Alabama’s Conscious Discipline, a social-emotional learning model in early care and education settings

Alabama Alabama Strategies • Child Social-Emotional Screening and Response (Learn more about this strategy) • Case-Management/Linking Families to Services (Learn more about this strategy) • Social-Emotional Professional Development, Coaching, and Curricula in ECE Programs (Learn more about this strategy) • Workforce Development Child Social-Emotional Screening and Response and Case Management/Linking Families to Services Alabama is one of

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Governor Ivey Announces Alabama Family Central Website

  Governor Ivey Announces Alabama Family Central Website Posted: Jan 27, 2021 10:11 AM CST by Alabama News Network Staff Governor Kay Ivey on Friday announced the Alabama Family Central website, a free, comprehensive, easy-to-use website with mobile access that offers parents and caregivers, families, and teachers a one-stop connection to programs and services in Alabama. Programs, too ls and information on child

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Lawmakers discuss education pay raises, a focus on literacy and learning loss

By CAROLINE BECK and MARY SELL Alabama Daily News MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Pay raises for teachers are possible in next year’s state education budget, as are more school nurses, a greater focus on literacy and catching students up from learning loss left over from the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to spending proposals discussed by state

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A Time To Lead Courageously

     A Time To “Lead Courageously” This alumni profile appears in the School of Education & Human Development’s Fall 2020 issue of Edge magazine. Read other stories from the magazine. Barbara Cooper MA ’95, PhD ’09 strongly believes that being an educator is a calling, not just a job. The dramatic events of 2020 have only confirmed

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Bullock County graduates the first ADECE Born Ready University parent group

Bullock County graduates the first ADECE Born Ready University parent group

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  Secretary Cooper shares the necessity for leading courageously.

Governor Kay Ivey Answers 5 Questions for Early Learning Nation

5 Questions for Alabama Governor Kay Ivey By The Editors 5 Questions for the GovernorPublic Policy on November 2, 20206 min read Where do you go for the top news in Early Learning at the state level? Check out “5 Questions for the Governor,” where we’ll explore the top Early Learning challenges and successes in

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Secretary Cooper Speaks with Early Learning Nation

Dr. Barbara Cooper with a student in one of Alabama’s First Class Pre-K classrooms. Alabama First Class Pre-K: Setting the Standard Nationally for 14 Years – and Counting By K.C. Compton Case StudiesPublic Policy on December 7, 20208 min read When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic hit this spring, Alabama’s First Class Pre-K

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Early Learning Initiative at UA’s Gadsden Center will be ‘showcase’ for state

Early Learning Initiative at UA’s Gadsden Center will be ‘showcase’ for state The University of Alabama’s College of Education in January will launch the UA Early Learning Initiative at the university’s Gadsden Center. According to a news release from the university, the UA Early Learning Initiative at Gadsden will serve as a model early childhood

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