Enhance your professional development and partner with children and
families to improve learning experiences in a range of early childhood
settings and programs.
Learn how to integrate the Learning Stories approach and teacher inquiry
groups to promote authentic assessment to inform instruction, and foster
collegial team building and collaboration. The writing of Learning
Stories integrated within the professional development process of
teacher inquiry, documentation, and reflection offers a new model of
professional support and a method for reaching out to children and
families.
The Learning Stories approach is used primarily with children from birth
through age 8, and educators in classrooms and programs, administrators,
professional development specialists, instructional coaches, and teacher
educators can benefit from this approach.
Within this book, you'll find
- Extensive examples linking Learning Stories and teacher inquiry groups
- Key ideas, strategies, and reflection questions
- Information on how Learning Stories can supplement assessment tools
such as QRIS, DRDP, and CLASS
- Resources and approaches for starting your own inquiry group
An online study guide accompanies the book. (See inside for
information.) Use this handy guide in a college or university course,
your professional learning community, or your own book club with
colleagues.