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Utah, 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 California ...

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~125,000 children

attend child care or preschool in Utah.

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1 in 5 children

spends most of the day in language isolation.

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≈ 39% of children

are not ready for kindergarten in Utah.

LENA Grow Empowers Early Childhood Education

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LENA knows that Child Care Quality matters in Utah!

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 Utah’s Child Care Quality 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 early literacy skills, kindergarten readiness, teacher confidence, and more. 

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Five Weeks That Change Everything

People across the country are loving LENA

States with a large LENA Grow presence have seen clear results. 90% of teachers report feeling more confident in their teaching abilities, and 88% report higher job satisfaction.  

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Educators who have participated in the program say it’s had a deep impact. Many thought they were interacting equally with all children but realized that wasn’t true upon seeing data from the LENA devices. 

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Ready to transform your early childhood program in Utah?

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 Kelsey Hewlett

Regional Partnerships Director KelseyHewlett@LENA.org

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