Supporting Playful Learning at School and at Home

When teachers and families develop positive reciprocal relationships they together set the stage for children’s optimal learning and development. Often times teachers ask, “How can I explain developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) and the value of playful learning to families?”In this edWebinar, using the principles of family-centered care, Susan Friedman and Kara Myers, both from NAEYC, share some key guiding principles for engaging diverse families in and out of the classroom. They discuss ideas and resources teachers can use as they share information with families about what DAP means and the value of playful learning. Susan and Karaalso review highlights from Teaching Young Children’s popular Message in a Backpack feature focusing on family conferences, math and other topics teachers can share with families for at home learning.
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Challenging Behaviors of Students with Autism: Proactive Skills and Reactive Strategies

Edweb

If you are an early childhood educator (or an educator of students with minimal behaviors), you have a unique opportunity to proactively teach your students skills associated with each of the four functions of behavior that may preempt and prevent challenging behaviors. However, for those who work with students who exhibit challenging behaviors, once you hypothesize the function(s) that is maintaining the behavior (through a Functional Behavior Assessment), you can proactively and reactively implement interventions to help decrease the behavior. Examples of these interventions include: functional communication training, differential reinforcement, token economies, coping strategies, and more. It is important to collect data before and after each intervention to determine if it’s effective.
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Leadership Focus: Leading a Program Where Positive Outcomes Become Infinitely More Likely

In this hour-long webinar for school leaders, we will discuss ways to engage and empower teachers at all levels of experience, so that the three R’s—resilient, reliable, and remarkable—become staples of your leadership style and for your program as a whole.
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Developing Cognitively Independent Readers and Thinkers in Grades 3–6

How can we set up our students for success in the upper-elementary grades? To thrive amid the increased academic and assessment-related demands in grades 3–6, students must develop as cognitively independent learners. But what does this mean in practice, and how do we get there? In this webinar, we explore these questions through a literacy lens with a panel of experienced upper-elementary educators.
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Preparing for Ofsted – is your curriculum ready?

Education Technology

In this live discussion, our expert panel outlined how school leaders, and curriculum or subject leaders from Primary and Secondary schools and MATs can be Ofsted-ready at their institutions.
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