the five central domains
approaches to learning; social and emotional development; language and literacy; cognition; perceptual, motor, and physical development. the infant/toddler side has slightly different sub-domains than the preschool side, but the shape is the same.
what a teacher actually writes
a family note that names growth in a domain a family recognizes. a coaching reflection that ties a small classroom moment to an elof goal. a conference draft that describes the child in elof language without pasting the framework text into an inbox.
where tiny signals helps
- conference write up, family-facing language that lines up with elof domains.
- observations, drop the moment, tag the domain, sort it later.
- handoff, one minute at pickup, in the family's language.
- asq write ups, the screener that many head start grantees pair with elof.
used in these programs
- head start, the framework that anchors every head start room.
- early head start ccp, infant and toddler side of the framework.
- migrant and seasonal head start, same framework, mobile families.
- aian head start, same framework, tribal communities.
- all program pages, the hub of program-specific pages.