Professional Development Opportunities

Topics

  • Promoting a child's social emotional development in the classroom
  • Typical speech, language, and social skill development, red flags, and how to discuss with parents
  • Supporting children with special needs in the classroom
  • Engaging children in small and large group activities using interactive materials
  • Teaching children to deal with anger, frustration, and disappointment
  • Making modifications in the classroom to support every child
  • The importance of play (indoor and outdoor)
  • Naturally embedding speech, language, cognitive, and play skills into the classroom setting

Details

  • Up to 1.5 hours of training
  • Highly interactive, collaborative, and engaging
  • Community preschools can combine staff members from other locations or other preschools
  • Handouts and visuals are provided
  • Research based resources
  • Follow-up and support are provided

Feedback from community preschools:

"Very good examples make it easy to see how the information can be used in the classroom.  Marena is obviously passionate about her profession and it makes the time go by very quickly."

"Marena is so encouraging and energetic.  I can tell she loves her job and is so good at it.  Well done!"
"It got me excited to work with kids again this year!"

"I loved the hands-on examples and all of the stuff you bring in."

"Everything was valuable information, but I think one of the things that spoke to me was the child to child relationships and how to develop that."