Vol. 62, No. 4
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Introduction |
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Energize Your Professional Development by Connecting with a Purpose: Building Communities of Practice/Judy Harris Helm |
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Viewpoint. Moving Away from a Quick-Fix Mentality to Systematic Professional Development/Kay M. Albrecht and Bev Engel |
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Engaging Professional Development Strategies |
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Time to Circle Up: Using Morning Meeting in Professional Development/Jodi Bornstein and Jennifer Bradley |
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Making Our Thinking Visible: Using Documentation for Professional Development/Amethyst Peaslee, Ilana Snyder, and Patricia B. Casey |
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What’s It Like? Making Meaning with Metaphors/Laurie R. Noe |
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Viewpoint. New Ways of Preparing High-quality Teachers/Tess Bennett |
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Early Childhood Educators as eLearners: Engaging Approaches to Teaching and Learning Online/Chip Donohue, Selena Fox, and Debra Torrence |
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Inclusion and Disability Awareness Training for Educators in the Kids Like You, Kids Like Me Program/Julie Mickel and Jayne Griffin |
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Challenges and Rewards: Developing an Entry-level Early Childhood Training Program/Joanna K. Hansen and Sara Gable |
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Resources for Early Childhood Educators as Learners |
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Of Primary Interest. Centering Your Classroom: Setting the Stage for Engaged Learners/Gayle M. Stuber |
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The Reading Chair/Isabel Baker and Miriam Baker Schiffer |
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Early Childhood Years/Mary Frances Hanline, Débora Nunes, and M. Brandy Worthy |
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First Grade Study Groups Deepen Math Learning/Marie W. Sloane |
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Promises to Practice: Learning a PROactive Approach to Ethical Dilemmas/Mary Elizabeth Ambery and Ruth K. Steinbrunner |
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“Teacher, Teacher, Tell Us about the Brain!” Sharing Decision Making about Curriculum in Preschool/Susan K. Verwys |
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Think Aloud! Increase Your Teaching Power/Jennifer Dorl |
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Teachers on Teaching. Reading the Pictures: A Missing Piece of the Literacy Puzzle/Chad Teachout and April Bright |
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Dinosaurios and Aventuras: Books in Spanish for the Young/Isabel Schon |