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Texas, say Hello to LENA Grow

96% of teachers recommend it!

LENA Grow is evidence-based professional development that delivers powerful data without the hassle. Backed by 20+ years of research, LENA Grow focuses on the key marker of quality in early childhood education: teacher-child interactions.

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1,000,000+ children

attend child care or preschool.

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1 in 5 children

spends most of the day in language isolation.

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Only 1 in 14 children

gets the optimal amount of language interaction.

LENA Grow Empowers Early Childhood Education

higher kindergarten readiness
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LENA supports Texas Rising Star.

You can’t improve what you don’t measure. LENA Grow measures — and improves — the teacher-child interactions that play such a large role in Texas’s quality improvement system.

  • CLASS® Domain: Instructional Support
  • CLASS® Domain: Responsive Caregiving
  • CLASS® Domain: Engaged Support for Learning
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Improving child outcomes, and proving our results.

Studies show that increasing interactions with LENA Grow boosts CLASS® scores, early literacy skills, kindergarten readiness, teacher confidence, and more. 

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LENA Grow preschool classrooms saw significant increases in all three CLASS® domains, especially Instructional Support.

Children in LENA Grow classrooms saw significant increases in early literacy scores.

Children in LENA Grow classrooms were approximately two times more likely to demonstrate readiness for kindergarten.

Teachers who participated in LENA Grow reported feeling significantly more valued as early childhood professionals.

Five Weeks That Change Everything

Teachers are loving LENA

  • 95% of Texas educators reported increased confidence in their teaching abilities after LENA Grow.
  • 93% reported increased overall job satisfaction.
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I bought in quickly. I wanted to have those intentional meetings with teachers. I got to speak directly to them about their goals and their progress. It can empower them to help coach and mentor the other teachers as well. So it’s a benefit on multiple levels.

– Kelli Halle, Early Childhood Program Supervisor, Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas

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Ready to transform your early childhood program in Texas?

Whether you’re ready to implement LENA Grow or just want to learn more, we’d love to connect. 

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Connect with Lindsey Santarelli

Regional Partnerships Director LindseySantarelli@LENA.org

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