This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is an Early Childhood educator in a public school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Early Childhood educators to share concerns about practices, develop ideas, and have opportunities to learn together. We’ll be gathering in our virtual meetings as partners and will be in communication throughout.
This PLC is participant-driven and topics are going to be decided by the group with facilitation by Emily Koester. Our conversations may address:
- Identifying and Exploring challenges faced within integrated Early Childhood classrooms
- Discussing concerns we all share, and conferring together about potential strategies
- Exploring resources that can address the needs of students of the global majority and other marginalized communities
- Collaborating with other educators
We’ll be meeting for 8 sessions, online, once a month between September 2024 and May 2025. If you attend all 8 sessions and participate actively, you can receive 15 PDPs in content, so please come prepared to share (confidentially of course) any current situations and concerns you have, as well as your expertise.
The sessions will follow a structure to support our work which will look like:
- Welcome and review of agenda
- Conversations about our shared practice
- Protocol to help focus the conversation
- Closing and gratitude
Please note: If you would like PDPs, you will need to choose the $100 registration option. This fee covers the cost of administering PDPs. While participants can join at any time, PDPs are only provided to those who attend 8 sessions.