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.

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This course is designed to help teachers implement appropriate activities for four and five year olds during Circle Time. Circle Time is a special time of day when you gather around to share stories, games, music and movement, fingerplays, and the introduction of new skills/activities. This may be done several times throughout the day, depending on the make-up of the class. In this course the teachers are provided with activities to enhance sensory experiences, auditory memory, language experiences, social and emotional development, and literacy skills, and numbers and operations. All activities are correlated to the state and national curriculum standards, and to the county adopted preschool assessment (creative curriculum).

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This course provides PreSchool teachers with the knowledge and skills to implement proactive behavior strategies in the classroom setting that will enhance appropriate student behaviors.

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This course is designed to improve participants' knowledge base regarding several prekindergarten Sunshine State Standard strands. The course covers some of the critical areas appropriate for kindergarten. Participants will actively participate in the weekly discussions and teach activities.

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This course is designed to provide teachers with the skills and strategies needed to teach productive, small group lessons. These lessons will provide children an opportunity to be actively engaged in activities from across the curriculum.

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The delivery of this PD Activity will be on-line. During this activity participants will learn how to: -Build effective relationships in the classrooms, -Implement strategies to meet children's needs and create a caring community in the classroom. - Implement strategies for promoting children's social competence by encouraging children to take responsibility in the classroom and allowing children to take the lead in their learning. This course includes several 15-minutes presentations for each specific objective as well as learning activities, helpful resources and suggestions for teachers as they implement these best practices.

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