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• Innovations for High Quality, Aligned Early Childhood Educator Preparation Executive Summary
• Innovations for High Quality, Aligned Early Childhood Educator Preparation Research Brief
• Innovations for High Quality, Aligned Early Childhood Educator Preparation Full Report
• Faculty Finds - December 2016
• Faculty Finds - November 2016
• List of children's books that show diversity
• Including All of Us - Diversity in Children's Books
• Faculty Finds
• Multilingual Paraprofessionals - An Untapped Resource
• Job-Embedded Professional Learning Essential to Improving Teaching and Learning in Early Education
• Reimagining Instructional Leadership and Organizational Conditions for Improvement: Applied Research Transforming Early Education
• Essential Organizational Supports for Early Education
• 2016 Dolores Norton Student Research Award
• Erikson Institute call for presenters
• Teaching Preschoolers About Solid Volume
• Teaching Preschoolers About Liquid Volume
• Teaching Preschoolers about Measuring Length
• Supporting Mathematical Learning of Young DLLs
• Teaching Preschoolers about Cardinal Numbers
• TEACHING PRESCHOOLERS ABOUT 2-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES - Math Microteach Module
• Teaching Preschoolers About 1 to 1 Correspondence
• Sample Math Course Syllabus
• New Illinois Math Standards
• Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good Beginnings
• Preparing Teachers to Promote Young Children's Optimal Social Emotional Learning
• Tandem Preparation of Early Childhood Teachers: Building Partnerships within the Field
• Aligning Credentials with Higher Education
• Driving Faculty and Students to Online Success
• EdTPA Breakout session
• Mindfulness In and Out of the Classroom
• Supporting Infant/Early Childhood Professionals through Mental Health Consultation
• Teacher Bias Effects on Early Education Assessment
• The Evolution of Uber Competencies
• 2016 Gateways to Opportunity Higher Education Forum
• Sample Course Alignment
• Sample Course Alignment
• Sample Competency Process document
• Sample Competencies Table
• Sample Grant Activity Planning Worksheet
• Sample Course Alignment
• Sample Flyer University Education Organizations
• Sample Course Equivalency Comparison
• Sample Degree Map
• Sample Academic Agreement
• Sample Academic Agreement
• Achieving Compensation Parity: Illinois Goal for the Field of Early Childhood Care and Education - SUMMARY
• Achieving Compensation Parity: Illinois Goal for the Field of Early Childhood Care and Education
• EPPI Chapter in Monograph guidelines
• Math and Science Resources from Camille Catlett
• Linguistic Diversity resources from Camille Catlett
• Resources to Support Your Work - Camille Catlett
• Rising to the Challenge: Building Effective Systems for Young Children and Families, a BUILD E-Book
• Illinois Association of Infant Mental Health Fall, 2015 Newsletter
• Request for Proposals, NAMI Conference in April 2016, Due October 26
• 2015 ECE Credential Alignment Support Project for Gateways Entitled Institutions of Higher Education
• EC Teacher Preparation Standards (compiled by GRA at UIUC)
• St. Xavier MA in Ed/EC Studies Program Degree
• Illinois Early Childhood Landscape
• IL Association of Infant Mental Health Newsletter, Spring 2015
• PDF from Webinar: Embedding DEC and CEC Personnel Preparation Standards in Your Program
• Handout 4 from Webinar: Embedding DEC and CEC Personnel Preparation Standards in Your Program
• Handout 3 from Webinar: Embedding DEC and CEC Personnel Preparation Standards in Your Program
• Handout 2 from Webinar: Embedding DEC and CEC Personnel Preparation Standards into Your Program
• Handout 1 from Webinar: Embedding the DEC and CEC Personnel Preparation Standards in Your Program
• Handout from Webinar: Intervention Techniques for Working with Trauma-Impacted Young Children
• EC EPPI Grant: IERC report
• Executive Summary IERC EPPI first year report
• IERC powerpoint report on 1st year EPPI grant program
• Early Childhood: Federal and State Trends and Strategies
• PreK - 3 Danielson Research Study
• EPPI Grant Accomplishments- Western IL University and Partners
• Illinois State Board of Education Early Childhood Update
• Illinois Articulatin Initiative - Early Childhood Education
• Workforce Demographics
• Gateways Credential: Higher Education Entitled Route Supplement Application
• Gateways Credential: Information Update Form
• Gateways to Oppportunity Registry Form Instructions
• Gateways Credential: Work and Practical Experience Verification Form for School Administrator
• Gateways Credential: Work and Practical Experience Verfication form for Family Child Care Providers
• Gateways Credential: Paid Work Experience Form
• Gateways Credential: Work and Practical Experience Verification Form
• CEC/DEC Recommended Practices in Early Intervention Early Childhood Special Education
• Is Fairness an Illinois Value? A Case Study in Educational Opportunity
• Collaborating for Success - Continuing the Conversation
• Preparing Every Teacher for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in an Era of Higher Academic Standards
• Finding the Way to Improve Our Programs
• Effective Instruction in Early Childhood Education Classrooms
• Effective Instruction: Synthesis of IES Research on EI and ECE
• Children and Families in Crisis
• PFA Compliance Checklist
• Handout from Webinar: Making the IL Early Learning Standards Come Alive for Your Preservice Students
• Handout 3 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Scavenger Hunt
• Handout 2 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Standards for English Language Arts K-5
• Handout 1 from Common Core Webinar: Common Core Math Standards K-2
• Handout from Webinar: Differentiating the EC Advisory Group English Language Arts Standards for Dual Language Learning in EC Literacy Coursework
• Handout from Webinar: Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments into EC Literacy Coursework
• Handout from Webinar: Aligning NAEYC Professional Preparation Standards to Learning Opportunities and Assessments
• ISBE PART 26 STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENTS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
• PreK Expulsion Recommendations
• Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs
• Infant and EC Mental Health Funding Streams
• Meaningful Math Instruction References
• More Meaningful EC Math resources and information
• Learning Trajectories for Number and Operations, from Art Baroody
• Meaningful EC Math Instruction Resources
• Weaving English Language Arts Standards and Assessments Into Early Childhood Literacy Coursework
• 2015 Higher Ed Forum Topic Survey
• ART IN THE CLASSROOM NATIONAL KINDERGARTEN ALLIANCE
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY TO CHILDREN’S LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
• "LEARNING TO READ AND WRITE: DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN”
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION "READINESS FOR SCHOOL INVOLVES AN ARRAY OF SKILLS: LET’S NOT FORGET FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT"
• ILLINOIS EARLY LEARNING GUIDELINES A Foundation for Learning POWER POINT PRESENTATION
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN "RESEARCH IN REVIEW. GOOD THINKING! FOSTERING CHILDREN’S REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING”
• “IMPACTS OF THE DIGITAL OCEAN ON EDUCATION"
• Careers in Early Childhood Third Edition 2008
• Center for the Study of Child Care Employment July 2013
• NEEYC + NACCRRA Early Childhood Education Professional Development: Training and Technical Assistance Glossary