Tools and Templates

Benefits of Play Handout Example

Helpful Tips for Presenting

Icebreakers handout

Learning Objectives Levels and Blooms Verbs

Materials Checklist

Professional Development Guide for Early Learning Professionals

Professional Development Guide for Child & Youth Development Professionals

Professional Development Scoring Instrument (Rubric)

Training Design Template

Training Template Example: Code of Ethics

Training Template Example: Chld Development

Training Template Example: Play's the Thing

Training Template Example: Roots of Behavior

Training Template Example: Value of Play

 

Links to Resources

DEL Resources

Core Competencies Documents
http://www.del.wa.gov/partnerships/development/core.aspx

 

Core Competencies for Early Care and Education Professionals
http://www.del.wa.gov/publications/partnerships/docs/CoreCompetencies.pdf

 

Core Competencies for Child and Youth Development Professionals
http://www.schoolsoutwashington.org/documents/CoreComptenciesSchool_FINAL.pdf

 

Trainer Approval Process
http://www.del.wa.gov/requirements/professional/approval.aspx

 

Early Learning Guidelines
http://www.del.wa.gov/development/guidelines/Default.aspx

 

Career Lattice
http://www.del.wa.gov/requirements/professional/lattice.aspx

 

Organizational Websites

Center for Cultural and Linguistic Democracy
http://www.culturaldemocracy.org

 

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
http://www.clasp.org

 

Harvard Family Research Project
http://www.hfrp.org/

 

Multicultural Pavilion
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

 

National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC
http://www.naeyc.org/

 

Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment
http:// www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

 

National Black Child Development Institute
http://nbcdi.org/

 

REACH Center
http://www.reachctr.org/

 

Rethinking Schools
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml

 

Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/

 

Adult Learning Resources

Teachers of Diverse Learners Initiative
http://www.tolerance.org/tdsi/


Malcolm Knowles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Knowles


Andragogy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andragogy


Bloom’s Taxonomy
http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm

 

Knowledge
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-knowl.htm

 

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Acknowledgements

Angela Abrams
Early Learning Quality Improvement Coordinator
QRIS Site Coordinator
Educational Service District 105

Nina Auerbach
CEO, Thrive By Five

Elizabeth Bonbright
Executive Director
Washington State Child Care Resource & Referral Network

Agda Burchard
Executive Director
Washington Association for the Education of Young Children

Lexi Catlin
Early Learning Professional Development Coordinator
Educational Service District 105

Annie Cubberly
Executive Director, Child Care Action Council

Gayle Dilling
Early Childhood Faculty and Program Coordinator
Olympic College

Randy Dorn
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Sheryl Garrison
Training Coordinator, Washington State Child Care Resource & Referral Network
Trainer Approval Board

Amber Havens
Executive Director, Educational Training Partners
Trainer Approval Board

Cristi Heitschmidt 
Associate Dean, Child and Family Studies, Centralia College

Bette Hyde
Director, Washington State Department of Early Learning

Nimira Jetha
South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC)
New Market Skills Center
Early Childhood Education Instructor

Cynthia Juarez
Early Learning Director
Educational Service District 105

Susan Kavanaugh
Cross State Programs Administrator
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Theressa Lenear
Director of Diversity/Inclusion
Childcare Resources

Wendy Loosle
Professional Development Coordinator
Washington State Department of Early Learning

Patricia McDonald
Coordinator, Education Department
Highline Community College

Christine Moon
Early Learning and Education Programs
South Puget Sound Community College

Juliet Morrison
Professional Development Administrator
Washington State Department of Early Learning

Mari Offenbecher
Executive Director, School's Out Washington

Caprice Paduano
Early Learning and Education Programs
South Puget Sound Community College

Linda Ramuta
Child Care Provider
Trainer Approval Board

Tilman Smith
SEEC Project Manager
Child Care Resources
Trainer Approval Board

Jim Teeters
Adults Teaching Adults

Jodi White
Education Faculty
Highline Community College

 

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Citations and References

Adams, M. et al, eds. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. Routledge: New York, 1997.

Antonia Darder (1991) Culture and Power in the Classroom: A Critical Foundation for Bicultural Education. New York, NY: Bergin & Garvey.

Bennett, M. J., ed. Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication: Selected Readings. Intercultural Press, Inc.: Yarmouth, Maine, 1998.

Bennett, M. (1993). Towards ethnorelativism: A developmental model of intercultural sensitivity. In R.M. Paige (Ed.). (1993). Education for the intercultural experience. (pp. 21-71). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

Bigelow, W. (1999). Discovering columbus: Rereading the past. In I. Shor & C. Pari (Eds.). (1999). Education is politics: Critical teaching across difference, K-12. (pp. 100-109). Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers, Inc.

Derman-Sparks, L. & Phillips, C. (1997). Teaching/learning anti-racism: A developmental approach. New York: Teachers College.

Hayes, P. (2007) The ADDRESSING model is the work of Pamela Hayes, Ph.D. Addressing Cultural Complexities in Practice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Therapy (2007) 2nd edition Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Hidalgo, N. 1993. Multicultural teacher introspection. In Perry, T. and Fraser, J. (Eds.) Freedom's Plow: Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom. New York: Routledge.

Horton, M. & Friere, P. (1990). We make the road by walking. Philadelphia: Highlander Research Education Center.

Howard, Gary R. (1999). We can't teach what we don't know: white teachers, multiracial schools. New York: Teachers College Press.

Kivel, P. (1996). Uprooting racism: How White people can work for racial justice. Montpelier, VT: New Society Publishers.
Learning Theories Knowledgebase, 2011, ADDIE Model section, para. 2

Nieto, L. (2010).  Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment.  Cuetzpalin.

Teeters, J. (2001). Teach with style: A comprehensive system for teaching adults. St. Paul: Redleaf Press.

Tatum, B. (2003). Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? and other conversations about race. New York: Basic Books.

West, C. (1993). Race matters. In M. Anderson & P. Collins, (Eds.). (1998). Race, class & gender. (pp. 120-125). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Yamato, G. (1998). Something about the subject makes it hard to name. In M. Anderson & P. Collins, (Eds.). (1998). Race, class & gender. (pp. 90-93). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Zinn, H. (1995). A people’s history of the United States: 1492-present. New York: HarperCollins Publishers


Executive Function

Material taken and adapted from:

Building the brain’s “air traffic control” system: How early experiences shape the development of executive function; working paper 11. Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, http://developingchild.harvard.edu/library/reports_and_working_papers/

Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment for Specific Learning Disabilities Involving Impairments in Written and/or Oral Language, Berninger, Virginia W.; May, Maggie O'Malley. Journal of Learning Disabilities, v44 n2 p167-183 Mar-Apr 2011

Executive Dysfunction among Children with Reading Comprehension Deficits, Locascio, Gianna; Mahone, E. Mark; Eason, Sarah H. Journal of Learning Disabilities, v43 n5 p441-454 Sep 2010.)

Executive Functions as Predictors of Math Learning Disabilities Toll, Sylke W. M.; Van der Ven, Sanne H. G.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.. Journal of Learning Disabilities, v44 n6 p521-532 Nov-Dec 2011.)

Neuropsychological Aspects for Evaluating Learning Disabilities, Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret. Communication Disorders Quarterly, v26 n4 p242-247 Sum 2005.

What are executive functions? (2011). Center on the DevelopingChild at Harvard University, www.developingchild.harvard.edu

Zelazo, P.D. (2011). Multi-part series on the topic of executive function. http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca

 

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