The following Pre-Institute Workshops and 5th Annual State Professional Development Leadership Team Work Day are offered on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at The Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Click on the Pre-Institute Workshop Title for more details.
Pre-registration is required before May 8, 2011 or until workshop reaches registration capacity, whichever comes first. There will be No On-Site Registration for these workshops.
Workshops on NAEYC Accreditation Systems
NAEYC Training-of-Trainers Workshops
NAEYC Training-of-Trainers workshops are intensive one-day experiences that provide participants with the opportunity to deepen their understanding of adult learning as well as specific content knowledge. The workshops are designed for program administrators—providing these early childhood professionals with the skills, knowledge, and materials to provide collaborative, theory-to-practice professional development to their staff. Materials for these workshops are valued at more than $150!
Promoting Social and Emotional Competence in Preschool Environments: Training of Trainers—through NAEYC’s partnership with the Center on Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning and the TA Center on Social Emotional Intervention
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
This workshop is designed for early childhood faculty who are engaged in NAEYC Accreditation or Recognition. It assumes some familiarity with the Professional Preparation Standards and will be most helpful for those who are compiling reports, meeting annual reporting requirements, or responding to conditions.
Participants will:
• Receive a copy of program self-study support materials.
• Discuss ways to use key student assessments, rubrics, and student performance data to improve programs.
• Practice designing assessments that align with the NAEYC standards, see what an effective rubric looks like, and discover how to present persuasive data.
• Engage in hands-on practice with accreditation documents and interactive dialogue with colleagues.
• Meet and talk with accreditation senior staff and faculty from successfully accredited programs.
• Return to their institution with an action plan, resources, other practical tools, and supportive professional relationships
Registration Fees: $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for non-members. Includes all workshop materials, breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
This new full day workshop is designed for accreditation facilitation project (AFP)staff, consultants, coaches and program mentors interested in supporting programs that are pursuing and maintaining NAEYC accreditation. Focusing on NAEYC Accreditation as the gold standard for best practices for early education programs, attendees will learn successful strategies and methods of intervention to guide a program's quality improvement. Using NAEYC’s recent publication, Best Practices of Accreditation Facilitation Projects, this session will examine the key factors of successful outreach for building program quality in communities, including the guiding principles and the core elements of an AFP. Developing program quality improvement plans, collaborative team building and using the resources provided by NAEYC when working with programs on-site will be the main components of the day. A copy of the publication will be provided to workshop participants.
Presenters: Alison Pepper and Kimberly McClennahan Means
Alison PepperAlison Pepper is Senior Director, Accreditation Program Support, at NAEYC. Alison is the co-author of NAEYC’s publication Best Practices of Accreditation Facilitation Projects (2010). Prior to her position at NAEYC, she served as the Accreditation Facilitation Project director for Quality New York and also was a master early childhood program administrator for over 30 years.
Kimberly McClennahan Means
Kim McClennahan Means is the co-author of NAEYC’s publication Best Practices of Accreditation Facilitation Projects (2010)and is currently a Head Start Fellow. Previously, she served as Associate Executive Director at NAEYC responsible for the Academy during the transition and implementation of the current accreditation system.
Registration Fees: $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for non-members. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
This workshop is for program individuals who have some understanding of NAEYC’s accreditation standards, criteria and process, but want more in-depth knowledge of how to prepare for the assessment of their groups through classroom observations and classroom portfolios. The focus will be on understanding in detail how group-specific evidence is evaluated by assessors during the site visit assessment, so teaching staff know how best to prepare themselves, their classroom environment, and their classroom portfolios. NAEYC Staff Assessors will share tips about common pitfalls, most challenging criteria, and must-see practices among the quality standards directly assessed in classrooms.
Registration Fees: $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for non-members. Includes continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
Presenters: Susan Hedges and Katherine Stenner
Susan Hedges, Ph. D. is NAEYC's Senior Research Associate, System Metrics. She is responsible for developing, scoring, and analyzing the measurement tools used on accreditation site visits, and for ensuring that NAEYC Assessorts are reliable and accurate.
Katherine Stenner, MA, joined NAEYC's Academy in 2007. Her job responsibilities include revieweing candidacy, maintaining the reliability of Assessors, developing site visit tools and protocols, conducting site visits, and making presentations at state and national conferences.
This workshop prepares program administrators to conduct a 5-session training program on the 2009 revision of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP). The training program includes information and activities to enhance staff’s understanding of the DAP core considerations, principles and guidelines; effective teaching practices; child assessment; relationships with families; and teaching strategies.
