The EDCO Collaborative invites you to participate in:
Developing Math and Science Skills for
Young Children:
Common Core Standards in Early Childhood Classrooms
April 25 and May 2, 9, & 16, 2013
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4:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Heath School, Brookline
The Common Core State Standards have implications for practice at the early childhood level. There are also new K-12 science education standards under development at the national level (the Next Generation Science Standards, NGSS) and in Massachusetts. This course is designed to introduce these standards to Kindergarten and pre-school teachers and to model ways to integrate these standards with teaching practices in early childhood education. Teachers will be engaged in active learning experiences around science and math phenomena and in discussions about the implications of these and the Common Core Literacy standards for preschool curriculum and teaching. The course will meet in four sessions, two will focus on
science and two will focus on mathematics. Literacy strands will be interwoven throughout.
Presented by:
Joan Martin, Math Coach, Newton Public Schools
Vicki Milstein, Principal, Early Education Program, Brookline Public Schools
Min-Jen Taylor, Preschool Specialist, Early Education Program, Brookline Public Schools
Jeff Winokur, Wheelock College and EDC
Martha Winokur, Literacy Consultant
Audience: Early Childhood Teachers and Administrators
Registration: Please contact EDCO by sending an email to [ mailto:[email protected] ][email protected].
Fee: Registration fee of $25 - the tuition is supported with grant funds from the Greater Boston Readiness Center.
Credit: Participants may choose to register for one graduate credit through Framingham State University at no additional cost (Tuition will be funded by the grant from the Greater Boston Readiness Center). CEUs are also available at no additional cost.
Register by: April 12, 2013. Registrations received after the deadline will be accepted if space is still available.
Questions? Please call the EDCO Seefurth Center at (781) 259-3445.
For a complete program listing, please visit www.edcollab.org
About Greater Boston Readiness Center
The Greater Boston Readiness Center (GBRC) is one of six regional, multipurpose, and collaborative centers that are focused primarily on improving the quality of teaching both across the education continuum and across Massachusetts.
Leveraging the collective expertise of higher education institutions, education collaboratives, early education, school districts, families, business and industry to support the highest quality teaching and learning at all levels is the mission of the GBRC.
Greater Boston Readiness Center
Kevin Thurston
Executive Director
Greater Boston Readiness Center
Barbara Jacobs
Associate Director