Looking at Pieces of a Quality Early Childhood Classroom 

Workshop # 2 Teacher Language

Presented by: Holly Blum
Saturday November 11, 2017

Teacher Language is the root for growing positive teacher-child relationships and encouraging a productive classroom in which children learn and thrive. Teacher Language can provoke thinking and reflection, build child vocabulary and encourage a child to make good choices. This workshop will integrate recent research findings into an interactive discussion about Teacher Language.

Workshop #3 Preschool Curriculum and Benchmarks
Presented by: Meghan Themak
Saturday January 20, 2018

During this workshop we will create a shared understanding of what curriculum looks like in the early childhood setting.  Then, we will explore developmentally-appropriate and hands-on learning experiences connected to the topics of the curriculum.  Finally, we will integrate benchmarks into those learning experiences to help us identify what we want children to understand.

Workshop #4 Authentic Assessment in Early Childhood
Presented by: Meghan Themak
Saturday April 7, 2018

To connect planning and learning experiences, first we will revisit benchmarks to help us identify what we want children to know and be able to do.  Then, we will look at how we will capture those skills and abilities.