Virtual Event: Every Interaction Counts in Early Childhood Education: A New Window into the Daylong Language Experience of Young Children
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Every Interaction Counts in Early Childhood Education:
A New Window Into the Daylong Language Experience of Young Children
May 24th, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
We know that educator-child interactions are an essential element of quality early childhood education settings, with a large and growing body of research connecting early language environments with childhood outcomes. Now, after analyzing daylong audio data from a sample of more than 24,000 children, the national nonprofit LENA has a clearer picture of adult-child interaction in home and early childhood education settings than ever before.
Join our guest presenters as they examine groundbreaking research findings that dive into the vital nature of these educator-child interactions including evidence of inequities that point to the need to improve supports for the early childhood education workforce. Gain strategies that support early childhood educators in increasing interactive talk in their classrooms. Explore case studies and data about early childhood programs that incorporated an increased focus on early language and the positive child and professional outcomes that resulted.
As a result of participating in this webinar, learners will be able to…
- Describe research findings focused on educator-child interactions in early childhood education settings.
- List strategies that support early childhood educators in increasing interactive talk in their classrooms.
- Identify professional resources related to increasing interactive talk in early childhood education programs and classrooms.
Jill Gilkerson
Chief Research and Evaluation Officer
LENA
Dr. Jill Gilkerson is the Chief Research and Evaluation Officer at LENA and leads all research and analysis activities. Since joining the team in 2005, Jill has been instrumental to just about every major initiative involving LENA. She manages a team of researchers responsible for collecting and analyzing the spontaneous speech data used for software development, the LENA normative scales, and a wide range of academic research studies. Jill is a recognized expert in the relationship between parent talk and child language development, and her research has focused on the relationship between early language environment and demographic variables such as birth order, gender, and TV exposure.
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Jodi Whiteman
Director, Partnerships and Growth
LENA
Jodi Whiteman is the Director of Partnerships and Growth at LENA. In this position she supports early childhood programs to increase capacity of parents, caregivers, and teachers in accelerating children's development, school readiness, and social-emotional health. She has over 20 years of experience in the early childhood field working within early care and education, early intervention, infant and early childhood mental health and child welfare systems.
Ms. Whiteman has a wealth of experience providing early childhood systems support nationally and internationally. She has authored/co-authored numerous professional articles, guides and curriculums on a variety of early childhood topics. Jodi holds an Infant Mental Health Mentor-Policy endorsement (IMH-E®) and is an active board member on the North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association (NCIMH) and Infant Massage USA. Prior to joining LENA, Jodi served as a Senior Advisor with the Public Consulting group where she provided industry knowledge to lead and assist in training, technical assistance, strategic planning, organizational change management and product/service line development as well as the co-director of the Professional Development and Workforce Innovations department at ZERO TO THREE.
Her past experiences as adjunct faculty at the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University, a bi-lingual speech/language therapist assistant, an infant/toddler child care director, an early intervention service coordinator and specialist, and a certified educator of infant massage informs her work and passion for supporting very young children and families. She holds a B.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona and a M.Ed., in Curriculum and Instruction from George Mason University.
**Live Attendance Required** (complete within 30 days of event). All registrants will have 30-day access to the session recording.
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Learner Objectives:
- Describe research findings focused on educator-child interactions in early childhood education settings.
- List strategies that support early childhood educators in increasing interactive talk in their classrooms.
- Identify professional resources related to increasing interactive talk in early childhood education programs and classrooms.
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