Presented by Dr. Ivan Duran, Superintendent, Highline Public Schools (WA); Dr. Rebekah Kim, Associate Superintendent of Teaching and Learning, Kent School District (WA); Dr. Lisa Williams, Founder/Consultant, EMCS; Melissa Pointer, Director of Social Emotional Learning, Highline Public Schools (WA); and Kimberly Smith, Chief Inclusive Innovation Officer, Digital Promise
This webinar is an introduction to understanding challenging behaviors in the early childhood classroom. Dr. Ginger Welch will address viewing the child in context, the importance of observation, and normative child misbehaviors.
From Chaos to Calm: Help Children Learn How to Self-regulate, Pay Attention and Care for One Another
Dr. Becky Bailey, creator of Conscious Discipline, showed attendees four essential skills every early childhood educator must possess to transform chaos to calm within themselves, within children and within their classroom. Imagine four skills that can help children calm themselves, increase their ability to attend and support the development of empathy.
The number one challenge facing you as a novice teacher is the process of establishing yourself as the “authority figure” in your classroom. Unfortunately, implementing your discipline plan the wrong way actually undermines your authority!