Students can play their way to better behavior—it’s research-backed! 🤸 Jocelyn Greene shares drama games that reinforce your classroom routines: edut.to/4aE6ixf

Building an Alabama where #EveryChild has access to a world-class education, regardless of circumstance. Join the movement:

Need an engaging STEM activity to get students collaborating and making predictions? Have a look at how you can make balloon-powered cars with materials in your classroom → playlearninglab.ca/product-page/b… 🎈🚗 #kindergartenSTEM #playbasedlearning #kinderscience #playtolearn

Thank you Big AL 🐘 for helping these UA College of Education Block 3 students enter their TEACHER ERA at our ECE Pre-Internship Kick-Off🥳 All the 🫶🏼 for these educators! They are going to be AMAZING! Dr. Kerch

The best day of STEM-CS integration in ECE with these rockstar🤩 elementary ed teacher candidates 🐝 UA College of Education

Read about Dan Wuori's new book and join us in pre-ordering a copy! He will be signing personalized book plates for the first 100 people to verify their pre-orders. Details⬇️

Tuscaloosa Whole Child: Making the dream work youtu.be/HbTNylGEn3s Courtney Wilburn Eric Mackey Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Lillie Lewis UA Whole Child Angie Fuller Morrison, NBCT ASUFanatic🐝 W.Shelby, Ph.D Trisha Powell Crain Dr. Lucretia Prince Saban Center Dr. Kerch UA College of Education Amanda Cassity Committee for Children ASCD

More of this. Yes, please 👏

During his time with Fresno State Bulldogs Kalen DeBoer (aside from his many 🏈 successes) made time for those that he worked with & routinely showed up to support our women’s athletic programs including Fresno State WBB.

Kind. Genuine. And a really good football coach.

Congrats!

Despite the football headlines, it was still a great day in Tuscaloosa! First Day🥳 Full Heart🤍

💰 STAT: Preschool teacher salaries are slowly catching up, but are assistant teachers keeping pace? Explore salary disparities and compensation policies in state-funded programs. #TeacherSalaries Read more ➡️ go.rutgers.edu/dyfeb73d GG Weisenfeld Abby Copeman Petig

More information about the Alabama Summer and Afterschool Program (ASAP) Grant can be found here:
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Roll Tide! Thanks for a great semester CRD 369 UA College of Education pre-service teachers and Central Elementary School students.

It's an honor to support your educational journeys. The future is bright 💡

Children's brain activity looks different whether they are reading narrative or informational text--no surprise that classroom research suggests our instruction for these genres should be different too (e.g., purposes established for reading, text structures taught, ?s asked...)

Did you know? Play-based learning can have a “greater positive effect” on the acquisition of early math skills, shape knowledge, and task switching than more traditional approaches that prioritize seat time and explicit instruction. 🤸 📐

At #naeyc AC , State Policy Analyst Maria Spinetti discusses our #childcare policy lever checklist—demonstrating state policy choices to improve equitable access. Learn more at State Policy Lever Checklists - Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center bit.ly/3FZRlIf #naeyc

Roll Tide Read! Dr. Kerch’s students visit weekly and do the following: Administer PAST & LETRS Assessments, Analyze student data, Implement UF Literacy Institute phonics lessons, and Review post data and adjust for the next week. We love our partnership!

'When a student knows that you care about them, when they know that you're a human, their academic performance is going to be better.' That's the power of relationships in schools. 🫶