ECM has a long running history of teaching parenting workshops and teacher training in Bay Area preschools.

Email info@earlychildhoodmatters.org to find out how we can help your school.

Teacher TRAINING WORKSHOP EXAmples

Workshop 1: Teaching Young Children Through the Lens of Developmental Milestones 

“Image of the Child” as once described the first head of Reggio Emilia’s early childhood centers Lours Maliguzzi is in “contrast to some other common images of the child as lacking, passive, acted upon, or following a predetermined path set out by adults and/or innate development. The ‘rich’ child is an active learner, seeking the meaning of the world from birth, a co-creator of knowledge, identity, culture, and values.” 

How do we use what we know about the developmental milestones and paths of children to further unlock this potential in the children in our care? How do we teach to the child instead of asking the child to come up to the teacher’s thinking and understanding? This workshop will explore developmental milestones for 2’s, 3’s, 4’s and 5’s and help us think about how to honor each stage of the child’s development as we set developmentally appropriate expectations for learning and behavior. The more we understand the child, the more we see the child as having agency in their learning, thinking and understanding of the world. After groupwide learning about the differences between each stage, break out groups would be created to discuss and roll play scenarios and strategies for each age group. 

 Follow-up check-ins (optional):

1 hour follow-ups with the staff at each site to discuss, answer questions, and reflect on how this workshop has informed or inspired teaching practices 

Workshop 2: Preparing for Spring’s Tricky/Challenging Behaviors

This workshop invites teachers to reflect on how to effectively set clear limits and have consistent expectations, in the context of a connected, not corrective, classroom. We will discuss how to set up the classroom to work for your children, as they grow and develop, We will examine the importance of connecting, listening to, and understanding the child, in order to overcome challenging behaviors exhibited by toddlers and preschoolers. We will discuss floor time, greeting and departure rituals, and connection through conversations. Teachers will have an opportunity to submit challenging strategies that they would like support on, and small group sessions will be created to practice strategies.

Follow-up check in: 1-hour follow-ups with the staff at each site to discuss, answer questions, and reflect on how our August and Feb workshop has informed or inspired teaching practices

Pricing:

3hr workshops: $1500 each

1hr follow-up check-ins (optional): $350 each

OTHER OFFERINGS:

Positive Discipline in the Classroom

-Strategies for conflict resolution, learning to share and problem solving

-Developmental expectations and applications with 2, 3, and 4s

2Establishing Routines and Classroom Expectations

-Class meetings and other strategies for getting children involved and invested in creating and

following rules and expectations

-Problem solving when children test these rules and limits

The Connected Teacher: Reducing challenging behavior through responsive caregiving

-Connected caregiving routines,

-1:1 Floor time, I Love You Rituals, Greeting and Departure Rituals

-Strategies for easing separation anxiety

Environment and Viewing Challenging Behaviors through a Sensory Integration Perspective

-Understanding Sensory Integration and Zones of Regulation-

-Tools to help children self regulate

-Setting up your environment, materials, and activities to help children regulate

Email info@earlychildhoodmatters.org to find out how we can help your school.