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Curriculum Conference

Keynote Speaker

Brian Mowry, Ph.D.

Join Dr. Brian Mowry as he presents strategies to help young children foster positive identities as problem-solvers and develop prerequisite knowledge and skills for mathematical reasoning. Investigations and activities in preschool that incorporate counting, classification, patterning and spatial temporal reasoning lay the foundation children need to be successful formal mathematics, which includes geometry, algebra, measurement, and data analysis. Dr. Mowry will share resources and suggestions for incorporating children’s literature and play to enhance centers and small and whole group math instruction.

Creative Curriculum


Inspiring Interactions: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Interest Areas (6-hour session)

Are you interested in maximizing positive child outcomes by offering Choice Time? Are you curious about how you can intentionally address the Objectives for Development and Learning within interest areas? If so, Inspiring Interactions: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Interest Areas, is for you!

During this 6-hour advanced session for users of The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, participants will discover techniques for facilitating important content learning, including literacy and mathematics learning, in interest areas. Participants will be introduced to a collection of helpful teaching strategies that nurture creativity, encourage problem-solving, and engage children in critical thinking. Through discussions and activities, teachers will examine their role in supporting, and extending, high quality play experiences during Choice Time. Additionally, teachers will practice aligning Objectives for Development and Learning, along with associated support strategies, to child-led play scenarios. Participants will leave the session equipped with the tools and skills needed to make Choice Time one of the most important and impactful times of the instructional day.

Audience
PreK Educators

  • Inspiring Interactions: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Interest Areas (6-hour session)
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    8:00 am to 4:00 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Responsive planning with the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos (6-hour session)

Responsive planning is an essential component of The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos. Equipped with an understanding of a child’s knowledge, skills, and abilities, caregivers can plan appropriate routines and engaging experiences that help children flourish. During this 1-day session for teachers and caregivers, participants will discover the power of responsive planning and explore strategies for incorporating responsive caregiving and teaching into everyday classroom practice. Participants will discuss the importance of family partnerships and learn how gather information from families that can inform responsive teaching practices. To strengthen the planning process, participants will examine how high-quality documentation can enhance responsive planning and promote young children’s growth and development. Finally, teachers and caregivers will practice using The Creative Curriculum® for Infants, Toddlers & Twos planning forms, and users of The Creative Curriculum® Cloud will practice creating individual and group plans within the Teach area.t

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators

  • Responsive planning with the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers & Twos (6-hour session)
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    8:00 am – 4:00 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Supporting Children with Disabilities with The Creative Curriculum for Preschool

During this important 1-day session, participants will learn how to facilitate inclusive high-quality instructional opportunities and engage in individualized teacher-child interactions. Grounded by the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), participants will identify multiple ways children can acquire and demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities. Participants will identify a variety of forms of instruction, learning, and assessment and identify ways that allow all children to communicate what they know and can do.

Audience
PreK Educators

  • Supporting Children with Disabilities with The Creative Curriculum for Preschool
  • Date & Time
    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
    8:30 am to 3:30 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Frog Street Press


Implementation Training for Frog Street Curriculum

Get the right start with this interactive, hands-on implementation course that will ensure your comprehensive Frog Street Curriculum is being used with fidelity. We will review the components to gain an understanding of how they are used for instructional purposes. Daily, intentional lesson sequences for social-emotional development using Conscious Discipline® strategies will be modeled. Teachers will review content area skills integrated into daily lessons representing all domains (Social Emotional, Cognitive, Language and Physical). Application of learning will be approached through group activities to model key lessons

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators, PreK Educators

  • Frog Street Infant Implementation
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    8:00 am to 12:15 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002
  • Frog Street Toddler Implementation
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    8:00 am to 12:15 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002
  • Frog Street Implementation for PreK
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    8:00 am to 12:15 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Developmentally appropriate practices require that teachers make daily, intentional decisions based on their knowledge of each child’s level of development, taking into consideration the child’s leaning style as well as cultural and social differences. This course will help teachers learn how to maintain a classroom environment that helps to promote the cognitive, physical, emotional and social needs of children.

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators, PreK Educators

  • Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Infants
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002
  • Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Toddlers
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Developing Language and Communication Skills for Infants and Toddlers

Infants and toddlers need many opportunities to hear and be exposed to language. Teachers need to talk to them about what is happening, and they need a language-rich environment in order to understand what is taking place. This training will help teachers understand the importance of early language skills for infants and toddlers.

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators

  • Developing Language and Communication Skills for Infants and Toddlers
  • Date & Time
    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
    8:30 am to 11:30 am
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Literacy / Numeracy Connection

This course will focus on the connection between early literacy and numeracy skills and review strategies to create a rich environment to help develop these in tandem. This connection is critical in terms of early school success and is a necessary building block in other content areas

Audience
PreK Educators

  • Literacy / Numeracy Connection – Frog Street
  • Date & Time
    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
    8:30 am to 11:30 am
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Making Center Time Intentional

Center time is a significant part of an early education day. However, many educators are uncertain about how to make this an effective, purposeful practice time. This session will give educators the tools, strategies, and examples to make the most of center time. Participants will learn about the best methods of designing centers for optimal impact. This course features activities that help children solidify previously taught concepts by providing intentional practice.

Audience
PreK

  • Making Center Time Intentional
  • Date & Time
    Tuesday, May 9, 2023
    1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Classroom Strategies to Optimize Learning

This course will provide systems and strategies to effectively manage classrooms in order to optimize student learning in a joyful learning environment. Classroom management systems will help student learning and behavior, sustaining an orderly environment, enhancing academic skills, and furthering social and emotional development. Effective teaching and curriculum implementation cannot take place in a poorly managed classroom. Because this is a big concern for teachers, this training will provide resources and tools to help implement strategies to provide this critical ingredient for optimal learning.

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators, PreK Educators

  • Classroom Strategies to Optimize Learning
  • Date & Time
    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
    12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002

Differentiated Instruction – Special Needs Adaptations

It is important to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of all children. Just like typically developing peers, children with special needs have strengths and areas for growth. Other children may exhibit challenges in learning and/or behavior; however, they may have not been identified as having special needs. Regardless of the circumstances that children may face, all children can learn and be invited to participate in everyday routines and activities. Frog Street curriculum includes Special Needs adaptations within lessons at point-of-use. Research confirms that children with special needs learn best in natural environments with typically developing peers, especially in the area of social development. Participants will be guided in lesson adaptations for children with special needs, dual language, or younger children. Classroom strategies will be modeled and applied to help teachers meet children’s individual needs. Program components and resources will be investigated for suggested use in the classroom.

Audience
Infant Educators, Toddler Educators, PreK Educators

  • Differentiated Instructions – Special Needs Adaptations
  • Date & Time
    Wednesday, May 10, 2023
    12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
    New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
    3838 North Causeway Boulevard
    Metairie 70002