Toolbox: Outlines for using video analysis and video coaching as a tool for professionalizing ECEC workforce and training future ECEC professionals. Outcome of the TRACKs project2

The TRACKs project (TRAnsi ons Children and Kindergarten) was focused on the professionals working in childcare centres, preschools and out-of-school services. Reports and research show that for the children between 0 and 6 years old, early childhood educa on and care (ECEC) can make a crucial contribu on to cogni ve, social and emo onal development of children and academic achievements later on (Lazzari & Vandenbroeck, 2012)3. Preschool educa on contributes to the acquisi on of skills and a tudes (i.e. curiosity, perseverance and par cular social skills) that enhance later learning. To ensure a broader impact and outreach of the project to the larger community of ECEC professionals, this toolbox is developed. It contains: • the framework that lies behind video analysis and video coaching, and • the key elements or basic principles of why and how to implement video analysis and video coaching. • Three country perspec ves, how all the partners translated these general frameworks and key elements according to their own context.