Professional Development for Preschool Teachers
To learn more about Professional Development (PD) click on the links below.
What is Professional Development?
We have adapted the National Professional Development Center for Inclusion (NPDCI) definition of PD for use in our project.
Why focus on Professional Development?
Professional development for those who educate young children has emerged as a key national priority.
Professional Development in this Project
This project proposes to develop and validate a professional development intervention that has three components (a) a comprehensive tool kit, (b) provision of integrated high-quality workshops, and (c) two variants of coaching that purportedly could lead to practice mastery.
This project is a collaboration among faculty at the University of Florida, Vanderbilt University, University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The project is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Project Number R324A070008. The opinions expressed, however, do not reflect the official position or policy of the US Department of Education. Copyright 2009 © Embedded Instruction for Early Learning. All rights reserved.