All Separate Fee Workshops will take place Tuesday, November 17 from 8:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
NAEYC Accreditation of Programs for Young Children: Improving Program Quality through the NAEYC Self-Study Process
Is your program thinking about pursuing NAEYC Accreditation for the first time? Does your program need to begin the reaccreditation process? Are you just looking for a process to guide the quality improvement of your program? This workshop has been designed for you. At this full day workshop, NAEYC staff will:
· Outline the 4 Steps of the NAEYC Accreditation process
· Clarify the purpose of Self-Study as a path to quality improvement
· Share practical advice on planning and structuring the Self-Study
· Identify resources available to support a reflective period of Self-Study
Please note: This workshop is designed for early childhood professionals working with center- and school-based programs serving young children with or without prior knowledge of the 4 Steps who are interested in exploring Self-Study as a means of program quality improvement.
Registration - $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for non-members. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
NAEYC Accreditation of Programs for Young Children: Operation Accreditation
At this full day workshop NAEYC Staff will de-bunk myths, answer your questions (ask us anything!) and will provide in plain English:
· Additional guidance on the NAEYC Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria
· Advice on organizing Program and Classroom Portfolios
· Explanations of the differences between Candidacy Requirements and Criteria
· Key elements of the Site Visit from an assessment perspective
· Examples of the types of tools used on actual Site Visits
Please note: This workshop is designed for early childhood professionals working with center- and school-based programs serving young children with prior knowledge of the 4 Steps who are ready for more detail on the process and the criteria.
Registration - $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for non-members. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments
NCATE Accreditation: An NAEYC Workshop for Faculty Compiling Program Reports
This full-day workshop is designed for baccalaureate and graduate degree early childhood faculty who are preparing an NAEYC program report as part of NCATE Accreditation.
Presenters will include faculty from successfully recognized programs, program reviewers, and senior NAEYC staff.
Participants will receive:
- A copy of Preparing Early Childhood Teachers: NAEYC Standards for Programs
- Guidance about how to use key assessments, rubrics and student performance data to document alignment with NAEYC standards and support program improvement
- A training packet that includes sample pages from report templates, sample self-study activities to take home, planning tools and other practical resources
- Hands-on practice with accreditation documents and interactive dialogue with colleagues.
- A variety of approaches to gathering, synthesizing and reporting evidence that your program meets accreditation standards.
- An opportunity to meet and talk with accreditation staff and faculty from successfully accredited programs.
- Activities that will help you return to your institution with an action plan, resources, other practical tools and supportive professional relationships.
Please note: This workshop is designed for faculty and administrators in early childhood degree programs with prior knowledge of the basic NCATE process steps and ready for more detail on assessments, standards alignment and report writing.
Registration: $195 for NAEYC members; $275 for non-members. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation: A workshop for associate degree faculty
This full-day workshop is designed for associate degree early childhood faculty who are engaged in the NAEYC Associate Degree Accreditation self-study process.
Presenters will include faculty from successfully accredited programs, program reviewers, and NAEYC staff.
Participants will receive:
- A copy of Preparing Early Childhood Teachers: NAEYC Standards for Programs
- Guidance about how to use key assessments, rubrics and student performance data to document alignment with NAEYC standards and support program improvement
- A training packet that includes sample pages from report templates, sample self-study activities to take home, planning tools and other practical resources
- Hands-on practice with accreditation documents and interactive dialogue with colleagues.
- A variety of approaches to gathering, synthesizing and reporting evidence that your program meets accreditation standards.
- An opportunity to meet and talk with accreditation staff and faculty from successfully accredited programs.
- Activities that will help you return to your institution with an action plan, resources, other practical tools and supportive professional relationships.
Please note: This workshop is designed for faculty and administrators in early childhood degree programs with prior knowledge of the basic NAEYC Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation process steps and ready for more detail on assessments, standards alignment and report writing.
