Investing in the Emotional and Behavioral Development of Preschoolers

What strategies from the “Investing in the Emotional and Behavioral Development of Preschoolers” are helpful for preschool classroom teachers?

The program called Foundations of Learning, sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation provides training to preschool classroom teachers targeting three major areas: increasing student engagement, decreasing challenging behaviors, and fostering more positive classroom behavior. If you were the classroom teacher participating in this program, what specific strategies would be helpful to address each of these goals? In what ways could you see learning how to increase student engagement? What about lessening the challenging behaviors in your classroom? What strategies would be helpful to you?