2023 SESSION SCHEDULE

cultures and can adopt prevailing biases and prejudices from the adults in their lives. Integrating an anti-bias approach into early childhood curricula is vital to provide a strong foundation for children’s development of positive identities, rewarding relationships, and critical thinking skills. This workshop addresses how an anti-bias approach compliments HighScope’s approach to active learning.

Keeping Recall Time Active and Engaging

HOLLY DELGADO, Program Director, University of Michigan, Health System Children’s Center [Conference Room C]

Recall time is often described by teachers as the “hardest” time of day to keep children engaged. This session will review the basic components of recall time and focus on implementation strategies to keep children actively engaged in the reflection process. Participants will consider the interests of children in their own classrooms and use these ideas to design recall time experiences sure to engage active learners.

Using the Message Board to Support Classroom Problem-Solving

ERICA HILL, Senior Early Childhood Specialist, HighScope [Auditorium 2]

Given the opportunity, preschoolers are capable of engaging in conversations as a group about a problem and brainstorming solutions for resolving the problem. During this session, we will practice strategies for using the message board as a tool to initiate conversations with children about specific classroom problems, gather children’s input regarding the problem and how to solve it, and support children with following through with the solution(s).

Let’s Play, Learn, and Grow Together: Using Group Games to Support Executive Function

KENNETH SHERMAN, Education and Professional Development Director, HighScope [Elizabeth Ann Room]

Executive function skills are crucial building blocks for the early development of both cognitive and social capacities. These cognitive skills lay the foundation for how young children will continue their learning and development in each stage of their life. Simple group games and songs provide a good avenue for developing these skills. In this workshop, we will discuss an overview of the components of executive function, followed by practical classroom activities and strategies that teachers can implement to support the development of executive function in young children.

8:30 am – 11:30 am

Flexible and Responsive Infant-Toddler Group Times With Materials

BETH PIERSON, Field Consultant

[Conference Room G]

In this session, participants will actively engage with the basics of group times with materials for infants and toddlers. Participants will view group times in action and learn how to apply strategies in their own classrooms.

Supporting Children With Different Abilities Through Embedding IEP Goals Into the Daily Routine

SHANNON LOCKHART, Director of EC Development, HighScope

[Conference Room D]

Research has shown that embedding intervention strategies directly within a child’s daily routine increases both the frequency of practice and the achievement of targeted skills. In this session, participants will learn strategies for embedding IEP goals and scaffolding on children’s learning throughout the day while staying true to active learning and developmentally appropriate practices.

Pressing the Curriculum Refresh Button

SHELLEY NEMETH, Field Consultant, HighScope

[Conference Room B]

Have you ever had a time in your teaching career when you thought “I just wish I could press the refresh button.” Sometimes we need a fresh perspective, a new song, or a new way of doing the things that we know are important to give us a refresh on our career. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to press the curriculum refresh button. We will examine how to create opportunities for children to connect and socialize during all components of the daily routine. We will look at a curriculum checklist with fresh eyes to brainstorm how to bring life, joy, and fun into the classroom.

Sharing the Calm: How Responsive Relationships Lead to Stronger Self-Regulation Skills

ASHLEY HOY, Research, HighScope

Co-presenters: Karen Murillo, Patty Bruder

[Conference Room A]

Participants will explore current research on executive function and shift their perspectives about children in support of an enhanced approach to classroom management. As a group, we will discuss strategies to support student emotional, behavioral, and cognitive self-regulation skills in an environment of shared control.

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Self-Care 101

JAMIE SHELL, HighScope Field Consultant, 4C for Children and HighScope

[Conference Room F]

When work, life, and stress becomes too much to handle, it can effect our job performance and our mental health. Burnout is a serious stress response that affects the majority of professionals s in their career. In this session, learn how to identify, recover from, and prevent burnout with self- care.

An Inch Wide and a Mile Deep: Our Journey To Become HighScope Certified

RHONDA MEYERS, CEO, Heartfelt Impressions

Co-presenter: Brittany Kay, Director of Program Quality, Heartfelt Impressions [Seminar 1]

In this workshop, we will discuss the successes and journeys of teachers at all levels who have taken small steps with big gains to become HighScope Certified Teachers. These teachers learned the HighScope Curriculum by breaking it down into bite-size pieces and implementing their knowledge in the classroom. We will reflect together, leaving teachers feeling empowered and inspired.

