Information on our ‘TEEM Project’ Program
Texas Senate Bill 76 provided funding to the State Center for Early Childhood Development (SCECD) for the implementation of a research project titled, Texas Early Education Model (TEEM). State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) authored and passed SB 76 with bipartisan support by the Texas Legislature in 2003. TEEM represents an early education model project that encourages shared resources among three groups of government-funded public and private child-care programs that serve poor and at-risk children. There are numerous communities across Texas currently implementing TEEM programs. The programs include nonprofit and for-profit childcare centers, public school districts and Head Start programs. TEEM Research Project Focus
- Solid curriculum
- Effective professional development
- Ongoing progress monitoring
TEEM Goal: Highly Qualified Teachers
- Attentive to preparation and professional development to learn how to teach fundamental language and literacy skills
- Applies research- based practices to teaching of reading and language
TEEM Goal: Social Emotional Development
- Rich language input
- Responsiveness to child’s signals
- Maintains and builds on child’s interests
- Reasonable freedom from restrictions
- More choices of learning activities
- Adaptive to child’s changing needs
TEEM Goal: Professional Development
- Teacher Read Aloud
- Classroom Library
- Writing Center
- Storytelling
- Rhyming Games
- Teacher/Child Talk
Provides
- Phoneme Awareness Instruction
- Vocabulary/Language
- Critical Thinking
- Literature Appreciation
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