ELOF Effective Practice Guide/CLASS Pre-K Crosswalk
Check out the crosswalk to learn about domain-specific teaching practices that support children’s development. The guides show what these practices look like in early learning settings.
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.
Check out the crosswalk to learn about domain-specific teaching practices that support children’s development. The guides show what these practices look like in early learning settings.
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.
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Follow along in a discussion on the importance of emotional and behavioral self-regulation for preschoolers.
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 and belonging.
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.
These four Teacher Time episodes focus on supporting the four sub-domains of the ELOF Approaches to Learning domain with preschoolers and their families.
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