Journey to Effective

Preschool Education
 Three Pathways to Success

Providing Keeping Effective

Emotional Sessions Instructional
Support Organized Methods
 First Pathway to Effective Teaching

Providing
Children
with
Emotional
Support
 Positive
Four Areas
1 Climate
for providing emotional support

Negative
2
Fo

Climate

Teacher
3 Sensitivity 4 Regard for
Child
Perspectives
1. Positive Climate
Relationships Respect
•Physical •Eye contact
proximity •Warm, calm
•Shared activities voice
•Peer assistance •Respectful
•Matched affect language
•Social •Cooperation
conversation and/or sharing

Positive
Positive Affect Communication
•Smiling •Verbal affection
•Laughter •Physical affection
•Enthusiasm •Positive
expectations
 2. Negative Climate
Sarcasm/Disrespect Punitive Control
•Sarcastic voice/statement •Yelling
•Teasing •Threats
•Humiliation •Physical control
•Harsh punishment

Negative Affect
•Irritability
•Anger
•Harsh voice Severe Negativity
•Peer aggression •Victimization
•Disconnected or escalating •Bullying
negativity •Physical punishment
3. Teaching Sensitivity
Awareness
• Anticipated problems
and plans appropriately
• Notices lack of
understanding
and/ or difficulties
Responsiveness
• Acknowledges emotions
• Provides comfort and
assistance
• Provides individualized
support
Addresses Problems
• Helps in an effective
and timely manner
• Helps resolve
problems
Student Comfort
• Seeks support and
guidance
• Freely participates
• Takes risks
 4. Regard for Child Perspectives
Flexibility and
Student Focus Student Expression
• Shows flexibility • Encourages student
• Incorporates student’s talk
ideas • Elicits ideas and/or
• Follows lead
perspectives

Support for Autonomy

and Leadership
• Allows choice
• Allows students to Movement
lead lessons
• Allows movement
• Gives students
• Is not rigid
responsibilities
Second Pathway to Effective Teaching

Keeping
Sessions
Organized
 1. Behavior
Management
Student Behavior
• Frequent compliance
• Little aggression and
defiance

Redirecting Behaviors
Clear Behavioral • Reducing Being Proactive
Expectations misbehaviors
• Anticipates problems
• Clear expectations • Attention to the
• Low reactivity
• Consistency positive
• Monitors
• Clarity of rules • Use cues to redirect
 2. Productivity •
Transitions
Brief
• Learning
opportunities within

Maximizing Learning
Time
• Choice of activities
• Few disruptions
• Pacing

Preparation Routines
• Materials ready and • Children know what
accessible to do
• Knows the objective • Clear instructions
and lesson plan • Little down time
 3. Instructional Learning Formats
Effective Facilitation Child Interest
• Teacher • Active
involvement participation
• Effective • Listening
questioning • Focused
• Expanding attention
children’s
involvement

Clarity of
Variety of Materials Objectives
• Range of VAKT • State the
• Interesting and objective
creative materials • Summarize
• Hands on • Reorientation
opportunities statements
Third Pathway to Effective Teaching

Using
Effective
Instructional
Methods
 Three areas
for Effective Instruction

1 Concept
Development

Quality of
2 Feedback
3Language
and Literacy
 1. Concept Development
Analysis and Reasoning Connects to the real world
• Why and How questions • Real world applications
• Problem solving • Related to child’s life
• Prediction/experiments
• Classify and compare
• Evaluation

Integration
• Connects concepts
• Integrates previous
knowledge

Creating
• Brainstorming
• Planning
• Producing
 2. Quality of Feedback
Feedback Loops Prompting
• Back-and-forth Thought Process
exchanges • Asks students to
• Persistence by explain thinking
teacher • Queries responses and
• Follow-up questions actions

Scaffolding
• Hints
• Assistance
Providing Encouragement
Information • Recognition
• Expansion • Reinforcement
• Clarification • Student
• Specific persistence
feedback
 3. Language and Literacy
• Frequent conversations
• Open-ended questions
• Repetition and
extensions
• Advanced language
usage
• Noticing and using print
• Teaching literary
concepts
 Destination…
An effective preschool education
which encourages young children
to maximize their potentials in all areas,
and to develop into emotionally-healthy,
life-long learners.