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Gain a deeper understanding of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process and the important role preschool educators play in supporting young learners with disabilities. In this interactive professional learning session, participants will explore the key components of the IEP journey, including referral, assessment, eligibility, implementation, and ongoing collaboration with families and service providers. 

Outcomes

1. Gain an understanding of phonological awareness.

2. Determine the development of phonological awareness in children aged three to five-and-a-half years.

3. Identify practices to support the development of children’s phonological awareness.

Part 1: Deep Dive with UDL

Select one 3 hour in-person session - Integrating UDL into lesson planning & circle time

In this 2-part series you’ll sharpen your UDL skills during lesson planning to support ALL students in your inclusive classroom. Consortium members receive a $300 stipend for completing parts 1 and 2.

Session Focus:

• Define STEM components in an early childhood classroom.

• Experience dynamic planning for developmentally appropriate STEM environments and interactions/ conversations.

• Learn how this approach includes universal design for learning.

• Explore how this approach supports dual language

Outcomes

• Identify how play supports social and emotional development and self-regulation.

• Understand how the environment supports children’s behavior.

• Discuss how big body play supports social and emotional, cognitive, and language development.

This training will cover:

• Child Development and Learning: The following are the outcomes of this training: Review the PTKLF Mathematics domain for children aged three to fiveandahalf years.Discuss how all children come with diverse mathematical experiences.Recognize the PTKLF Mathematical Practices.

• Culture, Diversity, and Equity

• Family and Community Engagement

• Dual-Language Development

• Observation, Screening, Assessment, and Documentation

• Special Needs and Inclusion

These virtual sessions will offer an opportunity to learn from guest speakers in the education field, collectively discuss current trends and relevant data related to inclusion topics, and collaboratively network with other educators

Audience: Staff who directly support in early learning settings with students between 0-5 years of age

Registration for future CoPs can be found below:

CoP 3

Date: 1/19/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1305

CoP 4

Date: 3/16/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1306

CoP 5

Date: 5/4/2027

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1307

Outcomes

• Review the PTKLF History–Social Science domain for children aged three to five-and-a-half years.

• Build an understanding of the History–Social Science domain.

• Discuss how the PTKLF are representative of children's cultures, languages, and lived experiences.

• Identify how teachers can support children’s learning and development in the History–Social Science domain.

These virtual sessions will offer an opportunity to learn from guest speakers in the education field, collectively discuss current trends and relevant data related to inclusion topics, and collaboratively network with other educators

Audience: Staff who lead in early learning settings with students between 0-5 years of age.

Registration for future CoPs can be found below

CoP 3

Date: 1/14/27

Registration: 

https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1298

CoP 4

Date: 3/11/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1299

CoP 5

Date: 4/29/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1300

Predictable, Positive, Powerful: Why Schedules & Routines Matter
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

•       Focuses on creating predictable, positive schedules and routines that help children feel safe, confident, and ready to learn.

•       Explores how consistent daily structures support self-regulation, independence, and smoother transitions.

•       Highlights the role of visuals, modeling, and intentional practice in helping children understand “what comes next.”

Follows a 3-part structure:

•       45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Practical strategies for building and teaching classroom schedules and routines.

•       15-Minute Video Reflection — Real-world examples of children engaging in routines with guided discussion.

•       55-Minute Tinker and Take — Hands-on creation of visual schedules, transition supports, and daily routine tools.

Emphasizes how predictable routines reduce challenging behavior and build community.

You’ll leave with ready-to-use tools and strategies to bring calm, confidence, and consistency into your daily schedule.

Includes adaptable strategies for all early learning settings—centers, family child care, Head Start, and FFN.

