A Snapshot of AEII
Supporting quality improvements to promote young children’s learning and school readiness in Virginia’s early childhood classrooms.
Our Model for Supporting School Readiness
The goal of the AEII initiative is to support quality improvements in three key areas – curricula, teacher-child interactions, and instruction. Through these quality improvements, Virginia’s preschool classrooms will offer young children more equitable access to high-quality learning experiences that promote their school readiness.
Three Key Ingredients
Curricula
Using effective, evidence-based curricula helps ensure that children are afforded the opportunities to develop critical school readiness skills.
Teacher-Child Interactions
Teacher-child interactions that are effective, engaging, and supportive serve as the foundation for learning in early childhood.
Instruction
High-quality instruction focused on key content areas, such as early literacy and social-emotional learning, helps to ensure children are kindergarten ready.
AEII by the Numbers
Teachers and education leaders in early childhood programs received supports, tools, and resources.
VPI classrooms across the Commonwealth were served by the AEII initiative.
School divisions across Virginia received ongoing regional, local, and individual meetings, as well as training, and webinar supports.
ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY EARLY LEARNING IN BIRTH-TO-FIVE CLASSROOMS
How AEII Works
Measuring Quality
AEII assesses the quality of teacher-child interactions, instruction, curricula, and professional development opportunities that are part of early childhood classrooms.
Facilitating Data Use
AEII supports education leaders in using data to understand what is happening in all of Virginia's publicly funded early childhood classrooms and making data-driven decisions towards improvements.
Fostering Quality Professional Development
AEII provides ongoing consultation and instructional resources to help education leaders plan targeted and individualized professional development for their teachers.
