Greetings!
Early Learning Update Week of December 18th, 2023
Items Covered:
· January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Empowering Dual Language Learners – Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
· January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Nurturing Creativity: Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process – Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
· Kaymbu Online Screening and Assessment Tool Learning Session – Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm
· Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Use of Television, Video and Computers
1.) January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Empowering Dual Language Learners – Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
In January we will have two opportunities for Monthly Early Learning Professional Development. The first will be presented by Yisbely Torres from ESD 112. It takes place on Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm and the focus will be Empowering Dual Language Learners.
In this training you will develop an understanding of language acquisition and the benefits of learning more than one language. Additionally, we will review strategies to best support and empower dual language learners in their language development within the context of their culture.
2.) January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Nurturing Creativity: Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process – Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
In January we will have two opportunities for Monthly Early Learning Professional Development. The second will be presented by Jesi Sucku from ESD 112. It takes place on Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm and the focus will be on Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process.
Is your goal to encourage children’s creativity through developmentally appropriate art experiences? Join us for a hands-on class that explores the importance of child-led, process art experiences over the standard arts and crafts activities of yesteryear.
3.) Kaymbu Online Screening and Assessment Tool Learning Session: Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm
Last year we developed a relationship with the Kaymbu platform, through Highscope to give you a potential option for your screening and Assessment needs. The cost for this tool is FREE and will be completely funded for your school by the Early Childhood Education fund started by Dick Abrams. It can be a great way to assess and track students, communicate with parents, use in PLC’s with the kindergarten teacher, prepare for conferences, ect. We have multiple schools now using the platform and would like to introduce it to others that are interested. We will be hosting a learning session on Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm. Please join at the link below!
Join Zoom Meeting
4.) Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Use of Television, Video and Computers
This week the focus is Use of Television, Video and Computers. The WAC focuses on the amount of time a child can be in front of the screen depending on their age, the interactive requirement during screen time for teachers and families ability to opt out of screen time. Please read the whole WAC in the link below (it is quite short) and let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great week!
