Techniques for Improving Instructional Support
Watch this three-part video series to learn about ways staff can improve instructional support and effective teaching practices. Find helpful resources to support this work.
Early Childhood Development, Teaching and Learning
Preschool Teaching Practices
Use the resources on this page to strengthen preschool teaching practices.
Engaging Interactions: Scaffolding Children's Learning
“Scaffolding” means to provide children with just the right level of support to help them successfully complete a task. This webinar shares three main scaffolding strategies.
Engaging Interactions: Using the Scientific Method
Use the scientific method’s five steps to help expand children’s understanding of their environment.
Schedules and Routines in AIAN Programs
Daily schedules and routines help keep you organized. Research shows they also influence children’s social and emotional development. Learn how to develop your classroom schedules and routines in ways that will help you create and sustain a lively but well-organized classroom.
American Indian and Alaska Native Teacher Webinar Series
The AIAN Teacher Webinar Series features in-service suites that can help teachers and home visitors better understand and identify effective teaching practices.
Following Children's Lead
Find out how teachers can engage children in learning by following the children’s lead.
Creating Classroom Rules
This in-service suite describes five steps teachers can follow to generate meaningful classroom rules and teach them to children.
Providing Feedback
Explore this in-service suite to learn how to provide feedback to children that supports them. Teacher feedback can help children’s learning and encourage effort.
Engaging Children in Conversations
Find out about teaching practices to engage children in conversations that can support learning in the classroom.