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Recognizing the need for high quality professional development in all scenarios throughout Connecticut, CTAEYC presents professional development opportunities. Each session offers participants an opportunity for in-depth exploration of a subject and for learning through practical opportunities, with a clear link to the Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards, NAEYC standards, and early childhood theories.

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Book Your Program's Professional
Development Session 

Choose from one of the topics below to meet
your program's professional learning needs

  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP)- an Overview

  • What do High Quality Practices look like in Infant and Toddler programs?

  • Meaningful Circle Time, What, Why and How?

  • Considering Challenging Situations to Avoid Challenging Behavior 

  • Reflections on being an ECE Professional and using the NAEYC Code of Ethics

  • Developing Lesson Learning Experience Plans

  • Supporting Children's Resilience; You've Got This

  • Making Documentation Panels to Highlight Children's Learning Through Play

All of the 2 hour sessions utilize adult learning principles. Topics are relevant to ECE teachers
and connect to what teachers do in their day to day work supporting young children and families.
The sessions all utilize CT Early Learning Development Standards, and Documentation
Observation Teaching Systems (DOTS) and NAEYC publications to guide best practice and help
ECE teachers see themselves as professionals. Certificates of attendance provided.
Fee determined per program.

Tailor Your Own!

Are you looking for a specific topic that you do not see listed above?
Please don't hesitate to contact us as we'd be happy to design a
professional learning opportunity to meet your needs.

For more information contact: 

Karen Rainville krainville@ctaeyc.org 
Meg Formica mformica@ctaeyc.org

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