Today Ashley, our Hamline Site Supervisor, Hareen, our Curriculum Coach and I met with our Preschool Team. This fall we will have 6 preschool classrooms between the 3 locations...very exciting! In previous years our program has been infant-toddler heavy so this has been quite a new adventure for us. We have a wonderful team of smart, passionate and dedicated preschool teachers, each who bring a new perspective on teaching and learning to our program. We reviewed our partnership with Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) and how their Early Childhood Workshop (ECW) curriculum fits into our programming and our Kindergarten Readiness goals. The teachers all worked on their fall daily schedules to ensure they included the Early Childhood Workshop components such as Morning Meeting, Small Groups and Regroup to Revisit. The staff will have the opportunity for additional training on ECW this September with SPPS. Hareen and I will be working with the teachers to help them understand how to individualize and plan for the different age preschoolers each classroom will have, as some will have just older, just younger or a combination of 3-5 year olds.
More information about Early Childhood Workshop, our assessment process, and our curriculum will be provided at our September Parent Meeting!
We are closed Friday, August 30th so that all the teachers can receive training and support with our Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment system and our Curriculum framework.
I'm looking forward to watching our preschoolers grow and bloom this year!
More information about Early Childhood Workshop, our assessment process, and our curriculum will be provided at our September Parent Meeting!
We are closed Friday, August 30th so that all the teachers can receive training and support with our Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment system and our Curriculum framework.
I'm looking forward to watching our preschoolers grow and bloom this year!
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