SOLAR)

SOLAR helps Head Start and Early Head Start directors, managers and supervisors develop T/TA plans. Full text »

The Power of Ordinary Moments

Ordinary moments are the pages in the child's diary for the day. Teaching teams and caregivers can benefit from focusing on the great value of ordinary moments in the everyday life of a child. Rather than acknowledging only the “grand” moments, the authors suggest that we might find the authentic child living in the in-between moments of the day. Full text »