Our local Technical assistance program that serves only Chatham County is represented by this multi-tiered system of supports for early childhood education programs. Learn more about Lena Grow here: https://www.lena.org/lena-grow/
- On-site coaching to build evidence-based teaching strategies
- Consultation for Directors, including the Program Administrator Scale (PAS)
- Assistance with required new teacher orientation
- Environment Rating Scale assessment preparation for Rated License
- Playground improvements using the Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS)
- Individualized Teacher Coaching, including LENA Grow
Contact: Pam Anderson
LENA Grow is a practiced-based professional development program that uses “talk pedometer” technology to provide data on interactions with each child in your classroom and enhance your classroom language environment. Classrooms will participate in a “LENA day” when children will wear vests containing their assigned talk pedometers. The talk pedometers do not record any speech, but will count the number of serve and returns the individual child has with the teacher. Once the data is processed, the participant will receive coaching and feedback. This data-driven coaching model leads to increased interactions impacting language development and kindergarten readiness.
95% of teachers say they either like or love the program — and most love it. 99% would recommend LENA Grow to other teachers. In addition, over 90% say the program helped them feel more confident in their teaching abilities and increased their overall job satisfaction.
KIDSCOPE provides screening and support to children birth-5 whose child care providers have concerns about their development, behavior, or ability to succeed in the classroom. Consultants provide support based on the needs of individual children and work with child care providers and families to create success strategies in the classroom. Services are provided free of charge and do not require a diagnosis.Provide evidence-based therapies for families with children birth-5 which focus on improving the caregiver-child relationship and increasing children’s positive behaviors. Parents are actively involved in the program and gain an understanding of their child’s behaviors and how to address them in a developmentally appropriate manner.
Contact: Tykara Young, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant
Healthy Social Behavior Specialists provide on-site consultation for challenging behaviors and social emotional development in preschool aged classrooms, based on the CSEFEL Pyramid Model. Only available to licensed child care centers.
The Healthy Social Behaviors Project (HSB) was established in 2005 to address behavioral issues in young children through services that help to identify, prevent and modify challenging behaviors, with the goal of reducing the expulsion rate and promoting healthy social-emotional development for all children in NC licensed child care centers.
We support North Carolina DCDEE-licensed child care centers serving children ages 0 to 5 years old, including NC Pre-K Classrooms, Early Head Start and Head Start Programs, Developmental Day Programs and GS 110-106 centers, focusing on teacher practices that can calm challenging behaviors.
Contact: Ann and Betsy
B-3QI serves all 100 counties across the state, and Regional Birth-to-Three Specialists provide leadership, coaching, training and hands-on support for teachers and site administrators.
Specialists with the Birth-to-Three Quality Initiative partner with classroom teachers and administrators using Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) to help them set goals and accomplish what matters most to them for the benefit of the children and families they serve.
Are you looking to build a skilled, informed, and dynamic birth-to-three teaching team? Teachers need individualized support based on their unique needs, experiences, and goals. Practice-Based Coaching (PBC) provides this type of tailored guidance to help early educators improve and refine their teaching practices through goal setting and action planning.
Contact: Teresa Speller
Family Child Care Consultation
More information coming soon. Paula Shemanski is our regional Family Child Care Consultant.
