Celene E. Domitrovich|Scott D. Gest|Sukhdeep Gill|Karen L. Bierman|Janet A. Welsh|Damon Jones
Fostering High-Quality Teaching With an Enriched Curriculum and Professional Development Support:The Head Start REDI Program
Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University
randomized controlled trial tested whether teaching quality head start classrooms could improved addition evidencebased curriculum components targeting emergent languageliteracy socialemotional development provision associated professional development support participants lead assistant teachers 44 head start classrooms teachers received 4 days workshop training along weekly inclass support mentor teacher endofyear observations indicated compared control group intervention teachers talked children frequently cognitively complex ways established positive classroom climate used preventive behavior management strategies results supported conclusion enriched curriculum components professional development support produce improvements multiple domains teaching quality