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Mississippi, 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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Right now in Mississippi ...

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100,000+ 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

get the optimal amount of language interaction. 

LENA Grow Empowers Early Childhood Education

higher kindergarten readiness
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LENA is helping Mississippi ELEVATE classroom quality.

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 Mississippi’s quality support badging system.

Even at centers with the highest quality rating, many children experience very little interaction with their teachers. That needs to change. When it does, higher classroom quality follows.

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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

  • 85% of Mississippi educators reported increased confidence in their teaching abilities after LENA Grow.
  • 89% saw positive changes in children’s language development.
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After using this program, I can truly say that I love it and would recommend it to other teachers to use in their classroom. … Seeing the progress from the data each week motivated me more to help my children.

– Jillian Grims-Gallion, Early Head Start educator in Cleveland, Miss. 

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Ready to transform your early childhood program in Mississippi?

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 Gina Gates

Regional Partnerships Director GinaGates@LENA.org

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