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LENA in Texas


Making every interaction count in early childhood education.

LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis) is a national nonprofit on a mission to transform early childhood education.

LENA Grow offers evidence-based professional development for early childhood educators.
LENA Start builds school readiness and strengthens families with parent-group classes.
LENA SP offers reliable, detailed language environment data in research and clinical applications.

In Texas, LENA has reached 9.1k children and 700 early childhood educators since 2017, and LENA technology has recorded more than 17.4 million conversational turns.



9.1k
children


700
teachers


17.4 million
CTs




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The LENA Grow professional development program for early childhood educators aligns to Category 2 Teacher-Child Interactions on the Texas Rising Star Classroom Assessment Record Form (CARF).
 
LENA Grow PD hours count toward required annual professional development for Texas child care licensing, so long as the coach who delivered the program satisfies the Texas Child Care Trainer Requirements.
 

LENA has crosswalks with Head Start, CLASS, The Pyramid Model, ZERO TO THREE, and more!

 





“Because the LENA Grow reports provided instant results that teachers could see, they gained more of an understanding of some of the CLASS dimensions and indicators. So teachers gained a better understanding of what a high-quality, interactive classroom looks like.”
Lisa Austin
Fort Worth ISD

Let's talk about bringing LENA to your community.

Whether you're with a school district, CCR&R, state agency, library, university-community partnership, public health initiative, or any other organization dedicated to improving early childhood outcomes, we want to help you put your organization on the LENA map.


 Staff Member

Connect with Lindsey Santarelli,
Regional Partnerships Director
LindseySantarelli@LENA.org