The information in these slides was shared by Carrie Scruggs and The Source for Learning during the Raising the Bar Conference in Virginia Beach, VA on Saturday, October 5, 2019. Learn to identify anchor educators in your early learning program to support proteges. Acquire approaches to coaching proteges about creative teaching and classroom management methods to enhance program quality. Discover instruction strategies based on the teaching cycle and child assessment process to offer meaningful experiences.

1. 4 Successful Strategies Educator Anchors
can use to Support Proteges
4 Successful
Strategies
Educator
Anchors Can Use
to Support
Proteges.
Raising the Bar Conference
October 5, 2019

2. Presenter
Carrie Scruggs
ECE Consultant, The Source for Learning
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4. The Virginia Early
Childhood Administrator
Professional Credential
(VA-ECAP)
O N L I N E C R E D E N T I A L I N G P R O G R A M
The program is a joint offering with Northern
Virginia Community College (NOVA) that is
recognized by NAEYC. Participants earn a
combination of credit hours and CEUs.
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5. Today’s Objectives
To identify Anchor
Educators in your early
learning programs to
support proteges.
LEARN
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Instruction strategies
based on the teaching
cycle and child
assessment process to
offer meaningful
experiences.
DISCOVER
Approaches to
coaching proteges
about creative
teaching and
classroom
management methods
to enhance program
quality.
ACQUIRE

6. Expectation of Teachers
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What are teachers
expected to do
throughout the day
in your program?

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Why do novice
educators need
guidance?

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New Teacher Support Program

9. Supported teachers stay longer
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Longevity

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Pairing
● The mentor/protege
● The go to person to
clarify a procedure
● The cheerleader
● The observer
● The coach
Pairing novice
educators with
an anchor teacher

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Offer Purposeful Professional Development

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Orientation

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Coaching/Mentoring

14. The Teaching Cycle
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Interpret &
Analyze
Learning Experiences
Assessment
(Review & Report)
Implement
& Document

15. Planning
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Interpret &
Analyze
Learning Experiences
Assessment
(Review & Report)
Implement
& Document

16. Planning Time
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How much planning time should early childhood educators have?
How much time do they get?
When do early childhood educators get time to do their planning?

17. Sharing Notes/Old Lesson Plans
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18. Collaborative Planning
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19. Concept Development
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20. Observing
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Interpret &
Analyze
Learning Experiences
Assessment
(Review & Report)
Implement
& Document

21. Observation Time
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Who is observing?
When is the best time to observe?

22. Observation Time
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Focused Observation

23. Observation Time
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Informal Observation

24. Reporting
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Interpret &
Analyze
Learning Experiences
Assessment
(Review & Report)
Implement
& Document

25. Child Assessment/Observation
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When are the
observations entered?
How much time does
it take?

26. Child Assessment/Observation
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27. Reflecting
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Interpret &
Analyze
Learning Experiences
Assessment
(Review & Report)
Implement
& Document

28. Reflecting
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Assessment data
Considerations about
what individual
children need.

29. Reflecting
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30. Reflecting
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Novice Educator Observation

31. Reflecting
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Positive Points

32. Reflecting
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Educator Anchor Observation

33. Reflecting
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Discussion Time

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When the Novice Educator is Educator
Anchor

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Resources
Professional Development in Early Childhood Programs: Process Issues and Research Needs,
Sheridan, S. at el., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756772/, 2009.
High Turnover Among Early Childhood Educators in the United States,
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260021078_High_Turnover_Among_Early_Childhood_Educat
ors_in_the_United_States, August, 2012.
Novice Teachers: Where Are They Going and Why Don’t They Stay? Sherry Joiner and Jennifer
Edwards, https://people.wm.edu/~mxtsch/Teaching/JCPE/Volume1/JCPE_2008-01-07.pdf, May 2003.

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