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- Getting in Sync: Revamping the Preparation of Teachers in Pre-K, Kindergarten and the Early Grades
March 2, 2011 This report highlights problems nationwide with the licensing and preparation of teachers who work with young children in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade classrooms.
- 21st Century Teacher Education for FirstSchool: A Model of Collaborative Inquiry
September 10, 2010 FirstSchool is committed to working with teacher educators from early childhood, elementary, and special education to help future teachers be responsive to the needs of young children.
- Degrees of Improvement: States Push to Reverse the Decline in Preschool Teachers’ Qualifications
June 18, 2010 Learn what effective PreK-3 teaching looks like and how New Jersey and Oklahoma are building a highly qualified PK-3 teaching force.
- Roots of Decline: How Government Policy Has De-Educated Teachers of Young Children
June 18, 2010 Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook document how federal policy on child care and early education led to a decline in wages and education among staff in early childhood programs.
- Core Knowledge for PreK-3 Teaching: 10 Components of Effective Instruction
June 18, 2010 The Foundation for Child Development’s Advancing PreK-3rd Series No. 5 Michael Sadowski outlines what experts identify as core knowledge for the ten areas of high-quality PK-3 teaching: Knowledge of Child Development; Methods for Teaching Diverse Children; Use of Multiple Forms of Assessment; Organization of Learning Environments; Curriculum Design That Helps Children Make Connections; Strategic Use of Resources and Technologies; Parent and Family Outreach; Professional Collaboration and Development; Reflection for Enhanced Teaching; and Vertical Alignment.
- Carrots and Sticks: New Jersey’s Effort To Create a Qualified PK-3 Workforce
June 17, 2010 The Foundation for Child Development’s Advancing PreK-3rd Series No. 6 Rutgers University researchers Sharon Ryan and Carrie Lobman show how New Jersey established a set of mandates supported by incentives to upgrade the qualifications of the PK-3 teaching workforce in the state’s poorest school districts.
- Teacher Quality in Grades PreK-3rd: Challenges and Options
June 17, 2010 The New America Foundation recommends that Congress expand NCLB to cover Prekindergarten teachers.
- Ready to Teach?: Providing Children With the Teachers They Deserve
June 17, 2010 To reframe the debate about what constitutes a highly qualified teacher, the Foundation for Child Development invited a group of education leaders to participate in a round table discussion about what teachers should know and be able to do. The result, Bridging Two Worlds: PK-3 Teachers As Architects of Children’s Learning, is the centerpiece of the Foundation’s 2006 Annual Report.