Do You Feel Like Your Children are Guilty of Resisting a Rest? Strategies to Support Children and Teachers

During Rest Time

EVA MARIE-HATFIELD, HighScope Field Consultant and Director, Gretchen’s House [Conference Room C]

This session will focus on rest time as regular part of the HighScope daily routine which includes the same type of approach that teachers use during the rest of the day. Participants will learn strategies to support individual children as well as explore ideas for discussing rest time routines with parents.

A Literacy Journey From Birth Through Pre-K BESTY SPIKER, Early Childhood Specialist,

Heartfelt Impressions

Co-presenter: Brittany Kay, Director of Program Quality, Heartfelt Impressions

[Conference Room H]

In this workshop, we will discuss building a literacy-rich environment that provides children of all ages with a variety of opportunities. We will discuss the importance of building that foundation so that children naturally seek out language and literacy activities. We will then examine ways to lead

2023 Session Schedule

literacy through the ages by looking at classic books and contemporary titles and discussing strategies for scaffolding to meet all children’s needs.

The Wonderful World of Wordless Books

AMY BURNS, Preschool Instructional Coach, Orange Board of Education, HighScope [Conference Room G]

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to many popular wordless picture books, explore the many literacy benefits to using wordless books, and practice strategies for reading with children.

Setting Limits With Shared Control in the ECE Classroom

KIMBERLY TIEMANN, Director, Gretchen’s House [Conference Room E]

It is shocking, but true: you can set limits in a preschool classroom while sharing control with the children. In this session, you will gain an understanding of the “why” and “how to” of setting limits and sharing control with the children.

Large-Group Time: Going Beyond Singing to Plan With Intention

NORMA OUELLETTE, Director and Field Consultant, CPE Abracadabra HighScope Quebec, Canada [Elizabeth Ann Room]

This workshop discusses the importance of moving to rhythm and beat while reinforcing the development of executive function, specifically through stop/go movements. The workshop will discuss how we can plan with intention using the HighScope key developmental indicators and will end our time together by creating a toolbox full of large-group time ideals.

“Drawing” Children in for Message Board

Time

BRANDY GINGELL, Early Childhood Specialist, Northville Public Schools Early Childhood Program [Auditorium 2]

In this hands-on workshop, participants will “draw” and write messages that are meaningful to children and keep them engaged as they learn early math and literacy skills. Participants will learn that you don’t have to be an artist to create purposeful messages that children can’t wait to read.

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

LUNCH & KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MICHELE BORBA, Ph.D. Educational Psychologist

Best-Selling Author and Today Show Contributor [Roy E. Wilbanks Ballroom]

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

You Did It! Conflict Resolution for Preschoolers

JESSICA LOGAN, Early Childhood Specialist, HighScope [Conference Room C]

This workshop will provide participants with a basic overview of conflict resolution in a preschool classroom. Participants will receive hands-on experience as we delve into the principles on conflict resolution. Through this workshop, educators will gain foundational knowledge and implementation strategies, empowering them to implement effective conflict resolution in their classrooms.

Scaffolding During Small-Group Time

SUE MCDONALD, St. Joseph County ISD

Co-presenter: Kathy Moore [Conference Room E]

In the HighScope Curriculum, scaffolding means both supporting children at their current developmental and ability level AND gently extending their learning as they move to the next level. Giving children the same materials, same instructions, and expecting all the same results at small-group time encourages a sense of defeat. Using the four steps of scaffolding, teachers can create small-group lesson plans that support active learning and set children up for success.

Social Competence in the Preschool Classroom

EVA-MARIE HATFIELD, HighScope Field Consultant and Director, Gretchen’s House [Conference Room F]

Helping or Hurting? An Exploration of Microaggressions and Exclusive vs. Inclusive Language in Professional ECE Settings

CHRISTINE SNYDER, Director, Child and Family Care, University of Michigan

Co-presenter: Holly Delgado

[Terrace Dining Room 3]

It is more important than ever for our early childhood educators to adopt an anti-bias approach to teaching and learning. Microaggressions stemming from implicit bias build on one another, leading to continued marginalization of groups of people. Microagressions have been defined as “a million tiny papercuts.” This session will focus on understanding the potentially damaging impact of small actions and messages and will provide strategies to ensure that the language and actions in your classroom are inclusive rather than exclusive.

