LENA for Head Start Programs

Head Start and Early Head Start programs are using LENA to increase quality, interactions, classroom equity, educator satisfaction, CLASS® scores, and more!

Researchers completed an independent evaluation of LENA Grow in Head Start / Early Head Start classrooms in Milwaukee. What did they find?

  • Increased conversational turns.
  • Accelerated gains in TS GOLD® literacy scores.
  • Increased job satisfaction and self-efficacy among education staff.
  • Increased CLASS® scores, especially in the domains of Facilitation of Learning, Behavior Guidance, and Quality of Feedback.

Watch the story of one teacher who participated:

We got great feedback from teachers. Teachers became more engaged in the professional development because it was concentrated around one topic. There was a single focus of classroom language as the goal.
— Michael McConeghy, Manager of the Child Care Partnership program at Next Door Milwaukee

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Blog Posts/Case Studies

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How Early Head Start/Head Start grantees use LENA Grow to meet performance standards during federal review

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“The federal review team was impressed that LENA Grow was something we were doing for our teachers in the classroom,” said Jon-Vincent Jamir, PACT’s Head Start Area Manager and LENA Grow coach.

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Early Head Start centers in Tennessee use LENA programs to improve early literacy

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Porter-Leath uses LENA programs to boost early literacy and connect teachers and families.

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Sequatchie Valley Head Start uses LENA Grow to meet performance standards for professional development

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Sequatchie Valley Head Start uses LENA Grow to meet federal coaching requirements and work with teachers geographically separated over five counties.

As an Early Head Start teacher, we review a lot of data about each child’s life. When we look at that data, it’s highlighting a lot of things that we don’t have any control over, like where the child lives and who they live with. The LENA data is different, because it’s more about us as teachers ...
— Ashley Ramos, Early Head Start Teacher in Tennessee

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