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NAEYC National Conference: Beyond the Easel

Lisa Kuh and Sara Bloomberg will give a workshop called Beyond the Easel: Supporting Artistic Expression, Independence, and Creativity at NAEYC Nashville, TN on November 18, 2023. Moving from teacher directed craft projects to process centered artistic expression...

The Paradigm Project and The Orchard

Lisa joins leaders of Jewish preschools across the country for two learning opportunities. She will co-facilitate 5 sessions of Rhythms of the Jewish year with a focus on Following Children’s Interests through Big Idea explorations to bring deeper meaning to the focus...

Making the Grade podcast

Making the Grade podcast

Listen to Lisa discuss teacher training, Montessori Modeling, and the classroom Community on the Making the Grade podcast. 

Lesley University Early Childhood Innovations

Lesley University Early Childhood Innovations

Iris and Lisa will be presenting with Victor L. Bradley, Jr. at the virtual Lesley University Early Childhood Innovations Series: Be a Change Maker. Please join us for " a discussion about how to bring social justice into our educational settings: "Lesley University...

We Stand Behind Developmentally Appropriate Practices

We Stand Behind Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Dear CCA Community, We are writing to address the recent forced resignation of Alabama Education Secretary Barbara Cooper over the use of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) book. We are...

In Bloom in Boston

Iris will be giving a keynote presentation titled "Community Transformed: Bringing Our School Outside" at the Antioch University New England In Bloom conference on May 6, 2023. She will also be hosting a workshop on Using Explicit Presentations to Support Children in...

Complementary Curriculum Workshop March 18, 2023

Join us in person for "Complementary Curriculum: The Power of Intention" Workshop in Belmont, MA with Lisa Kuh and Iris Chin Ponte Complementary Curriculum invites all children to learn. We address multiple approaches: Montessori, Reggio Emilia, play-based emergent...

NAEYC Annual Conference 2022

NAEYC Annual Conference 2022

Iris presented at the Annual NAEYC conference in Washington DC on Friday, November 18th. Her talk was titled, “Leading with an Equity Lens: Lessons from Multiple Pandemics of COVID-19, Racial Justice, and Climate Change.” Iris also had an opportunity to present to the...

Moss Street Children’s Center

Lisa spent two days with the folks at the Moss Street Children's Center on the beautiful University of Oregon campus. Teachers made changes to their classrooms and practices in real time in a consult that included classroom observations and a day of workshops. They...

NAEYC

NAEYC- November 16-19 in DC