In order to provide safe, and relevant professional learning, our Pre-K cohort will meet virtually this year. We will follow a blended learning model. Teachers will have a week to complete two hours of asynchronous learning. Then they will attend a synchronous zoom training session for an hour and a half. Following our session they will be given a two hour asynchronous reflection assignment to be submitted for feedback. We will finish the session with a 30 minute personal coach call.
Session 1: Cultivating An Engaging Learning Environment
Participants will:
- Learn criteria for supportive virtual classrooms environments
- Analyze ways to cultivate student leadership in the learning communities
- Understand how responsive teacher interactions scaffold children’s learning
- Evaluate their planning practice, expectations, and reflect on impact to student learning
Session 2: Bringing Literacy to Life
Participants will:
- Promote a print rich environment through centers, whole group learning, and routines
- Establish literacy activities throughout the day
- Understand how to plan an effective read aloud
- Critique literacy activities for developmental appropriateness
Session 3: Implementing Powerful Learning Centers
Participants will:
- Learn how purposeful play impact student learning and social skills
- Critique center routines for student independence
- Experience powerful centers
- Plan impactful learning centers for their own classrooms
Session 4: Creating a Workshop of Writers in a Pre-k Classroom
Participants will:
- Discuss importance of writing development and stages of writing
- Explore writing as a way to communicate
- Demonstrate using a read aloud as a connection to writing opportunities
- Plan centers with writing connections to impact learning
Session 5: Math, Science, and Inquiry in a Pre-K Classroom
Participants will:
- Analyzing our classroom schedules and routines for consistent content opportunities
- Investigate hand-on learning opportunities
- Critique activities for developmentally appropriate practice
- Plan engaging hands-on learning for their next unit
