LENA Grow

What if we could turn the current challenges facing early childhood education into fuel for change? 

What are decision and policy makers missing that can play a huge role in supporting early childhood teacher retention? 

What really works in supporting the early childhood workforce? Let’s explore together! We'll start by learning what inspires educators to improve, and what helps them thrive. Then we’ll explore how targeted, supportive PD that focuses on what matters to educators leads to greater job satisfaction, better retention, and improved outcomes.

In this report, we examine the role conversational turns may play in a child’s early development of self-esteem.

In Ohio, LENA Grow fits into a wide-ranging ecosystem of investments that OCCRRA has made to address early childhood education and out-of-school quality, capacity, and workforce development.

With their LENA Grow program, Porter-Leath has produced clear results, including higher i-Ready® kindergarten readiness scores.

Children who participated in LENA Grow were 2.7x more likely to achieve at or above average language scores on the BRIGANCE® readiness assessment, compared to children in a demographically matched control group.

This white paper shows that when teachers and caregivers have more conversational turns with children from birth, those kids develop stronger literacy skills.

Read Teresa's story from being unsure about the power of LENA Grow in her classroom to school board success!