Professional Learning Opportunities

Tuning In to Build Language in Powerful Interactions® | November 2, 2026

Children learn language from sustained back-and-forth interactions with responsive adults. In this webinar we will think together about how the three steps of a Powerful Interaction create an optimal context for extending children’s language learning in ways that meet the language skills and interaction patterns of diverse learners. For CLASSers, we will utilize each of the CLASS Language Modeling indicators!

Identifying a process and resources for selecting evidence-based tiered supports | November 3, 2026

MTSS touches nearly every part of the learning environment, from curriculum and instruction, to assessment, professional learning, special education, student related services, multilingual learners, family partnership, and more. Whether you're new to MTSS or refining an existing framework, this professional learning opportunity shows how the moving pieces of resources and evidenced based tiered supports connect into one coherent system that supports students and educators.

Starting the Day in Play and Dialogue : the Playlogue for MLs and Dual Identified Children November 4, 2026

What if the beginning of the day became an intentional opportunity for play, conversation, language development, and observation? In this session, participants will explore the Playlogue—a 30–45-minute daily block designed to bring play, language, and literacy together in meaningful and purposeful ways.



Participants will learn how to design Playlogue experiences that invite children to communicate, collaborate, and explore while creating opportunities to support individualized language and learning goals. We will also examine how educators and related service providers can use children's authentic play and interactions as a window into their strengths, interests, language development, and learning.

Improving Paraprofessional and Teacher Collaboration for Better Student Outcomes

November 9, 2026

Many educational decisions are made based on the trust built between professional partnerships families and educational professionals. Early childhood students are best supported when strong collaborative relationships exist before there are challenges. This session will assist family members and early childhood professionals in learning how to create trusting professional partnerships so that students and families have successful school experiences.

Objectives:

• Deepen our understanding of the central role, rights, and responsibilities of families within family-professional partnerships.
• Learn the primary tenants of strong family-school partnerships.
• Gain strategies for improving communication between families and professionals to improve family-to-professional partnerships.

Nourishing Inner Peace. Mindfulness, Self-Care, and the ECE Educator | November 12, 2026

This session explores mindfulness practices that help reduce stress, enhance well-being, and focus the mind. After a brief introductory overview, we'll engage in interactive breath work, guided meditations, and gentle movement exercises. You'll gain first-hand experience of the benefits of mindfulness, and leave equipped to integrate a sense of spaciousness into what poet Mary Oliver called "your one precious life."

Everyone Loves a Story! Effective Strategies for Engaging and Powerful Read-Alouds

November 16, 2026

We know that reading books with children builds literacy skills and makes lifelong readers. How can we help children be interested in and get the most out of story time? In this session we will explore how we can make complex story books understandable, enjoyable, and powerful for literacy learning. We will use “repeated interactive read-aloud” strategies so participants will gain a better understanding of the reading approaches behind Creative Curriculum and other widely used curricula. Resources for further study will be included. This session utilizes Tier 1 and 2 evidence-based instructional strategies for the Components of Comprehension, Oracy and Vocabulary.

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