Support curriculum implementation with initial multi-day training plus ongoing onsite consultation during the school year¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

In the evaluated implementation, intervention teachers received 2.5 full days of curriculum training before the preschool year began and had access to ongoing implementation support throughout the year. "Onsite consultation to teachers was provided four times during the school year, twice by trained Tennessee staff members and twice by curriculum trainers." Consultation visits typically included a classroom observation, an opportunity for teachers to ask questions about the curriculum, and implementation feedback from the trainer. No specific additional professional development activities for comparison group teachers are described.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Trained staff members and curriculum trainers available to conduct onsite consultation visits during the school year.

Constraints¶

• The report describes this support package only as implemented in the PCER evaluation; it does not report testing the support components separately or link them to outcomes.

Target Learners¶

• preschool teachers implementing an early childhood curriculum

Target Learning Goals¶

• faithful implementation of a literacy-focused preschool curriculum

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2013, March). Early Childhood Education intervention report: Bright Beginnings. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/57