Participants in this TPA will receive:
- The Trainer’s Manual with information for conducting workshops based on 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 DAP in action, PowerPoint slides, the elements of the Participant Notebook (handouts and other resources), and additional materials needed to conduct the training; and copies of the books: edited by Carol Copple & Sue Bredekamp, and The Intentional Teacher: Choosing the Best Strategies for Young Children’s Learning, by Ann S. Epstein
For more information, visit the Training Section of our Website.
Presenters: Luis Hernandez, Peter Pizzolongo, and Madhavi Parikh
Luis HernandezLuis brings solid expertise to the NAEYC training program, based on his work with Head Start, child care, and Pre K programs, colleges and universities, and child care resource and referral agencies. Currently, Luis serves as a Training and Technical Assistance Specialist at Western Kentucky University, where his work focuses on a wide range of early childhood education and professional development topics.
Peter PizzolongoPeter Pizzolongo is Senior Director, Professional Development, at NAEYC. In this position, Mr. Pizzolongo works with Professional Development Division colleagues to ensure that this nation’s programs for young children, as well as teacher preparation and ongoing education programs, are high quality. He has over 30 years of experience as an author, training and technical assistance provider, researcher, program evaluator, Head Start and childcare agency administrator, child care resource and referral agency director, and teacher of toddlers and preschoolers. Mr. Pizzolongo has co-authored numerous publications, including Caring for Preschool Children.
Madhavi Parikh
Madhavi Parikh is Director, e-Learning Initiatives, at NAEYC. In this position Dr. Parikh works with projects that involve the development of resources for professional development using distance education technologies and blended, asynchronous, and synchronous learning events. She has served as the Project Director for the Head Start training & technical assistance center for Region III (serving DC, MD, VA, WV, PA, & DE), and has extensive work experience with Head Start as a trainer, director, education manager, and a teacher. She has been the co-developer of NAEYC’s multi-media resources on the developmentally appropriate practice; the computer-based training series, HRM Journal: Human Resources Management in Early Childhood Programs; and other blended learning products.
Registration Fees: $299 for members, $375 for nonmembers. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
This workshop prepares program administrators to conduct a 5-session training program on communication skills for challenging conversations with families. The goal of the training program is to increase staff’s understanding of the concepts that are the foundation for family-centered care; to prepare them for the parent-teacher partnership; and to help them to build these partnerships.
Participants in this TPA will receive:
- The Trainer’s Manual with information for conducting workshops based on 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.
For more information, visit the Training Section of our Website.
Presenter: Judy Jablon
Judy Jablon Judy Jablon brings 30 years’ experience in education to her work as consultant, facilitator, and author. Originally a teacher, Judy is grounded in theory and practice that emphasize child development, observation, critical thinking, and experiential learning. She has worked extensively with a variety of educational institutions and agencies, and has co-authored numerous publications, notably Observation: The Key to Responsive Teaching, and The Power of Observation.
Registration Fees: $299 for members, $375 for nonmembers. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
Through NAEYC’s partnership with the Center on Social Emotional Foundations in Early Learning and the TA Center on Social Emotional Intervention
8:30 am to 5:00 pm
This full-day session is a TOT program for administrators and others with training responsibilities in early childhood programs. Participants in this TOT session will be prepared to conduct the Promoting Social and Emotional Competence: Preschool Training Modules for preschool teachers. Developed by the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), these evidence-based, user-friendly training modules help early childhood educators promote children’s social emotional development and meet the needs of the growing number of children in preschool settings with challenging behavior and mental health challenges. The modules have been used by hundreds of trainers in a variety of settings. Participants in this TOT will receive the full Training Manual—with Facilitator’s Guide, trainer notes and scripts, activities, and participant handouts—and a DVD of the PowerPoint slides with embedded video clips as well as all of the print materials in PDF format.
Participants in this TOT session will receive:
- The Training Manual—with a Facilitator’s Guide, trainer notes and scripts, activities, and participant handouts for the three modules
- DVD of the PowerPoint slides with embedded video clips as well as all of the print materials in PDF format.
Registration Fees: $199 for NAEYC members; $249 for nonmembers. Includes materials, continental breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments.
The annual National Summit of States is an intensive work day designed for state leaders working to build and enhance policies for early childhood professional development and career systems. States are required to submit an application identifying a cross-sector leadership team to attend this policy-focused summit. Additional information, including a link to the online application, is available at http://www.naeyc.org/policy/ecwsi#summit.
The 2011 Summit is made possible by the generous support of the Birth to Five Policy Alliance and the McCormick Foundation.
