Teaching Supports

If you’re working in higher education, or as a trainer or coach, we have a lot of teaching supports to assist you!

  • Looking to develop or evaluate courses for the early childhood professionals you support? We have a framework you can use to help you do this. Course Framework
  • Looking for basic training, a CDA, AA or BA for the early childhood professionals you support? Browse Coursework
  • Want to video early childhood professionals to support improving practice? Online Digital Observation Tool
  • Want access to video clips of infants, toddlers and their educators for use in training and coursework? Infant-Toddler Video Clips
  • Want to learn more about relationship-based care? This series helps promote essential program practices to ensure quality within family child care and center-based programs that serve infants and toddlers. Practices for Relationship-Based Care

Resources

Early Educator Central offers these resources from guest authors:

Annotated Bibliographies for Designing Higher Education Courses for Infant-Toddler Educators
Annotated bibliographies for those creating courses to support improved infant-toddler teacher competencies in the topics of culture, dual language learners, math, poverty, race, science and technology.
Infants and Toddlers, Culture, Race and Ethnicity: References for Course Developers, Kelley Perkins, Ph.D.
Infant-Toddler Dual Language Learners: References for Course Developers, Kelley Perkins, Ph.D.
Infants and Toddlers: Young Scientists Exploring the World Around Them: An Annotated Bibliography for Course Developers, Daryl B. Greenfield, Ph.D., University of Miami
Infants, Toddlers and Poverty: References for Course Developers, Kelley Perkins, Ph.D.
Infants, Toddlers and Technology: References for Course Developers, Kelley Perkins, Ph.D.
The Building Blocks of Mathematics for Infants and Toddlers: An Annotated Bibliography for Course Developers, Douglas H. Clements, Carrie Germeroth, and Brittany Sovran, Marsico Center for Early Learning and Literacy
Challenges and Opportunities for Including Coursework on Infants and Toddlers in Higher Education Degree Programs, Lea J.E. Austin, Marcy Whitebook, Felippa Amanta, Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley

Identification of challenges, opportunities and strategies to ensure that infant-toddler needs are addressed in higher education coursework.

Successful Inclusion of Family Child Care Providers in Higher Education Degree Programs and Courses: A Research-to-Practice Guide, Anne Douglass, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston, Susan Benson, M.Ed., Family Child Care Provider, Diane Hodges-Hunter, Ed.M., Family Child Care Provider, Diane Wiles, Ed.M., Family Child Care Provider, and Ruby Stardrum, M.S.Ed., Graduate Research Assistant

The latest in research to practice strategies for higher education to include family child care providers and strategies for family child care providers to succeed in higher education.

We encourage you to explore other tools for advancing the professional development system - System Supports