Every service Sarah offers is built from 15 years of actually doing the work — in classrooms, in director's offices, and on conference stages. She doesn't theorize. She equips.
Every Texas childcare program is required to provide 15 hours of professional development annually for every staff member. Most centers scramble to fill those hours with generic, forgettable content. Sarah delivers live, in-person PD that your staff will actually remember — and use — on Monday morning.
Her sessions are high-energy, engaging, and tailored to your program's specific needs. Whether you need a half-day workshop, a full-day training, or a multi-session series, Sarah brings research-based content that meets your team where they are and moves them forward.
Topics include: age-appropriate curriculum and instruction, classroom environment design, safety and supervision, social-emotional learning, positive behavior support (PBIS), family engagement strategies, and Texas Pre-K Guidelines implementation.
The Texas Pre-K Guidelines are the state's research-based roadmap for early childhood education — covering curriculum, developmental milestones, and assessment from birth through age 5. Public schools are required to follow them. Most private and Christian preschools have never seen them.
This is the gap Sarah was built to close. She brings the guidelines to life — delivering actionable, immediately applicable tools that help your teachers understand what children should know and be able to do at each developmental stage, and how to build a classroom and curriculum that supports them getting there.
Think of the Texas Pre-K Guidelines the way you think of TEKS — the state's standards for K–12. They exist. They are research-based. And your program should be building from them, whether you are public, private, faith-based, or charter.
Sarah works directly with teams of teachers and directors to write or completely rewrite curriculum that is fully aligned to the Texas Pre-K Guidelines and the state's infant, toddler, and 3-year-old guidelines. This is collaborative, hands-on work — not a template dropped in your inbox.
Whether your program has never had a written curriculum framework, has one that hasn't been updated in years, or uses assessments that don't actually measure what children need — Sarah brings the expertise to fix it and build something your team can actually use and build upon.
Most teachers want great classrooms — they just don't know exactly what should be in them. Sarah's research-based Classroom Environment Checklist answers that question definitively. Based on the CLI (Children's Learning Institute) Classroom Environment Checklist and the Texas Pre-K Guidelines, it is a practical, actionable tool that anyone can use immediately.
Available as a PDF and a printed hard copy, it tells teachers exactly what materials belong in each learning center, what the environment should look like for different age groups, and what administrators and parents should look for when evaluating a classroom. Sarah's long-term goal is to expand this into a comprehensive book — a guide that gives every educator, administrator, and parent the definitive standard for what high-quality looks like.
Directors need great professional development too — and they rarely get it. Most director PD is either too generic or too disconnected from the day-to-day reality of leading an early childhood program. Sarah has been a director. She knows the pressure, the licensing requirements, the staff challenges, and the family demands. Her director coaching is grounded in that reality.
From mentoring first-year directors who are finding their footing, to helping experienced administrators build stronger staff cultures and navigate Texas licensing requirements — Sarah meets directors exactly where they are.
Choosing between public, private, charter, or homeschool is one of the most important decisions a family will make — and most parents don't know what to look for beyond the surface. Sarah does. She accompanies families on school tours and evaluates every environment through her trained educator and safety lens.
You get an honest, expert assessment of whether a program is truly the right fit for your child — not just whether it looks nice on a tour. Sarah sees what most parents can't, because she has spent 15 years on the other side of that classroom door.
In high-needs communities, success is never the work of one educator alone. It is the result of a committed village. Sarah shares the true story of her second year teaching in a Plano ISD Title I kindergarten — and the remarkable team that came together for children and families when it mattered most.
At the heart of the village story is one child — a big behavior and an even bigger heart. He was tough. But the adults on that campus refused to give up.
Twelve years later, he walked back through the doors of that Title I school on senior reunion night to say thank you. He is graduating. He is going to nursing school. And he credits every teacher who believed in him when it was hard.
"When a village comes together, children thrive. A teacher's impact doesn't end when the school year does — it echoes across a lifetime."
— Sarah Scrivens, M.Ed.
Start with a free 20-minute discovery call. Sarah will listen to what your program needs and tell you honestly whether and how she can help.
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