BLOG POST - Teachers and coaches share their experiences with LENA Grow
We’ve interviewed LENA Grow participants nationwide for an inside look at what it’s like to complete the professional development program for early childhood teachers....
LENA - Building brains through early talk
LENA Grow Teacher Certification
LENA certification confirms teachers have met program requirements and endorses their expertise in early language development and promoting a strong interactive talk environment in the classroom....
BLOG POST - The positive impact of LENA Grow certification
LENA’s research team completed an analysis of the impact that certification has on teachers who participate in LENA Grow....
LENA Grow Coach Certification
LENA Certification confirms coaches have met program requirements and endorses their expertise in helping teachers promote quality interaction in the classroom....
BLOG POST - Announcing new enhancements to LENA Grow: Easy, inclusive, equitable
LENA Grow is designed to make every interaction count in early childhood education. The new enhancements make it easy, inclusive, and equitable....
BLOG POST - Meet the new LENA Grow, redesigned for even greater impact!
The new LENA Grow is refreshed, streamlined, and ready to bring an early language focus to your professional development initiative for early childhood teachers....
BLOG POST - LENA Grow coach shares best practice
A peer coach shares how she incentivizes teachers during the LENA Grow program....
LENA in Alabama
LENA in Alabama In 2019, Birmingham was selected as one of five U.S. cities to replicate the widely celebrated Providence Talks program. Birmingham Talks has grown its reach quickly, now serving…...
BLOG POST - Are we failing our youngest dual language learners?: New data insights on child care language environments
Toddler and preschool classrooms across the U.S. provide significantly fewer conversational turns for dual language learners than for their monolingual, English-speaking peers. “[P]romoting language…...
BLOG POST - QRIS and interaction: Do quality rating systems reflect individual experience?
Data analysis suggests that approximately 1 in 4 children experiences very little adult-child interaction, even within classrooms at centers that have achieved the highest QRIS rating possible....
BLOG POST - A renewed emphasis on adult-child interactions in Texas
A recent change to the Texas Rising Star QRIS assigns more weight to the importance of adult-child interactions in early childhood programs....
BLOG POST - Expanding PD hours for early childhood educators participating in LENA Grow
We’re committed to maximizing LENA Grow’s impact on early educators’ careers. Expanding LENA Grow’s approval for professional development hours is an important part of that equation....
Certificación docente de LENA Grow
¡Gracias por ser maestro de LENA Grow! Su trabajo al completar este prestigioso programa de desarrollo profesional tendrá un impacto de por vida en los niños a los que enseña...
BLOG POST - Celebrate Good Times, Come On: Virtual Ways to Acknowledge Your Families, Teachers, and Teams
It can be easy to plug away at tasks and deadlines without taking time to pause and acknowledge accomplishments. Celebrating the small and big wins within your program is crucial to the health of your…...
BLOG POST - Family child care provider used LENA Grow to connect with parents, children
For Pamela Robinson, a family child care provider in Georgia, using LENA Grow was an opportunity to show parents all the brain-building interaction that happens during the day in her home as she…...
