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.
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Early Essentials Webisode 8: Responsive Interactions
In this webisode, learn more about responsive interactions with infants and toddlers. Discover ways to use everyday routines as opportunities to engage in these interactions.
Following Children's Lead
Find out how teachers can engage children in learning by following the children’s lead.
Classroom Transitions
Learn ways to help children use positive behaviors during classroom transitions..
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.
Thick and Thin Conversations
"Thick" conversations are the extended back-and-forth exchanges between a teacher and a child. This in-service suite describes teaching practices to engage children in "thick" conversations.
Asking Questions
Learn the strategies in this in-service suite for using questions to extend conversations with children.
Expansions
Expansions are ways to expand on what a child says or does during a conversation. This in-service suite describes how to use expansions to extend conversations with children to promote their language development.