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    Making Preschool More Productive

How Classroom Management Training Can Help Teachers
2010. Pamela Morris, C. Cybele Raver, Megan Millenky, Stephanie Jones, and Chrishana M. Lloyd.

Foundations of Learning provided training and in-class support to teachers to help guide children’s behavior and emotional development. In Newark, NJ, the program improved teachers’ classroom management and productivity, reduced children’s conflict with peers, and increased children’s engagement. A year later, few effects for children were sustained as they entered kindergarten, but teachers were still engaged in positive practices.
     
     

All Foundations of Learning Project Publications

    Making Preschool More Productive
How Classroom Management Training Can Help Teachers
    2010. Pamela Morris, C. Cybele Raver, Megan Millenky, Stephanie Jones, and Chrishana M. Lloyd.

Foundations of Learning provided training and in-class support to teachers to help guide children’s behavior and emotional development. In Newark, NJ, the program improved teachers’ classroom management and productivity, reduced children’s conflict with peers, and increased children’s engagement. A year later, few effects for children were sustained as they entered kindergarten, but teachers were still engaged in positive practices.
 
    Promoting Preschool Quality Through Effective Classroom Management
Implementation Lessons from the Foundations of Learning Demonstration
    2009. Chrishana M. Lloyd and Michael Bangser, with Farrah Parkes.

Foundations of Learning provided in-class training and support to teachers, and one-on-one clinical services to children, to enhance preschool quality. This report offers lessons regarding program design, management, staffing, and professional development issues that arose during implementation in Newark, NJ.
 
    Can Teacher Training in Classroom Management Make a Difference for Children’s Experiences in Preschool?
A Preview of Findings from the Foundations of Learning Demonstration
    2009. Pamela Morris, Cybele Raver, Chrishana M. Lloyd, and Megan Millenky.

Early evaluation results from Newark, NJ, show that Foundations of Learning improved teachers’ classroom management and productivity, reduced children’s conflict with peers, and engaged students in the learning tasks of preschool. The intervention was implemented in Head Start programs, community-based child care centers, and public schools.
 



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