THURSDAY,

MAY

Singing, Moving, Games, and More at Large-Group Time

BRANDY GINGELL, Early Childhood Specialist, Northville Public Schools Early Childhood Program [Confernece Room D]

This session invites participants to think about the interests of the children in their classroom and apply those interests when planning large-group-time activities. Participants will apply the five ingredients of active learning and learn about the five different types of large-group-time experiences to use at the beginning, middle, and end of large-group time.

MAGIC is the Next Developmental Stage of Plan-DoReview in the Elementary Program That Supports Children With 21st Century Skills

ANTARINA S.F. AMIR, Founder, HighScope Indonesia

Co-presenters: Ilsa Nurina, Wahyuni Ratna Lingga [Confernece Room H]

Children’s favorite time of the day is Plan-Do-Review, where they can make their plans, carry them out and review them based on their personal interests and choices. We love choices! The question is, how do you teach kids to make GOOD choices that are developmentally appropriate? The answer is MAGIC (Making Good Choices), thus helping them to build the skills they need to be successful in the 21st century. Join us in this session to see how we extend the implementation of PDR in the elementary program to teach kids how to Make Good Choices.

How Do You Continue HighScope When Your HighScope Mentor Passes Away?

SARAH FEWSON, Former HighScope Consultant, Elementary Teacher, Educational Consultant, Fewson Consulting, Inc. [Conference Room B]

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

¿Cómo saber si estamos haciendo bien nuestro trabajo? Conoce cómo el Classroom Coach te puede ayudar a mejorar tu práctica docente a nivel preescolar|

— SESSION IN SPANISH

GRACIELA BORJA, HighScope Preschool Certified Trainer, HighScope Institute Mexico

Co-presenter: Karen Murillo

[Seminar 1]

Durante este taller los participantes lograrán conocer la herramienta Classroom Coach para mejorar su práctica educativa al revisar la herramienta, la lista de verificación de materiales y algunos ítems relevantes. Además se llevarán a cabo prácticas que permitan profundizar en su uso y aclaración de dudas. Tanto la sesión, como los materiales, se presentarán en español.

Supporting Dual Language Learners

HEIDI MCFADDEN, Executive Director, Gretchen’s House

[Conference Room A]

Welcoming and supporting Dual Language Learners is the basis of an inclusive program. This session will help teachers and administrators meet the needs of Dual Language Learners and their families, with an overview of research and practical ideas.

Sensory-Motor Intelligence

MARIE DIANE TROTTIER, HighScope Consultant, HighScope Canada

[Elizabeth Ann Room]

This workshop will support teachers in understanding sensorimotor intelligence for infants and toddlers using Piaget’s research and approach. We will be looking at the first of four steps for 0–2-year-olds and what we should consider in this phase of infant cognitive development. We will plan activities according to the structures of sensorimotor intelligence in an encouraged sensory environment and based on the HighScope infant and toddler key developmental indicators.

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“What??? You Don’t Eat Turkey for Thanksgiving!

Everyone Does!” Recognizing Your Biases and Building More Cultural Competence, Awareness, and Sensitivity

TIFFANY WRIGHT, Field Consultant, Oakland Community Schools

[Auditorium 2]

Are you looking to create a learning environment that respects and honors cultural diversity? ECE professionals have a responsibility to do so. This workshop addresses how educators must be culturally responsive to their children, families, and colleagues. It examines unconscious biases and how they interfere with respectful and responsible behavior. Helpful strategies and resources to create a safe and welcoming environment that respects the unique backgrounds and cultural norms of everyone will be shared.

Research, Evaluation, and Development Poster Session

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

Co-presenter: Fernando Andrade [Conference Room G]

During the research poster session connect with current researchers in the early childhood space, including members of the HighScope Research, Evaluation, and Development (RED) team and student researchers from local colleges and universities. Poster topics include child assessments, family engagement, the HighScope Perry Preschool Study, literacy, self-regulation development, and more!