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Gaye Gronlund, MA
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Gaye GronlundGaye Gronlund is an early childhood education consultant from Indianapolis. A former preschool, kindergarten, and primary- school teacher in regular and special education, she now works with schools and programs around the country helping them implement developmentally appropriate curricular practices and authentic assessment procedures. She has a master's degree in human development from Pacific Oaks College, with a specialization in early childhood education and teaching adults. Her portfolio assessment tool, Focused Portfolios, coauthored by Bev Engel, has been adopted by New Mexico's Office of Child Development and is being used extensively by early childhood programs across the country. She has written several articles for NAEYC's journal Young Children on subjects such as “Rigorous Academics in Preschools and Kindergartens? Yes, Let Me Tell You How!,” “Portfolios as an Assessment Tool: Is Collection of Work Enough?,” “Bringing the DAP Message to Kindergarten and Primary Teachers,” and “Coping with Ninja Turtle Play in My Kindergarten Classroom.” Her latest book, Making Early Learning Standards Come Alive, will be released in April 2006 published by Redleaf Press.

Author Interviews Publications: Focused Observations: How to Observe Children for Assessment and Curriculum Planning (Redleaf Press, 2005) Focused Early Learning: A Planning Framework for Teaching Young Children (Redleaf Press, 2003) Focused Portfolios: A Complete Assessment for the Young Child (Redleaf Press, 2001) Website: www.focusedportfolios.com


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This easy and adaptable planning tool provides a framework for organizing teaching plans into a format that focuses on the unique needs of each child. Combines multiple facets of early childhood education including providing a classroom environment with specified learning areas, building relationships with children and families, integrating academic learning, and coordinating planning with assessment processes.

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Focused Observations is a comprehensive handbook designed to help you implement realistic—and time-conscious—observation techniques into your classroom. This valuable resource provides classroom-tested methods for observing children that allow teachers to understand children's behavior, assess children's development, and develop curriculum around children's capabilities and passions. Ideal for pre-service or practicing teachers, Focused Observations also contains discussion questions, practice exercises, and reflection assignments. Accompanying trainer's video also available.
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Download your Focused Observations forms here.

Focused Observations is a comprehensive handbook designed to help you implement realistic—and time-conscious—observation techniques into your classroom. This valuable resource provides classroom-tested methods for observing children that help teachers to understand children's behavior, assess children's development, and develop curriculum that addresses children's capabilities and passions. The accompanying video contains vignettes that correlate with activities from the end of each chapter.
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Authors: Gaye Gronlund, MA, Marlyn James
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Download your Focused Observations forms here.

Focused Observations is a comprehensive handbook designed to help you implement realistic—and time-conscious—observation techniques into your classroom. This valuable resource provides classroom-tested methods for observing children that help teachers to understand children's behavior, assess children's development, and develop curriculum that addresses children's capabilities and passions. The accompanying DVD contains vignettes that correlate with activities from the end of each chapter.
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Authors: Gaye Gronlund, MA, Bev Engel
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Helps teachers assess children's progress in four areas (Favorites, Friends, Family, and Developmental Milestones). Includes a complete introduction to the Focused Portfolios™ method, many step-by-step examples, and all the necessary forms for portfolio collection. Especially designed for inclusive classrooms. Perfect for use by beginning and experienced teachers. Excellent parent communication tool.

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Author: Gaye Gronlund, MA
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Everything you need to integrate early learning standards into your curriculum.
Discover how your work with children already meets state standards. Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive provides practical help, support, and clear explanations of how to make early learning standards come alive in classrooms and programs.

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