Training for Early Childhood Teachers:  I do lots of training for early childhood teachers.  I’ve been training these folks for over 30 years, so I have over 100 workshops that I can do for area programs.  Below you will find categories of training that I can do.  This list will not list every single training that I can do.  Look at the categories below and see what resonates with you.  Call or e-mail and together we can figure out what would work best for your teachers.

Categories of Training Provided:

Classroom Management Issues 

• How to Change Negative Behavior into Positive Teaching Moments
• Setting Limits Respectfully – Saying ‘No’ and Being Heard
• Problems, Problems Everywhere – Bully Proofing Your EC Environment
• Social-Emotional Intelligence That Leads to Success in School & Life
• Building Positive Relationships &  Supportive Environments to Support Children’s Success
• Positive Guidance as a Teaching Strategy
• Encouragement = Emotionally Intelligent Classrooms
• Choices, Choices:  Building Self Esteem & Will Power
• Teaching Children  to Manage Their Emotions
• Consequences -Working Through the Maze of Behavior Management

Essentials of Curriculum 

• What Makes a Good Curriculum?
• Planning Curriculum That Helps Children Learn
• What About Math?
• Learning to Read & Write
• How to Build a Learning Community
• Helping Children Make Friends
• Helping Children Make Discoveries
• Oops!  That’s Not Right!  Helping Children Learn How to Write
• Academics or Not?
• Developmentally Appropriate Practice:  What Teachers Need to Know
• Teachers as Decision Makers
• Play with Me:  Interactions That Help Children Learn
• Have Fun with Math

Strategies That Help Children Learn

• Cultivating Children’s Thinking
• Conversations That Count
• Focus & Self Control:  Helping Children Develop Skills for Life & Learning
• Parents & Teachers Working Together on School Readiness
• How Young Children Think & Learn
• The Intentional Teacher – How Young Children Learn to Think
• Please Talk to Me:  Bridges for Communicating with Infants & Toddlers
• Making Circle Time Engaging for Children and Teachers

Problems Teachers Face

• Listen to the Children:  Strategies for Dealing with Superhero Play
• What’s Your Next Move:  Solving Ethical Dilemmas  in the Early Childhood Workplace
• Designing Intentional Strategies for Helping Children Deal with Trauma
• Protecting Our Children:  What to Do When We Suspect Child Abuse & Neglect
• Telling the Story: Documenting Children’s Accomplishments
• What to Do About Technology – Finding Strategies That Support Children’s Learning
• Skills for School Success:  Social-Emotional Intelligence That Leads to School Success
• Responding to Families in Culturally Sensitive  Ways

Essential Creativity

• Creative Art:  The Foundation of Learning
• Sensory Exploration
• Using Music to Develop Communities of Learning
• Have Fun Moving with Young Children
• Connecting Children with Nature
• Using Dramatic Play to Teach Cooperation, Negotiation, & Problem Solving