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Kelsey Ann Clayback, Ann M. Partee, Amanda P. Williford, Jason T. Downer, Kyra Parker, Ann S. Lhospital
Frontiers in Education
January, 2025
This paper describes how one model of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) uses data collection and data-driven action planning to individualize consultation and improve educators’ use of social and emotional teaching practices. The study presents data collected from 2023 to 2024 from 100 preschool classrooms and provides three case examples to illustrate how data guided consultation in practice.
Kelsey Ann Clayback, Amanda Williford, Ginny Vitiello, Kate Lynn Matthew
Frontiers in Education
December, 2024
This paper shares findings using implementation data from the scaling of the STREAMin3 curriculum model in over 2,000 Virginia early childhood education classroom settings that received state or federal funding. This study focuses on: 1) how the curriculum model is intended to be used program-wide in infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms, 2) how the curriculum components support social, emotional, and academic skills, and 3) how the aligned and embedded professional development model builds educator capacity.
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
October, 2024
Researchers enhance the way Virginia early childhood educators can customize and use their STREAMin3 curriculum.
Much more flexible than the previous printed materials, the portal allows teachers to populate and customize their use of the curriculum with the touch of a button.
Kyra Parker, Molly Michie, Amanda Williford, & Daphna Bassok
Study of Early Education through Partnerships
September, 2024
Findings from the 2023 Virginia Family Survey indicate that exclusionary discipline is fairly common in Virginia’s early childhood care and education (ECCE) settings, with Black children, boys, and older children at increased risk of exclusionary discipline practices. This report sheds light on findings from the 2023 Virginia Family survey and includes several recommendations to help reduce exclusionary discipline practices in ECCE settings.
Khara L.P. Turnbull, Jamie DeCoster, Jason T. Downer, Amanda P. Williford
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
July, 2024
This study explores the links between executive functioning and children’s gains in school readiness skills. The study describes implications for promoting children’s ability to learn and thrive in preschool settings. It explores these ideas with a focus on children’s engagement with teachers, peers, and learning activities.
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
April, 2024
As part of a larger grant, researchers at the UVA Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) will be testing the effectiveness of the STREAMin3 early childhood curriculum in private, center-based childcare programs across Virginia
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- Do Classroom Interactions Matter? Patterns of Children's Readiness at School Entry - Nov. 2023
- Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Gap in Effective Professional Development in a State Preschool Program - Oct. 2023
- An Examination of Curiosity Promotion and Suppression in Preschool Math and Science Classrooms - Sep. 2023
- UVA-Built Data System Linking Virginia’s Early Childhood Care & Education Resources to Expand Statewide - Sep. 2023
- Considerations For High-Quality Pre-K Curriculum Implementation - Apr. 2023
- Building a Professional Early Childhood Workforce Requires a “Compensation-First” Approach - Apr. 2023
- Implementation of an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Pilot in Virginia - Feb. 2023
- Stability in Kindergarten Assessment Scores Could Signal Academic Recovery - Feb. 2023
- New Free Resource Hub Provides Comprehensive Tools for Early Childhood Educators - Nov. 2022
- Minding the Gap: Assessing Early Elementary Students' Development - Nov. 2022
- Kicked Out: UVA Researchers Probe Inequitable Preschool Discipline - Sep. 2022
- Education Researcher Offers 5 Tips to Smooth Children's School Transitions - Aug. 2022
- UVA Early Childhood Curriculum Will Be Made Available Statewide - Apr. 2022
- Supporting Our Youngest Generation - Mar. 2022
- Invisible Students: The Information Crisis in Early Education - Jan. 2022
- Implementation Evaluation of the STREAMin3 Curriculum Model - Dec. 2021
- Virginia Suspends Preschoolers at a High Rate. What Is the State Doing About It? - Nov. 2021
- Virginia is Changing Expectations for Child Care Providers to Put Focus on Early Education - Jun. 2021
- Tough Test: The Nation's Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape - Mar. 2021
- Research-Practice Partnerships Strengthen Early Education - Spring 2021
- Early Education is More Demanding than Ever, and Experts Have Concerns - Apr. 2020
- Establishing the Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education - Jun. 2019
- Pre-School: It's Not Babysitting Anymore - Oct. 2019
- Kindergarten Assessments Begin to Shape Instruction - Oct. 2017
