"Grounded in current research and theory, this practical guide gives program leaders and staff developers a roadmap for designing and implementing engaging professional development and coaching approaches. It focuses on early educator competencies essential for high-quality learning and teaching--executive functions, emotion regulation, relationship skills, and talk for learning. Illustrated with an extended vignette of an early learning center, the book highlights how addressing educators' professional needs is a pathway to children's cognitive, social-emotional, and academic growth. User-friendly features include 23 reproducible checklists, handouts, and self-study and planning tools. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. Key Words/Subject Areas: preschoolers, PreK, kindergarten, primary grades, early childhood, programs, classrooms, school leadership, administration, coaching, professional development, professional learning communities, staff development, teacher training, educator competencies, executive functioning, executive skills, emotion regulation, social-emotional learning, classroom management, literacy, early education centers Audience: Early education program directors, principals, and administrators; staff developers, coaches, and veteran teachers in PreK-2"-- Provided by publisher.

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1. Introduction: An early educator for the 21st century -- PART I. PROMOTING CORNERSTONE EDUCATOR COMPETENCIES. 2. Using executive functions: planning and reflection in the early education classroom -- 3. Effective emotion regulation: managing emotions for improved learning and teaching -- 4. Cultivating strong relationships: developing children's relational skills by starting with educators -- 5. Talk for learning and classroom management: using language for learning and self-regulation -- PART II. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS EDUCATOR COMPETENCIES. 6. Designing effective professional development -- 7. Effective learning in groups: professional learning communities -- 8. Connected coaching -- CONCLUSION. 9. Leading a 21st-century early education setting: supporting educators to support children -- References -- Index.