Early Learning Standards & Quality Rating Systems: The Effect on Programs & Classroom Practices

Date/Time:	Tuesday, 04 Apr 2006 at 7:00 pm
Location:	LeBaron Auditorium
Cost:	Free
Contact:
Phone:	515-294-9934
Channel:	Lecture Series
Categories:	Lectures
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Helen Raikes will discuss what states are doing when implementing standards indicators and quality rating systems; what states are learning about readiness; and the impact of early learning standards on classroom practices and implications for preparing teachers.Her work at The Gallup Organization and the University of Nebraska has focused on child care, infants and toddlers and indicators of child well-being. She has a doctorate from Iowa State University. This is sponsored by the Barbara E. (Mound) Hansen Early Childhood Lecture Series Endowment and the Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

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Dr. Raikes was a two-term Society for Research in Child Development Visiting Scholar and Consultant to the Office of Research, Planning and Evaluation, Administration on Children and Families, providing oversight for the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project, data archiving and other research projects pertaining to infants and toddlers.