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Literacy Everywhere! Practical Strategies That Work in Any Classroom
This 1-hour live class offers 0.1 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 2. Explore how to create an engaging classroom environment that inspires a love of language. Discover practical strategies for designing spaces and experiences that weave literacy into every area of play.
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Turning Walls Into Windows: Strategies for Coaching Resistant Teachers
This 1-hour live class offers 0.1 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 6. This final virtual session emphasizes application, action, and peer learning. Building on the strategies from Learning Communities #1 and #2, participants will explore practical methods for supporting resistant teachers using reflection, relationship-building, and data-informed coaching. Coaches will identify barriers to engagement, analyze data to better understand teacher perspectives, and collaborate with peers to design action plans that address resistance with compassion and intentionality to support and sustain the individual teacher as part of their professional learning community.
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Thinking Back to Move Forward: Reflective Practice in Action
This 1-hour live class offers 0.1 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 6. This interactive in-person session is designed specifically for instructional coaches seeking to deepen and internalize their use of reflective practice to build and sustain strong foundations for Professional Learning Community growth. Participants will explore various types of reflection, learn when and how to apply them effectively in their coaching work, and gain strategies for supporting teachers in doing the same. Together, we’ll define and examine foundational reflective practices and consider how to cultivate a school culture where reflection becomes a consistent, shared tool for continuous growth in both coaching and teaching. Coaches will also consider how data can inform and support meaningful reflection at every level.
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Personalizing Your Coaching Approach
This 1-hour live class offers 0.1 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 6. In this virtual session, coaches will deepen their understanding of how to individualize their coaching support. Grounded in adult learning principles, this session explores how data can be used to tailor coaching to meet the unique needs of individual teachers and the professional learning communities to which they belong. Participants will learn to analyze teacher needs, strengths, and goals through the lens of data and apply this information to foster safe, respectful, and collaborative environments. Special focus will be placed on using data to guide decision-making, track progress, and support differentiated professional development.
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Unit 6: From Theory to Practice: Coaching and Application
Moving from theory to practice in early literacy involves implementing projects that address key aspects of language development. In this live class we focus on how you will translate theoretical knowledge into effective classroom strategies through projects. Project topics include creating optimal conditions for high-quality early literacy, promoting inclusivity for all children, elevating oral language skills, fostering partnerships with families, encouraging reflective practice, and empowering educators to become champions of early literacy.
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Getting Started with Kickstart Literacy™
We believe literacy learning should be developmentally appropriate and fun! In this session you’ll explore how to use your new Kickstart Literacy™ materials to supplement your current practices to provide comprehensive literacy instruction, based on the s
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Unit 5: Phonics: Connecting Sounds and Letters
At your live class, Early Literacy Certification: Phonics: Connecting Sounds and Letters, you will review key elements of your on-demand learning, discuss developmentally appropriate practices and widely held expectations for phonics development in early
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Observing and Empowering Multilingual Learners
This 1-hour live class offers 0.1 CEU and aligns with CDA Subject Area 8. Multilingual learners thrive when their languages and identities are honored. In this live virtual class, explore strategies to support expressive and receptive language development in preschool and Pre-K classrooms. Learn how to observe and assess language growth using tools from The Creative Curriculum® and GOLD®, and create an inclusive environment that empowers every multilingual learner.
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Top Tips Revealed: GOLD©
In this 1-hour class, we’ll dive into expert strategies for maximizing your use of GOLD© with a special focus on time-saving tips for busy educators. Learn how to streamline your assessment process, boost efficiency, and get the most out of this powerful
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Unit 4: Phonological Processing for Reading
Phonology, the study of the sound system of a language—including the rules for combining and using sounds to convey meaning—lays a crucial foundation for reading and language development, enabling young children to recognize and manipulate sounds in words. In this live class, we will discuss phonological processing and skills development, the linguistic hierarchy, and sound-letter correspondence.
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