Effective support and training are keys to the successful implementation of any curriculum.
We recognize the importance of providing effective curriculum-implementation training as well as ongoing opportunities for early educators to learn and enhance their professional knowledge, skills, and practices.
Get started with ease.
We offer a variety of instructor-led and online learning opportunities to ensure your team is confident and ready to implement Connect4Learning with fidelity.
Initial Implementation Training (virtual or on-site delivery)
In this instructor-led session, we introduce you to this truly interdisciplinary curriculum created specifically for pre-K by leading early childhood researchers.
Online Implementation Training
Intended for programs that have already completed in-person implementation training and desire a flexible option to get new teachers on the team started with ease, we offer online implementation training.
Follow up with ongoing training.
Explore domain-based topics or take a deeper dive into adaptations. We’ll partner with you to determine the best combination of sessions for your team.
Embracing the Change
In this follow-up to implementation training, we share practical tips for organizing materials and adapting your classroom to the Connect4Learning curriculum with fidelity each day.
Adaptations I: Making Modifications to Meet the Needs of All Learners
In this session, we provide strategies to create a classroom environment that supports the goals children are working toward and systems that support individual needs.
Adaptations II: Meeting the Needs of Individual Children within the Connect4Learning Framework
In this follow-up to the Adaptations I session, we introduce two case studies to use as we practice individualizing instruction for particular children.
Adaptations III: Building Equity and Growing Our Classroom Community
This session provides ideas and recommendations for implementing culturally responsive pedagogy with Connect4Learning.
Adaptations IV: Supporting Multilingual Learners through Connect4Learning
In this session, we discuss how to use the Connect4Learning interdisciplinary curriculum to support preschoolers who are dual-language learners (multilingual learners).
Adaptations V: Connect4Learning in a Multi-Age Classroom Serving 3- to 5-Year-Olds
In this session, participants learn how to implement Connect4Learning in a multi-age classroom with varying ability levels.
Connecting through Engaging Projects
What is a project? Why is project work important in the Connect4Learning day? In this introductory session, we look at the learning theory behind project work for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Making Deeper Connections with Connect4Learning Projects
In this more in-depth exploration of projects in Connect4Learning, we explore the projects in Unit 3: How Structures Are Built, Unit 4: Exploring Museums, Unit 5: Growing Our Garden, and Unit 6: How We’ve Grown.
Scaffolding Success: Social-Emotional Competency in Connect4Learning
This session explores the social and behavioral classroom expectations of Connect4Learning that support children’s emotional development.
Connecting the Triangle: Child, Family, Teachers
In this session, we discuss Connect4Learning school-to-home letters and academically related family activities.
Exploring Language and Literacy with Connect4Learning
In this session, participants deepen their knowledge of teaching the key components of literacy throughout the Connect4Learning lessons.
A Deeper Dive into Literacy with Connect4Learning
In this session, participants delve into teaching literacy with the Connect4Learning curriculum.
Exploring Mathematics with Connect4Learning
Finally! A session for the love of math. In this session, we discuss why is it important to help young children develop greater competence and confidence in mathematics and, yes, even a love of mathematical thinking.
Meaningful Science with Connect4Learning
This session highlights the role of the early childhood educator, who acts as both guide and facilitator in planning, implementing, and assessing science learning.
How Schedules are Built: Constructing the Connect4Learning Day
This session is designed to help teachers, district coaches, and administrators adapt the Connect4Learning daily lessons into their specific schedules in a variety of programs.
Learning Through Play: Centers and Small Groups
This session focuses on why learning centers are a vital part of the Connect4Learning day.
Tracking Growth: Using Summative and Formative Assessment with Connect4Learning
In this session, we explore the variety of summative and formative assessments that early childhood educators can use in authentic contexts throughout the day.
How We’ve Grown: Preparing for the Transition to Kindergarten
In this session, we look at ways to help children prepare for the transition to kindergarten while looking back over the Connect4Learning year.
Authentic Writing
Children who are hesitant to write can be motivated with real-world purposes for writing. In this session participants will explore the developmental stages of drawing and writing.
Universal Design for Learning in Connect4Learning
In this session, we provide strategies to create a classroom environment that supports the goals children are working toward and systems that support individual needs.
Collaborative Coaching in the Connect4Learning Classroom
In this session, district coaches discover how to best support teaching teams in implementing the Connect4Learning curriculum with fidelity.
Learn at your own pace.
Unit 1
Connecting with School and Friends
Unit 2
Our Environment
Unit 3
How Structures Are Built
Unit 4
Exploring Museums
Unit 5
Growing Our Garden
Unit 6
How We’ve Grown
Have more questions about Connect4Learning?
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