Early Learning Resources
2018-19 Early Learning 2.0 Training Materials
Spring 2019 Materials and Facilitator Guide
2018-19 Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) Teacher Evaluation, Evaluator Handbook
The updated TEAM handbook includes:
- TEAM Observation Guidance: Early Childhood Educators (pgs. 86-88)
- TEAM Observation Guidance: Pre-K Educators (pgs. 89-102)
Quality Matters: Defining Quality in Early Education
As Tennessee strives to ensure that all students succeed in kindergarten and beyond, the department has developed a definition of quality for early childhood programs that includes three components: program management, teaching and learning, and continuous quality improvement.
2018 TDOE Early Childhood Summit
Download the zip file of the presentations listed below.
- Making DAP Work!
– Mr. Peter Pizzolongo: Early Ed Consulting - What If We Really Used Research to Guide Our Practice?
– Dr. Sharon Ritchie: UNC Chapel Hill - Big Day for Pre-K: Implementation Overview (handouts only)
– Ms. Kerri Travis and Ms. Tracy Kourtney: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Developing Life Changing Early Childhood Teachers: A CLASS Overview
– Ms. Sedra Spano and Ms. Amy Marciniak: Teachstone Training - How the Preschool Development Grant (PDG) Impacted the Shelby County Pre-K Journey
– Dr. DeAnna McClendon: Shelby County Schools - Implementing the Pyramid Model in Early Childhood Settings
– Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter: Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University - It’s All Routine: Promoting Teacher Reflection and Growth in Peer Learning Communities
– Ms. Marsha Hawley, Mr. Chris Miller, and Ms. Mary Joyce Robbins: Ounce of Prevention Fund - Pre-K Advocacy in Tennessee
– Ms. Lisa Wiltshire and Mr. Mike Carpenter: Tennesseans for Quality Early Education - Reflections and Lessons Learned in Implementation of High Quality Pre-K through the Preschool Development Grant - Expansion (PDG-E)
– Mrs. Dana Eckman, Ms. Holly Stone, Ms. Mariana Merritt, and Ms. Phyllis Phillips: Metro Nashville Public Schools - Supporting Teachers to Implement Effective Practices: An Evidence Based Coaching
– Dr. Mary Louise Hemmeter: Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University - Tools and Strategies for Implementation of Connect 4 Learning
– Dr. Laura Bailet: Kaplan Early Learning Company - Why Counting Counts: What Matters in Early Math Learning
– Kathy Fitzgerald: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Working toward a Shared Definition of High Quality Pre-K Practices: The Magic 8
– Dr. Caroline Christopher: Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University
*If not listed, the presentation was not released to be shared
Download the zip file containing the TDOE presentations
- Blended Funding Panel
– Ms. Belva Weathersby, Head Start State Collaboration Office Director
– Panelists (non-TDOE): Ms. Anne Barger: Wilson County Schools; Mr. Walter Butler: Wayne County Schools; Ms. Ariel Ford: Mayor’s Office of Early Learning, Chattanooga; and Ms. Sherronda Thompson: Family Resource Agency, Tennessee Head Start - Curriculum and Instructional Materials Implementation
– Dr. Elizabeth Alves, Assistant Commissioner of Teaching and Learning, and Dr. Darlene Estes-Del Re, Executive Director of the Office of Early Learning - ECERS & ELLCO: The 5 Ws
– Ms. Ginny Renfroe, Education Consultant, Preschool Development Expansion Grant - An Introduction to Building Strong Brains: Strategies for Educators
– Ms. Beth Vorhaus, Education Consultant, Preschool Development Expansion Grant - Monitoring Made Simple (handouts only)
– Ms. Misty Moody, Director of School-based Support Services and Early Literacy Matters - Preschool Inclusion: It Can Work!
– Ms. Colleen Vandyke, IDEA 619 Consultant – East Tennessee, and Ms. Phara Williams, IDEA 619 Consultant – West Tennessee