DEC Pre-Conference: Unpacking the K-readiness Toolkit and its solutions

Date:

March 23, 2016

Time:

Training is from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Cost:

No Fee

Details:

The following optional activities are designed to “flip” your professional development experience for this year’s MiDEC conference. Essentially, we’ve created a series of optional activities, which allow you to gain awareness, establish common vocabulary, and begin thinking about questions and ideas you’d like to explore with others during the live conference event. Timelines and time commitments are provided for each of the activities. If you have questions please contact Christy Callahan (Callahan_C@ccresa.org) or Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak (Kristie.B2K@gmail.com).

Click here for more information.

Some things to read

• “Stop Trying to Make Kids Ready for Kindergarten” [YEC pdf] 15 minutes
• “Three Mistakes Made Worldwide in “Getting Children Ready” for School” [YEC pdf] 20 minutes

Some thing to watch

• YouTube video on readiness mistakes and remedies (4:25)

Some things to access and explore

• Download and explore the K-Readiness Toolkit, which includes the following resources:
  • a self-assessment
  • infographic
  • fact sheet
  • audio file
  • reusable PPT slides, and l
  • ink to training video
• Download and explore the Self-Regulation Toolkit, which includes the following resources:
• Download and begin to use this Power Packs™ app designed to intentionally teach self-regulation during play.
  • Can download in iTunes or Google Play.
  • Click here to learn how others are using the app from birth to eight.
  • NOTE: The developmental level of the prompts (i.e., things adults can say, do, and ask) spans typical development from roughly 24 to 60 months.

• Downloadable PPT file with eight slides, which depict the steps for teaching self-regulation skills. The slides can be used and reused for training and other educational purposes.
• Audio file with a recording of the history and research behind our free educational app, Power Packs™ Pre-K Self-Regulation Edition.
• Printable Power Packs™ designed to support intentional teaching of self-regulation skills while reading three children’s books, including “Bad Day Go Away” and “Try, Try Again” by Sarah Canter and “1-2-3 A Calmer Me” by Colleen A. Patterson and Brenda S. Miles.

Some things to join
Please be sure to register for each of these events individually.
Click the Register button below to register for the March 23 event.

• March 23: Unpacking the K-readiness Toolkit and its solutions. Interactive live broadcast via Periscope at 4:00 pm ET.
• April 15: Cyber conversations between ece {r}evolutionaries: Topic is the importance and impact of teaching the “soft skills.” Interactive conversation via Free Conference Call at 1:00 pm ET.
• April 27: The real path to achievement…an exploration of a new infographic on the path to passing the 3^rd grade-reading guarantee by rushing development…and other such nonsensical practices. Interactive live broadcast via Periscope at 4:00 pm ET.

Connection Information

• Click here for a tutorial for joining periscopes.

Webinar Connection:

Once you have registered, the connection information will appear here or you will be emailed a link to the webinar at a later date.

Trainers:

Dr. Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, B2K Solutions