The Early Years Conversation Project

The Early Years Conversation Project (EYCP – formerly piloted as Manor Park Talks, which was based on the Every Child a Talker programme) is a professional development programme developed and delivered by the East London Research School.

The project aims to promote conversational responsiveness by training two professionals from each setting. In private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries, that will be the manager and room lead working with children aged 2 – 3 years old. In school nurseries, it will be the Early Years Foundation Stage Lead and the nursery teacher.

The room lead or nursery teacher will be identified as the ‘EYCP Champion’ from each setting. The EYCP Champion will be given expert support from an experienced mentor to enable them to implement and embed the following strategies in everyday practice:

• ShREC: Share attention, Respond, Expand and Conversation
• Interactive book reading

Practitioners are trained through 1.5 days of face-to-face training and six pre-recorded online modules. An experienced team of mentors provide ‘wrap-around’ support for the EYCP Champion. At the beginning and end of the programme an ITERS 3 (Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale) observation of the setting’s environment is completed by the mentor to provide formative feedback on progress towards providing a language-rich environment. Mentors will run nine hub meetings across the year with a minimum of five support visits to settings. Hub meetings will be used to build knowledge, revisit learning from the online modules and embed understanding.

To read about the trial on the EEF website click here: https://educationendowmentfoun…

Programme Details

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Early Years Conversation Project Evaluation Study

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP champion – Dini

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Emma

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation between two mentors… Marion Samuel and Anni McTavish

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Mandy

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Siobhan

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Lindsay

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP lead – Ewelina Middleton

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion – Iman Al Saiq

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion Alberto Listo

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Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project- A converastion between an EYCP Champion- Tracie Hanberger

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EYCP

Programme Details

(requitement now closed)

Early Years Conversation Project Evaluation Study

Useful Reading

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP champion – Dini

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Emma

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation between two mentors… Marion Samuel and Anni McTavish

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Mandy

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Siobhan

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Lindsay

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP lead – Ewelina Middleton

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion – Iman Al Saiq

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion Alberto Listo

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project- A converastion between an EYCP Champion- Tracie Hanberger

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project- A conversation between an EYCP Champion- Tenisha Mallick

Research School Network: EYCP

EYCP

Programme Details

(requitement now closed)

Early Years Conversation Project Evaluation Study

Useful Reading

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP champion – Dini

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Emma

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation between two mentors… Marion Samuel and Anni McTavish

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Mandy

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Siobhan

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP mentor – Lindsay

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP lead – Ewelina Middleton

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion – Iman Al Saiq

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project: A conversation with an EYCP Champion Alberto Listo

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project- A converastion between an EYCP Champion- Tracie Hanberger

Let’s talk about the Early Years Conversation Project- A conversation between an EYCP Champion- Tenisha Mallick