Supporting High Quality Reading Instruction in Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between Instructional Leaders and Teachers

Autor/in	Neat, Kenneth J.
Titel	Supporting High Quality Reading Instruction in Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between Instructional Leaders and Teachers
Quelle	(2023), (144 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit D.Ed. Dissertation, American University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-3795-0885-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Young Children; Faculty Development; Reading Instruction; Cooperation; Instructional Leadership; Early Childhood Teachers; Educational Practices; School Readiness; Coaching (Performance); Alignment (Education); Vertical Organization; Educational Quality + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Frühe Kindheit; Leseunterricht; Co-operation; Kooperation; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungspraxis; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	Legislation such as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) have emphasized student achievement and test scores. As a result, the landscape of the kindergarten classroom has changed from a more play-based environment to a more academic-based classroom. This shift has caused pre-kindergarten to shift their practices as well, and researchers, policymakers and educators argue that some pre-kindergarten programs are not preparing children for kindergarten. This study seeks to examine how an instructional coach can effectively monitor and support the reading infrastructure in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten in a way that yields positive academic results for students and high-quality instruction for teachers. The intervention centered around three frameworks: implementation and infrastructure, vertical alignment, and curriculum. Through a mixed methods approach, an intervention was designed and implemented in a Professional Development (PD) format. This intervention allowed pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers to voice their ideas and work collaboratively with an instructional leader as they sought to create a vertical alignment between the two grades. Three significant implications emerged from the findings: the participants desire coaching in a way that their current infrastructure does not allow, pre-kindergarten teachers' knowledge development of reading instruction and implementation, and the leaders' need to create the infrastructure for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers to align their instruction vertically. The study concludes with recommendations for the researcher, the school district, and the educational community. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01