Media, Modules, and More
Welcome! Explore the valuable services and materials offered by the EarlyEdU Alliance®. These resources are available to use in your teaching or professional development activities. The EarlyEdU Alliance is here to support educators, institutions, and stakeholders with valuable information, tools, and a professional community. Want more? Join the Alliance for access to our extensive multimedia library, courses, the EarlyEdU Coaching Companion, and the support and resources that will enhance your professional career and broaden your network. Join the EarlyEdU Alliance today!
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Full Access Membership Benefits
Course Access
Deliver online and in-person competency-based courses, modules, and more in early childhood education.
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Multimedia Library
Seeing is believing! Over 1600 videos - classrooms, interviews, experts, and educational programs. EarlyEdU membership is your library card!
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Coaching Companion TM
Transform teacher practice with our video uploading and annotation tool. Build competence in evidence-based teaching practices and foster valuable coaching skills for early learning professionals.
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These learning modules are highlights from the EarlyEdU Alliance’s higher education courses. Trainers and instructors can use these modules for professional development or higher education classes. The modules range from one-and-a-half to three hours long.
EarlyEdU Alliance Highlights Webinar Series
Voices from the field! Spend 30 minutes a month learning from early childhood education professionals as they share insights, research, and resources designed to improve your practice. Register below for access to upcoming webinars or click on the links to watch previous episodes.
March 5th, 2020
New Course! Supporting Children Who Are Dual Language Learners
Building the capacity of educators in the early childhood field to be able to respond to the unique needs of children who are dual language learners, birth to age five. The course is designed to enable educators to positively adapt their everyday interactions and environments, gain a deep understanding of language and literacy development, and understand strategies to support learning in any content area.
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February 6th, 2020
Stackable Credits in Washington State
Understanding Stackable Credits and how Washington State built, aligned, and sequenced stackable certificates for the early learning professional development system.
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January 9th, 2020
Head Start’s Coaching Companion (HS Coaching Companion)
Discover the power of the HS Coaching Companion, a free video-sharing and coaching feedback tool for early care and education staff and providers. Hosts Katie Emerson-Hoss, Higher Education Outreach and Implementation Manager, and Leslie Janes, State Implementation Specialist with EarlyEdU describe how this tool helps coaching teams work together, even between visits or from a distance.
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Past Highlights Webinar Series
| Month | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ||
| December | 12/5/2019 | Deep Dive into EarlyEdU Infant Mental Health Course with Katie Emerson-Hoss, PhD, and Miriam Hirschstein, PhD, and Director of Evaluation, Barnard Center for Infant Mental Health and Development at the University of Washington. |
| November | 11/7/2019 | Transition to Kindergarten: Implementing Effective Transition Practices from Head Start to the Kindergarten Classroom |
| October | 10/3/2019 | Practice-Based Coaching, overview and highlights of this new online course |
| September | 9/5/2019 | Using Peer Learning Groups and Providing Effective Feedback |
| August | NA | No Webinar |
| July | 7/11/2019 | The New EarlyEdU Alliance Media Library Discover Resources to Support Quality Teaching Practices. Join our library designers for an introduction to the new media library. The resources are vast, but the search is simple. Explore library features that will allow you to find free, relevant materials for your courses, presentations, and professional development. |
| June | 6/6/2019 | Custom Coaching Companion: A Customized Video Uploading and Annotation Tool to Increase and Enhance Coaching |
| May | 5/2/2019 | Higher Education Teaching Practices: Using video to support learning, connection, and community online |
| April | 4/4/2019 | Family Engagement |
| March | 3/7/2019 | Discover Circle Time Magazine Season 2: Positive March 3/7/2019 Behavior Support (PBS) |
| February | 2/7/2019 | Preschool Development Grant: Resources to Support Early Childhood Systems Work |
| Month | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ||
| December | 12/6/2018 | Learning Languages: Resources to Support Language Development in Young Children |
| November | 11/1/2018 | Close up on Assessment: Competency based course work to support effective assessment in early care and education |
| October | 10/4/2018 | Family Engagement Course Overview |
| September | 9/6/2018 | Resilience and Wellness: Using EarlyEdU courses and modules to support the early care and education workforce |
| August | 8/2/2018 | EarlyEdU Multimedia Resource Library |
| May | 5/3/2018 | Culturally Responsive Teaching: Faculty Resources, Reflections, and Redesign |
| April | 4/5/2018 | Learning Lessons from Utah: Providing Coursework Through PD Systems in Partnership with IHEs |
| March | 3/1/2018 | Explore the Multimedia Guidebook for Transforming the Early Education Workforce |
| February | 2/1/2018 | Deep Dive: Child Observation and Assessment |
| Month | Date | Link |
|---|---|---|
| November | 11/2/2017 | EarlyEdU Highlights: Coaching Companion for State Professional Development Systems |
| October | 10/5/2017 | Discover Coaching Companion |
| September | 9/3/2017 | Course Overview |
| August | 8/3/2017 | Membership, Modules, and More |
| May | 5/4/2017 | It Takes a Village: A Team Approach to Supporting Online Students |
| April | 4/6/2017 | CEELO’s Role in Supporting an Extraordinary Professional Workforce for Young Children |
| March | 3/2/2017 | Explore the Active in Interactive Learning |
| February | 2/2/2017 | Modules and More |
Newsletters from EarlyEdU
Faculty Finds
Faculty Finds is a fantastic source of information concerning the effective preparation of early childhood professionals, providing both content and professional resources. Faculty Finds is created by Camille Catlett, an Advanced Technical Assistance Specialist Emerita at the University of North Carolina's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. This newsletter is distributed six times annually and all resources are free.
News from EarlyEdU
Stay up to date with our monthly newsletter! News from EarlyEdU brings course updates, professional development opportunities, resources, and events directly to your inbox.
EarlyEdU Partners
Professional Development Resources
A variety of products and resources, developed by EarlyEdU associated centers and initiatives, are publicly accessible to nonmembers and ready to download and use in professional development activities.
15-minute in-service suites are a professional development resource organized around one topic or big idea. Each suite includes a presentation, learning activities, and video examples. Download and use these suites with staff in busy, active early childhood centers.
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Discover why kindergarten transition practices are key to children’s ongoing social and academic success. Coordinated transition efforts between all parties help children maintain and maximize gains made in preschool. Learn how to plan and carry out a child’s successful transition from preschool to kindergarten.
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The Head Start Center for Inclusion is a website that provides resources supporting early childhood educators in their work to ensure that children with disabilities are full members of their learning communities. Resources include visual supports, training materials, video examples, and more. Explore, download, and use these materials for coaching and PD activities.
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Circle Time Magazine is a dynamic professional development web series and magazine for early childhood educators, parents, and providers. Each episode features guest experts sharing their knowledge, ideas for using everyday materials, favorite books, and high-quality examples of learning in action. Join our hosts as they discuss topics related to the work providers do with young children every day.
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Meaningful Makeover is a web series for early childhood educators and providers and offers tips, visuals, and inexpensive solutions that transform environments. Each episode highlights simple improvements that are easy to make. Watch our educational environment experts as they team up with providers to reveal the secrets and science behind the most impactful early learning spaces.
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