This training will cover:

• Child Development and Learning: The following are the outcomes of this training: Review the PTKLF Mathematics domain for children aged three to fiveandahalf years.Discuss how all children come with diverse mathematical experiences.Recognize the PTKLF Mathematical Practices.
• Culture, Diversity, and Equity
• Family and Community Engagement
• Dual-Language Development
• Observation, Screening, Assessment, and Documentation
• Special Needs and Inclusion

Part 2: UDL Refresher

Select one 1.5 hour virtual session - Reflecting on UDL & renovating learning centers with UDL in mind

In this 2-part series you’ll sharpen your UDL skills during lesson planning to support ALL students in your inclusive classroom. Consortium members receive a $300 stipend for completing parts 1 and 2.

We will discuss the purpose of this publication through reading and discussion.

• Review content through group activities and readings.

• Identify and discuss components of the reflective planning cycle.

• Describe planning opportunities for individualization and scaffolding within the reflective planning cycle.

Looking for targeted, hands-on PD? Join our CPE/STEAM Workshops on the power of trees, designed for all early childhood educators (center-based, family child care, Head Start, FFN).

This 2-Hour In-Person Workshop Includes:

• Interactive presentation on a STEAM topic

• Hands-on Tinker and Take session

• Tools you can use right away

• Aligned with CA Preschool Learning Foundations (PTKLF

Participants will:

• Develop an understanding of tree anatomy

• Identify strategies for supporting children 0-5 in the Life Sciences

• Identify strategies for documenting and communicating our learning to deepen our understanding of STEAM content

Outcomes:

• Review the PTKLF Approaches to Learning (ATL) domain for children, aged three to five-and-a half years.

• Discuss the ATL domain.

• Identify how teachers can support ATL.

• Recognize the value of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Outcomes:

• Review the PTKLF Physical Development domain for children aged three to five-and-a-half years.

• Build an understanding of the Physical Development domain.

• Discuss how the PTKLF are representative of children's cultures, languages, and lived experiences.

• Identify how teachers can support children’s learning and development in physical development.

   

Becoming Super Friends: Where Friendship Skills Begin

A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

• Focuses on teaching foundational friendship skills: sharing, turn-taking, inviting others, problem-solving, expressing feelings, and giving compliments.

• Follows a 3-part structure:
o 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Evidence-based strategies for teaching friendship skills.
o 15-Minute Video Reflection — Real classroom examples with guided discussion.
o 55-Minute Tinker and Take — Make-and-take session to create friendship skill tools for immediate use.

• Highlights peer-mediated strategies and everyday teaching opportunities.
• Provides child-friendly vocabulary cards, family engagement resources, and peer-coaching ideas.
• Includes ready-to-use classroom activities for any early learning setting.
• Designed for all educators—center-based, family child care, Head Start, and FFN providers.

These virtual sessions will offer an opportunity to learn from guest speakers in the education field, collectively discuss current trends and relevant data related to inclusion topics, and collaboratively network with other educators

Audience: Staff who lead in early learning settings with students between 0-5 years of age.

Registration for future CoPs can be found below

CoP 4

Date: 3/11/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1299

CoP 5

Date: 4/29/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1300

These virtual sessions will offer an opportunity to learn from guest speakers in the education field, collectively discuss current trends and relevant data related to inclusion topics, and collaboratively network with other educators

Audience: Staff who directly support in early learning settings with students between 0-5 years of age

Registration for future CoPs can be found below:

CoP 4

Date: 3/16/27

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1306

CoP 5

Date: 5/4/2027

Registration: https://proflearn.scoe.net/Home/Event/1307

2-Part Series

Outcomes:

• Review the components and structure of the Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Discuss how to utilize and apply information from Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Reflect upon and share about personal culture influences in the early childhood setting.

Outcomes

1. Gain an understanding of phonological awareness.

2. Determine the development of phonological awareness in children aged three to five-and-a-half years.

3. Identify practices to support the development of children’s phonological awareness.

2 Part Series

Outcomes:

• Review the components and structure of the Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Discuss how to utilize and apply information from Best Practices for Planning Curriculum for Young Children: Family Partnerships and Culture.

• Reflect upon and share about personal culture influences in the early childhood setting.