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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos
30
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Jumpstart your implementation of The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers, & Twos with this 6-hour professional development learning opportunity. During this session, you’ll learn all about the curriculum’s components, objectives, and progressions of development and learning. You’ll also discover strategies for creating welcoming environments for children and families, strengthening family partnerships, and facilitating caregiving routines and high-quality experiences to support children’s development and learning. Plus, you’ll get a closer look at how the Daily Resources support the curriculum. If you’re using the Expanded Daily Resources for Twos, you’ll learn about what makes a study and the important parts of a Teaching Guide for Twos. For those subscribed to The Creative Curriculum® Cloud, you’ll also learn how to use digital tools like interactive planning calendars and resources to enhance family engagement.
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Infants, Toddlers & Twos
Creative Curriculum
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Introduction to GOLD® – Spanish
30
Max Participants
Assessment is a vital piece of effective and responsive teaching. During this hands-on 6-hour session, facilitated in Spanish, participants will examine the importance of ongoing formative assessment and reflect on their current teaching and assessment practices. Participants will practice using a variety of tools to gather authentic information about children’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. By leveraging the progressions of development and learning, participants will strengthen their ability to make accurate assessment decisions. Participants will also explore digital tools used to bolster family partnerships and engage in two-way communication.
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Grades 1-3
Infants, Toddlers & Twos
Kindergarten
Preschool
GOLD
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Language and Literacy in The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
30
Max Participants
This 1-day session offers an opportunity to explore The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool resources that support your language and literacy program. Through interactive large- and small-group experiences and individual reflection, participants will learn how the wealth of materials included in The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool help teachers engage children in meaningful language and literacy experiences. You will learn how research relates to The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool approach and how to use the resources effectively. By the end of this session, participants will be able to articulate how their programs will implement The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool to help children build a strong foundation for life-long language and literacy learning.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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Mathematics in The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
30
Max Participants
During this 1-day session, participants will become familiar with research related to how preschool children learn mathematical concepts and process skills. Participants will examine the components of mathematics that form the basis of instruction and explore ways to incorporate developmentally appropriate mathematical activities in meaningful ways throughout the day.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool – Spanish
30
Max Participants
This highly interactive 1-day session, facilitated in Spanish, introduces participants to The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool. Participants will become familiar with the 38 objectives for development and learning that inform every aspect of teaching. They will then explore and practice using the components of the curriculum, including knowledge-building volumes, Teaching Guides, Mighty Minutes®, Intentional Teaching Experiences, Book Discussion Cards®, and, if applicable, Highlights High Five Bilingüe® and Book Conversation Cards®.
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Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® for Family Child Care – Spanish
30
Max Participants
This hands-on 1-day session, facilitated in Spanish, introduces providers to the components of The Creative Curriculum® for Family Child Care, a comprehensive, research-based, developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses the specific needs of the family child care community. Participants will identify strategies to build warm, nurturing relationships with all learners and intentionally promote each child’s development and learning. During this session, participants will explore the three curricular volumes and the Daily Resources (Intentional Teaching Cards®, Mighty Minutes® for Family Child Care, Book Conversation Cards® for Highlights Hello®, Book Conversation Cards® for Highlights High Five Bilingüe®, and LearningGames®) to plan and implement meaningful routines and intentional experiences for all the children in their care.
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Infants, Toddlers & Twos
Kindergarten
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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Supporting Children With Disabilities With The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
30
Max Participants
During this important 1-day session, participants will learn how to facilitate inclusive high-quality instructional opportunities and engage in individualized teacher-child interactions. Grounded by the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), participants will identify multiple ways children can acquire and demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Participants will identify a variety of forms of instruction, learning, and assessment and identify ways that allow all children to communicate what they know and can do.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool: Coaching to Fidelity of Implementation
15
Max Participants
Designed for individuals who provide direct classroom support to teachers, this session introduces participants to the 2nd Edition Coaching to Fidelity and The Fidelity Checklist for Administrators or the new Coaching to Fidelity app and corresponding Coaching to Fidelity Checklist for Teachers, resources that enable the measurement of teachers’ fidelity of implementation of The Creative Curriculum® and provide actionable suggestions to support teachers’ instructional practices. During the session, participants will identify the characteristics of fidelity, examine strategies for observing teachers using a strengths-based lens, and learn how to engage teachers in ongoing coaching cycles. Programs using the Coaching to Fidelity app will learn how to navigate the digital resource and leverage the tool during each component of the coaching cycle.
Programs using the Coaching to Fidelity app will learn how to navigate the digital resource and leverage the tool during each component of the coaching cycle.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
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Implementing Studies to Promote Inquiry-Based Learning
30
Max Participants
This 1-day session is designed to help teachers using The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool effectively implement studies in their classrooms. Participants will learn how to choose appropriate study topics, understand how to prepare for a study, and investigate how to effectively implement a study from beginning to end. Through hands-on interactive experiences, participants will be introduced to the three parts of a study and the benefits of conducting long-term investigations with children. Additionally, participants will learn how to address the objectives for development and learning in meaningful ways during a study and how to include families and the community in children’s learning.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
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Social-Emotional Development and Learning Within The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
30
Max Participants
During this 1-day session, participants will explore their role in promoting the healthy social-emotional development of preschool children. Participants will learn about the importance of planning and creating opportunities for social-emotional learning, appropriate expectations for children’s behavior at different ages, using positive guidance strategies, and the impact of the environment on children’s social-emotional development.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Preschool
Creative Curriculum
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