Early Learning Leadership Network
2024-2025
Information About This Learning Opportunity
- Audience: Preschool Special Education Supervisors, Preschool Directors, Early Childhood Leaders, Elementary Principals
- Dates:
October 10, 2024
December 12, 2024
January 23, 2025
February 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
April 10, 2025
- Time: 9:00-3:00
- Location/Format: In person @ SST6: 1045 Dearbaugh Avenue, Wapakoneta
- Contact Hours: 5 per session
- For questions contact: Christine Schlater cschlater@sst6.org
Amy Recker arecker@sst6.org
Description
Do you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of all of the components leading to high-quality preschool programming? If so, come join the Early Learning Leadership Network which is dedicated to providing peer-to peer regional supports to both general education and special education leaders on a variety of hot topics impacting your local preschool program. This year, our network will focus on the preschool environment grounded in Lisa Murphy's work on play. Ongoing opportunities are embedded throughout to collaborate and learn from colleagues from across the region.
Objectives
- Participants will gain knowledge in developmentally appropriate practices to be able to evaluate the preschool environments in their program.
- Participants will consider how play-based developmentally appropriate practices align to evidence-based literacy instruction and develop look-fors for adult implementation.
- Participants will consider how an MTSS framework can enhance play-based developmentally appropriate practices within the natural environment.
- Participants will consider how play-based developmentally appropriate practices align with evidence-based social-emotional learning and determine next steps within their program.
- Participants will use collaborative problem-solving within the network and their programs to determine one action step based on new learning following each session.
State Support Team