Arkansas, 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.
Right now in Arkansas ...
100,000+ children
attend child care or preschool in Arkansas.
1 in 5 children
spends most of the day in language isolation.
Only 1 in 14 children
gets the optimal amount of language interaction.
LENA Grow Empowers Early Childhood Education
LENA helps create Better Beginnings in Arkansas.
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 the Better Beginnings quality improvement system and the Arkansas Child Development and Early Learning Standards.
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.
Teachers are loving LENA Grow
- 91% of Arkansas teachers report improved language development in their children after LENA Grow.
- 92% would recommend LENA Grow to other teachers.
LENA helped me to connect more with my children and to take more chances with them. I like that the program was not complicated to understand or learn. It didn’t take up a lot of my time.
– Lesley Lemus, teacher at The Learning Center of North Arkansas, Green Forest Campus
Ready to transform your early childhood program in Arkansas?
Whether you’re ready to implement LENA Grow or just want to learn more, we’d love to connect.
Connect with Jodi Whiteman
Senior Director of Partnerships JodiWhiteman@LENA.org
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Coaching for Impact in Sarasota County: Increased TS GOLD® and CLASS® Scores
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Evidence-Based Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators: Webinar Highlights
Program evaluations of LENA Grow have established the program as evidence-based professional development for early childhood educators.
“Mae Mae’s House”: One teacher’s story behind an evaluation of LENA Grow in Milwaukee
In this video, a long-time preschool teacher in Milwaukee reflects on LENA Grow and what motivates her dedication to the profession.