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Module 4 Focus:

• Describe the limitations of the traditional approaches to parent education that have positioned families of color through deficit and led to distrust of educational institutions. (We share data and reflection questions to dispel common stereotypes and myths about families of color.)

• Introduce a strength-based framework for family engagement.

• Describe effective strategies for building respectful, responsive, and reciprocal relationships with families of color and early childhood teachers and staff, including an emphasis on the importance of involving fathers.

Looking for targeted, hands-on PD? Join our CPE/STEAM Workshops on art in STEAM, 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

• Real classroom video + reflection

• Hands-on Tinker and Take session

• Tools you can use right away

• Aligned with CA Preschool Learning Foundations (PTKLF)

OUTCOMES:

• Review the Visual and Performing Arts domain for children aged three to five-and-a-half years.

• Build an understanding of the Visual and Performing Arts 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 visual and performing arts.

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.

In this training session, we will:

• Discover the purpose of this publication The Powerful Role of Play in Education through reading and discussion.

• Explore the research-based connections between play and learning through group activities and readings.

• Experience the benefits and debunk common myths about play and learning.

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

Solving Problems…So You Don’t Have To: Teaching Children to Work Through Conflict
A Pyramid Model Workshop for Early Childhood Educators

Conflict is a natural part of childhood — from toy struggles to turn-taking troubles. But when children learn to solve problems together, they build skills that last a lifetime: cooperation, empathy, and self-confidence. This workshop helps educators support children in working through peer conflicts using the evidence-based NCPMI Solution Kit and other practical strategies.

This is a practice-based workshop with a hands-on structure:

• 45-Minute Interactive Presentation — Explore strategies for teaching problem-solving steps, modeling conflict resolution, and guiding children through real-life challenges.

• 15-Minute Video Reflection — See children using the Solution Kit in action and discuss what makes adult guidance effective.

• 60-Minute Tinker and Take — Create and customize problem-solving visuals and Solution Kit tools you can use immediately in your setting.

You’ll leave with:

• A clear understanding of how problem-solving builds independence, empathy, and stronger peer relationships.

• Practical strategies for guiding children step-by-step through conflicts in positive ways.

• A ready-to-use NCPMI Solution Kit and conflict-resolution visuals to bring back to your classroom tomorrow.

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.

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.

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.

Outcomes

• Identify the connection between language and social and emotional development.

• Explore strategies to integrate into practice.

• Reflect on the role of adults in modeling and encouraging communication.

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

Outcomes

• Identify the connection between language and social and emotional development.

• Explore strategies to integrate into practice.

• Reflect on the role of adults in modeling and encouraging communication.