Research & Validation | PreK On My Way

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PreK On My Way Case Study Report

among other considerations. Teachers began implementation in fall 2021. In October 2021, 2 Scholastic provided teachers and other staff members with online professional development, in-person coaching, and instructional walk-through coaching.

District B

District B includes less than 10 schools and serves approximately 7,000 children. Eighty percent of these children are historically minoritized children, and almost 60 percent are Hispanic/Latino. Approximately half of these children are economically disadvantaged, and 18 percent are dual- language learners.

The district began implementing PKOMW in September 2021. They decided to adopt PKOMW after their previous curriculum was discontinued and began offering training to teachers in August 2021.

Context on Case Study Classrooms

In an effort to understand how typical case study classrooms were, as compared to the average PreK classroom, we conducted classroom observations in two classrooms within each center where the PKOMW curriculum was being implemented. We used the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) PreK observation tool to assess the classroom environment (Pianta et al., 2008b). The CLASS PreK is a well-established observational measure that assesses three domains of teacher-child interactions within the classroom.

Exhibit 3. CLASS Domains and Dimensions

THREE CLASS DOMAINS

Emotional Support

Classroom Organization

Instructional Support

Positive Climate

Behavior Management

Concept Development

Negative Climate

Productivity

Quality of Feedback

Teacher Sensitivity

Instructional Learning Formats

Language Modeling

2 Due to delays in the curriculum adoption process, the district did not receive the PKOMW materials and professional development training until late fall 2021.

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