This professional development activity will provide support for the growth of teachers in Pre-K. It will provide teachers with practice examples, advice from the field, orientation to specific Pre-K content, and learning activities.

Duration: 9 weeks
Inservice: 30 points
Audience: PreK Teachers and Teacher Assistants
Access to Students: Yes

Syllabus

Week 1: Learning the Ropes
Week 2: Setting up the Classroom
Week 3: Families and Home Visits
Week 4: Planning for Learning
Week 5: Guiding Children's Behavior
Week 6: Social and Emotional Support
Week 7: Instructional Interactions
Week 8: Ongoing Assessment
Week 9: Approaches to Individualizing

Specific Objectives

This online activity will provide teachers with in-depth information, activities and strategies to:

• Set up a Pre-K classroom
• Learn about the pivotal role of families in Pre-K
• Prepare for Home/Family Visits
• Plan for learning before, during, and after school
• Guide children's behavior through the establishment of rules, expectations, and redirection to achieve a positive environment
• Connect with children to increase social and emotional development
• Set up instructional interactions to engage children
• Learn about the ongoing assessment instructional cycle to ensure children are learning and growing continuously
• Implement strategies that will facilitate individualization/differentiation of instruction in the classroom.