Registration: $195 for NAEYC members; $275 for non-members. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
NAEYC Training-of-Trainers Workshops
NAEYC Training-of-Trainers (TOT) programs are intensive one-day experiences that provide participants with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of adult learning as well as specific content knowledge. At the end of the workshop participants will have the skills, knowledge, and materials to train the staff at their own center or school on the topics presented.
Who should attend a TOT Workshop?
- Directors of center-based child care, Head Start, or part-day programs
- Elementary school principals including those who serve prekindergarten students
- Mentor teachers, coaches, and other staff with training responsibilities in early childhood programs
Preconference Training of Trainers:
- Developmental screening and classroom-based assessment of preschoolers: An introductory training
This full-day session is a Training-of-Trainers (TOT) program for administrators of programs serving preschool (3- to 5-year-old) children—community-based program directors and elementary school principals. Participants in this TOT session will then conduct NAEYC’s new training program on developmental screening and classroom-based assessment for their program’s teaching teams.
Developmental Screening and Classroom-based Assessment of Preschoolers: An Introductory Training Program is a series of workshops designed as basic training for teaching staff in center- and school-based programs for preschool children. NAEYC designed this program to meet several goals:
· Build the capacity of the early childhood education field, consistent with NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standard: Assessment of Child Progress
· Assist early childhood professionals and programs to integrate within their pedagogical practices and curriculum models a better understanding of children’s developmental needs and learning challenges
· Increase teaching staff’s understanding of the various types of child assessment in early childhood education and the purpose and process for each type
· Support teaching staff in their ability to use developmental screening and ongoing classroom-based assessment to inform instruction.
The primary training approach is a workshop format (face-to-face training). The program consists of six modules, augmented by self-study and hands-on experiences with the children in the participants’ groups and their families. Each module can be conducted as a 1½ - 2 hour session or modules can be combined for longer sessions.
Participants in this TOT will receive the NAEYC publication Basics of Assessment and a Trainer’s Manual that includes information for conducting the six sessions—the Timeframe for conducting each session, expected outcomes for participants, materials needed to conduct each session, prior-to-session directions, and trainer’s notes. Training materials also include a DVD with video clips used in several sessions and a CD with PowerPoint slides and PDFs of training “props.” Participants also will receive an Assessment Poster and electronic versions of the teaching staff’s Participant Notebook (handouts and other resources).
Registration - $325 for members, $390 for nonmembers. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
- Communication Skills for Challenging Conversations: A Family-Centered Approach
This full-day session is a Training-of-Trainers (TOT) program for administrators of early childhood programs, education coordinators, and off-site trainers who have experience conducting training for teaching staff and facilitating discussions. Participants in this TOT session will then conduct NAEYC’s new training program on communication skills for challenging conversations for their program’s teaching teams.
Communication skills for challenging conversations is a series of modules designed as basic- to mid-level training for teaching staff in programs for children 0 to 8 years old. NAEYC designed this program to meet several goals:
· Understanding of the concepts that are the foundation or framework for family-centered care, to prepare them for the parent-teacher partnership, and to help them to build these partnerships;
· Increase early childhood professionals
· Create a safe forum for early childhood professionals’ reflection and discussion about parent-teacher partnerships;
· Provide an opportunity for early childhood professionals to witness communication skills in action and to practice newly acquired skills; and
· Build the capacity of the early childhood education field, consistent with the NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standard 7, Families, and that standard’s Accreditation Criteria, such that early childhood practice improves in appropriate and effective ways.
Participants in this TOT will receive:
The Trainer’s Manual with information for conducting the five modules—the trainer’s notes, timeframe for conducting each session, expected outcomes for participants, materials needed to conduct each session, and prior-to-session directions;
A DVD with video clips depicting parents and teachers engaged in challenging conversations;
A CD with PowerPoint slides, the elements of the Participant Notebook (handouts, a journal, and other resources), and additional materials needed to conduct the training; and
A copy of the book From Parents to Partners: Building a Family-Centered Early Childhood Program by Janis Keyser (Redleaf Press, 2006).
Registration - $325 for members, $390 for nonmembers. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
