Watch this three-part video series to learn about ways staff can improve instructional support and effective teaching practices. Find helpful resources to support this work.

Use the resources on this page to strengthen preschool teaching practices.

“Scaffolding” means to provide children with just the right level of support to help them successfully complete a task. This webinar shares three main scaffolding strategies.

Use the scientific method’s five steps to help expand children’s understanding of their environment.

Daily schedules and routines help keep you organized. Research shows they also influence children’s social and emotional development. Learn how to develop your classroom schedules and routines in ways that will help you create and sustain a lively but well-organized classroom.

The AIAN Teacher Webinar Series features in-service suites that can help teachers and home visitors better understand and identify effective teaching practices.

These 15-minute In-service Suites are a professional development resource for staff in busy, active early childhood centers and programs. They are organized around one topic or big idea and address effective teaching and assessment practices.

Find out how teachers can engage children in learning by following the children’s lead.

Learn ways to help children use positive behaviors during classroom transitions..

Learn about features of the physical and social classroom environment that maximize young children's engagement and learning.