Circles from the Start On-Demand 5 YR License

Five-year, renewable district-wide license for this innovative and comprehensive professional development series designed and delivered by renowned ECE inclusive experts, where each session offers an engaging experience that will leave educators inspired, equipped with valuable resources and key strategies, and ready to support their youngest learners inclusively. View full Table of Contents Here.

• Professional Matrimony: Your Co-Teaching Relationship – Discover the full potential of co-teaching as we empower you and your co-teacher to harness the combined strengths of your co-teaching partnership. This professional relationship will result in improved child engagement, increased academic achievement, and a more fulfilling teaching experience!
• 6 Co-Teaching Models: But Only 3 Great Ones – Gain valuable knowledge about the different co-teaching models, so you can select and implement the three most impactful models in your classroom. This session offers expert guidance, real-life examples, and actionable steps to help you design inclusive and engaging activities that showcase the real power of two! 
• Collaborative Lesson Planning: (At Least) Twice the Creativity This session empowers early educators to embrace an inclusive and collaborative lesson design approach. Complete with lesson-planning templates, examples, and resources, you will learn how to leverage the power of two creative minds to co- design engaging, accessible, and differentiated lessons that spark curiosity and ignite a love for learning in your students.
• Where it Matters: Embedding Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) – This session gives early educators tons of practical strategies and techniques to seamlessly integrate specially designed instruction (SDI) into their everyday teaching practices, ensuring all students receive targeted support and access to grade-level curriculum in inclusive classrooms.
• Smart Support: Utilizing and Supporting Paraprofessionals Effectively – This session provides early educators with the knowledge and tools to effectively leverage the skills and expertise of paraprofessionals, enabling paras to provide targeted support, foster children’s independence, and promote inclusive practices in the classroom.
• Challenging Behavior: It’s Not What It Seems – This session provides early educators with a deeper understanding of the underlying causes and functions of children’s challenging behavior. We help you understand what is happening in the brain, give you strategies for responding to challenging behavior with empathy and compassion, and share ways to empower you to create a safe and nurturing learning environment where children’s underlying needs are addressed. 
• Your (Unusual) Job During Challenging Behavior – This session challenges traditional disciplinary approaches and empowers educators to adopt the more unconventional role of boat captain. We help you understand your new role and give you strategies and steps to get learners “back on board” with a calming presence, compassionate listening, and so much more! You will learn how to effectively support students, bring them into a safe harbor, and prepare them to go back out to sea.
• The Secrets of Excellent Behavioral Support – Enhance your behavioral support skills! Learn effective ways to teach self-regulation techniques while challenging the traditional methods of behavior charts, clips, and planned ignoring. Gain valuable insights into fostering intrinsic motivation and empowering children to develop their self-regulation skills for long-term behavior change.
• Measuring What Counts: Meaningful and Playful Assessment – Delve into authentic assessment and its relevance in early childhood education, discovering what it truly entails and what sets it apart from conventional approaches. This session provides valuable tips for many steps in the assessment process, empowering early educators to effectively measure and document children's learning experiences. 
• Three Short-Videos:

Resonant Relationships This short training video dives into the active ingredient in all inclusive classrooms: relationships! Learn the significance of strong connections between teachers and learners and explore strategies and techniques for nurturing positive teacher-learner relationships that contribute to an inclusive and supportive environment.

The Zig Zag Process This short training video explores the Zig Zag Process and how it can be applied to provide effective support to any learners when they struggle with anything. Gain practical strategies for identifying student needs, developing individualized supports, and fostering  a supportive and inclusive learning environment.

A Fresh Look at Learning Centers This short training video explores a framework designed to enhance learner well-being and optimal learning. Learn the 7 key elements of the Healthy Mind Platter and how they contribute to a healthy brain. Gain practical strategies to apply the principles of the Healthy Mind Platter in early childhood settings, to foster an inclusive environment where all learners can thrive.

Here’s What Your Early Educators Get:

• 12 videos co-taught by Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak and Dr. Julie Causton
• Videos include closed captioning that total over 11 hours of transformative and evidence-based PD
• Each video comes with Key PPTs and downloadable handouts
• The engaging and practical PD also includes many hours of additional expert videos and podcasts, and links to curated websites with additional training materials

Here’s What You and Other District Leaders Get:

• Effective inclusion-related, early childhood-based PD for the rest of this year, PD for on-boarding of new staff, and PD for taking all current staff to the next level in their practice
• Unlimited lifetime access to the PD (investment is a one time process)
• Built in accountability through embedded application and reflection segments
• Learning reflection and application guides to support adult learners to make choices in their learning and to increase accountability
• A facilitator’s guide with many fun (and effective) options for how to roll out Circles From the Start
• Suggestions for incorporating Circles From the Start during a variety of PD situations from staff meetings to PLCs
• Emails from us with check-ins, new ideas, troubleshooting, success stories to learn from others, and ideas to maintain momentum
• Customized district content hub that is password protected
• Certificate of completion for each staff member

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