ERIC Number: ED558589
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Dec
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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Georgia's Pre-K Professional Development Evaluation: Final Report. Publication #2015-02
Early, Diane M.; Maxwell, Kelly L.; Skinner, Debra; Kraus, Syndee; Hume, Katie; Pan, Yi
Child Trends
Georgia has been at the forefront of the pre-kindergarten movement since implementing its pre-k program in 1992 and creating the nation's first state-funded universal pre-k program in 1995. Georgia's Pre-K, administered by "Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning" (DECAL), aims to provide high-quality preschool experiences to four-year-olds to help prepare them for kindergarten. This study evaluated the impact of two professional development models--Making the Most of Classroom Interactions and MyTeachingPartner™--on teacher-child interactions in Georgia's Pre-K classrooms. At the start of each school year of this three-year study (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14), lead teachers (n = 486 over the entire project) were randomly selected to participate and randomly assigned to one of the professional development models or a control group. The two professional development models evaluated in this study are designed to improve teacher-child interactions as measured by the Classroom Assessment Scoring System™ (CLASS). The CLASS focuses on three domains of teacher-child interaction: Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, and Instructional Support. The supports for both models were delivered by Georgia's Pre-K consultants, as part of their regular job duties. A technical appendix that provides more details about the research methods and analyses is also available at ED558590.
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Models, Teacher Student Relationship, Preschool Children, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Program Evaluation, Emotional Development, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Student Needs, Educational Technology, Video Technology, Workshops, Distance Education, Questionnaires, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning
Authoring Institution: Child Trends; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, FPG Child Development Institute
Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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