Support REDI implementation with brief inservice training plus weekly coaching from local consultants¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article recommends a professional development model for REDI: two days of in-person training and 8 hours of online training (or four days of in-person), plus local coaches who "observe classrooms and meet with teachers to foster high-fidelity program implementation." Coaching "typically requires about one hour per week per classroom during the first year."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Coaches can be program supervisors or master teachers with time allotted for mentoring
• Coaching about one hour per week per classroom in the first year

Constraints¶

• Coaching intensity is specified for the first year of implementation

Target Learners¶

• preschool classroom teachers implementing REDI

Target Learning Goals¶

• high-fidelity implementation of REDI teaching strategies

Related Strategies¶

• Engage parents through home-learning packets with videos, tips, and activity suggestions
• Support curriculum implementation with initial multi-day training plus ongoing onsite consultation during the school year
• Pair program adoption with two days of initial training and weekly coaching meetings
• Continue ADK with more teacher inservices, maintained recordkeeping documents, and increased evaluator classroom visitations

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• REDI (Research Based, Developmentally Informed). (2024). Program description page, Evidence Rating: promising. https://evidenceforessa.org/program/redi-research-based-developmentally-informed/