By Jamie Cowan | Early Childhood Program Director
Write Your Story (WYS - pronounced “wise) provides a unique set of resources and services that boost learning while also increasing an important ingredient in our daily lives - JOY! In addition to directly supporting young children in interactive educational experiences, WYS takes a systemic approach and works to build the capacity and positive mental health of adults who support the development of young children. Sherry* earned enough MSDE clock hours through the WYS program to become a Lead Teacher at the early childhood education center she works at, giving her a well-deserved raise AND boosting her effectiveness in creating an inclusive classroom of engaged students. An arts integrated learning approach supports literacy, numeracy, motor and social emotional skills development for all learners.
Thanks to supporters like you, this spring Story Tapestries is excited to offer a series of three FREE professional development workshops that earn participants Maryland State Department of Education clock hours. One will be available as a webinar, and two will be held in-person in different locations so you can choose that option(s) that work best for you!
The Story’s the Thing: A Multipurpose Tool for Social Emotional Learning, Literacy, and Engagement - taught by Sarah Brady
When: Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 6 PM - 9 PM EDT
Where: Zoom (link sent after registration)
Register here: https://bit.ly/3vTD7qV
For who: Any early childhood educator in Maryland
What: Stories have the ability to provide concurrent opportunities for social-emotional, character, and standards-based learning. But with the full schedule that teachers carry, who has time to find and prepare stories for the classroom? Join us for this professional development session in which we’ll both explore ways to find stories that fit our classrooms, content areas, students, and lives and work through strategies to bring these stories to students in meaningful ways. Together we’ll create personal inventories unique to you and your class needs; brainstorm subjects of interest and their associated genres; and select stories that fit your instructional strategies. We’ll also have fun exploring the characters in the stories you choose and utilizing audience participation strategies that you can bring back to your classroom to plan active engagement lessons.
Goal: When this course is completed, participants will have engaged in a dynamic arts-integration setting focusing on tools and techniques to support the use of storytelling skills in the classroom for both social emotional and content learning, then considered the encounters to make plans for incorporating their expertise in their early childhood learning settings. Also, participants will have engaged in a dynamic arts-integration setting focusing on tools and techniques to support the use of storytelling skills in the classroom for both social emotional and content learning, then considered the encounters to make plans for incorporating their expertise in their early childhood learning settings.
Along with each webinar, participants will receive:
Arts plus SEL = Strong Classroom Management- taught by Arianna Ross
Option 1 -
When: Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 9 AM - 12 PM EDT
Where: 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Register here: https://bit.ly/3U8hpIZ
Option 2 -
When: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 | 6 PM - 9 PM EDT
Where: Frederick Mental Health Association, 226 South Jefferson Street, Frederick MD 21701
Register here: https://bit.ly/3xmVipk
For Who: Any Early Childhood Educator in Maryland
What: Jump-start your creative mind and body. Intentionally use music, theatre, visual art and dance to help guide and manage your energy-filled, creative students. People learn with their ears, bodies, eyes, and through story. This workshop consists of strategies that deliver concepts and skills through the four modalities: Kinesthetic, Auditory, Visual, and Linguistic. The goal is to create an environment from the beginning that develops the child’s ability to have self control and awareness that enables them to learn. Everyone has a different set of techniques designed to increase social emotional development and to create a dynamic classroom environment. Using the arts in your classroom is a valid and reliable set of tools. The arts can both enhance and motivate children’s understanding of themselves, build self-confidence, develop self-respect and create positive group dynamics. It sets the stage by enabling children to grow and learn. Everyone will walk away from this workshop with stories to tell, ideas and techniques to share with fellow teachers and staff.
If you or anyone you know works with young children, please spread the word about these free professional development opportunities!
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