Provides school leaders with much needed guidance and knowledge to ensure quality instruction for their youngest students. Based on their extensive experience working with children and educators, the authors bring readers inside real classrooms, where teachers are grappling with the ""big ideas"" that lie at the core of quality pre-K instruction.
Inside PreK Classrooms provides school leaders with much-needed guidance and knowledge to ensure quality instruction for their youngest students. Based on their extensive experience working with children and educators, the authors examine historical shifts in early education and the most recent research to argue for an expanded view of the capacity of preschoolers. The book tackles some of the most contentious debates in early childhood education, including how PreK teachers can meet state standards while honoring their traditional priorities of helping young children develop social and emotional skills and adjust to school routines.
Full of wisdom and insights gleaned from decades of experience immersed in research and practice,
Inside PreK Classrooms provides a critical resource for school leaders and educators concerned with increasing access to quality PreK education.
"This book captures how school leaders can effectively impact the teaching and learning in PreK classrooms. The book connects theory to practice in a memorable way for principals, district level administrators, superintendents, and school board members. The authors successfully show how twenty-first-century skills fit in PreK classrooms."
--Edgardo "Gary" Castro, principal, Roosevelt Elementary School, New Mexico, and founder, Lead N Inspire Consulting
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Inside PreK Classrooms provides a fresh format for demonstrating how using research, having a deep understanding of child development, knowing effective curriculum and classroom practices, and planning carefully aligned professional development are all critical elements to consider in effective instructional leadership. The authors present a focused narrative that includes proven strategies to help instructional leaders work with teachers to create sustained and highly effective PreK programs."
--Lisa Llorente, early childhood educator, Boston
Judith A. Schickedanz, a professor emerita at Boston University, is a leading expert in early childhood education and early literacy.
Catherine Marchant has been a classroom teacher, a teacher educator, an instructional coach, and an administrator, and currently consults with individual schools and districts.
