2023 SESSION SCHEDULE

What a HighScope Elementary Classroom Looks Like! Come and Share!

MARGARIDA RODRIGUES, Director, HighScope Portugal Institute

Co-presenter: Silveria Rodrigues

[Conference Room B]

HighScope’s excellent preschool results and the consistency of its approach feed our hope that a HighScope elementary approach attains similar visibility! HighScope trainers around the world have implemented HighScope in elementary classrooms with an approach based on research from HighScope. I will introduce fundamental elements of active learning, ways to implement HighScope in elementary classrooms, and the need for this approach with current digital and educational challenges. We will explore and celebrate HighScope Elementary around the world.

Beyond the Book: Getting the Most Out of Your Read-Aloud

CYNTHIA PITTS, Early Childhood Specialist

Co-presenter: Pamela Spencer

[Terrace Dining Room 1]

In this session, participants will explore HighScope’s Let’s Read It Again! read-aloud kit. We will examine the key literacy components and focus points and design activities that extend children’s learning beyond the book.

Classroom Coach: Improving Preschool Classroom Quality

JILL CLAXTON, Director of Evaluation, HighScope

Co-presenter: Beth Hardin

[Conference Room D]

HighScope believes that improvement of classroom quality happens with appropriate information, guidance, and support. Quality occurs over time with collaboration and practice. HighScope developed a tool that considers what matters most for young children’s growth and development, regardless of the curriculum implemented. Classroom Coach data supports teachers and their team in striving for best practices and quality education to benefit children and families. This session will include the members of the research foundation supporting the tool and a review of the three sections and available reports.

Assessment Scoring Clinics: How to Maintain Interrater Reliability

JEFF BEAL, Executive Director of Research, Evaluation, and Development, HighScope

Co-presenters: Beth Scholz, Anthony Nielsen

[Conference Room G]

Participants will learn about interrater reliability and its importance to providing valid and fair interpretations of assessment results. They will also learn about interrater reliability drift and ways to minimize drift, including conducting scoring clinics. Scoring clinics provide assessors with opportunities to score items, compare and discuss scores, and come to a consensus around disparate scores. Scoring clinics are the best defense against interrater reliability drift and should become a regular practice among assessors.

Active Learning Makes Your Job Easier

KARALYN HUEY, HighScope [Elizabeth Ann Room]

Teaching young children can be challenging! Join us for a session on Active Participatory Learning - the key to a successful and enjoyable classroom experience. Say goodbye to exhaustion and hello to engagement as we explore the five essential ingredients of this approach. We’ll discuss how to empower your children to take charge of their own learning, leaving you with more time to focus on what you do bestteaching! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to transform your classroom experience and make your job easier.

Fortaleciendo el período de trabajo – estrategias para dar apoyo y extender las ideas de los niños (Making the Most Out of Work Time — Strategies to Support and Extend Children’s Learning) — SESSION IN SPANISH

KAREN MURILLO, Early Childhood Specialist, HighScope [Auditorium 2]

En esta sesión en español, los participantes obtendrán estrategias de apoyo para enriquecer y dar apoyo a los niños y niñas durante el período de trabajo en los escenarios de preescolar y kínder.

In this session, participants will learn strategies to support and nurture preschool and kindergarten children during work time.

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm