Preschool & Transitional Kindergarten
Professional Learning Opportunities
Purposeful Play Workshops Winter 2023
Join the i3 Institute: Inquiry, Intention, and Innovation, at its lab school, Center of Gravity, for a playful session that promotes STEM learning for infants through preschoolers. In addition to lecture and theory on brain development and play, we will provide various stations for loose parts and gross motor provocation to develop our 21st-century learning skills through play, observation, and documentation.
Winter 2023-2024 Registration Open!
3 hours, $45 per participant per session
Saturday Workshops
December 2, 2023 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Center of Gravity GL Campus
399 Gregory Lane Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
January 13, 2024 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Center of Gravity GL Campus
399 Gregory Lane Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Dates Coming Soon
TK Educator Professional Learning
The i3 Institute offers a variety of professional learning opportunities for new or experienced TK teachers, co-teachers, and teaching assistants.
The content is grounded in California’s framework and guidance for TK expansion and implementation. We provide a perspective that is rooted in current research of early learning and child development and practices that are child-centered, developmentally appropriate and inclusive.
Services include:
Purposeful Play Workshops
TK Introduction Session
Three-part professional learning series
Three-session TK Professional Learning Community (PLC)
Coaching
TK Educator Series
In this 3-part series, participants will engage in a reflective and interactive experience to learn, discuss, reflect and plan for TK programs.
Content is research-based and aligned to the California Department of Education’s TK guidance and resources, UPK plan, and P-3 framework; California Preschool Learning Foundations; and California Kindergarten Content Standards.
Participants will discuss practical information and strategies for implementing developmentally, linguistically, and culturally appropriate learning experiences and environments; and conducting observation-based assessments. Topics also include working as a teaching team, partnerships with families, and transition to kindergarten. Participants will have time for planning, including receiving feedback and collaborating with other participants.
To Schedule (three-part series): email info@i3inquiry.org
TK Educator Sessions
In this 3-hour workshop, participants will engage in a reflective and interactive experience to learn about:
What is TK? What’s new?
What is important to know about TK children?
What is the role of the teacher to support children’s growth and development?
Where to go from here?
Content is research-based and aligned to the California Department of Education’s TK guidance and resources, UPK plan, and P-3 framework; California Preschool Learning Foundations; and California Kindergarten Content Standards
Participants will be provided with information and practical strategies for implementing developmentally appropriate learning experiences and environments; conducting observation-based assessments; and supporting social-emotional development, dual language learners, and children with special needs. Topics also include working as a teaching team and partnering with families
To Schedule : email info@i3inquiry.org
Our Clients Say:
"I loved everything about working with i3! I only wish we could have had more time! Specifically, I appreciated the opportunity to try out inquiry-based learning and then come together periodically to reflect. My teaching approach, classroom environment, and role in the classroom have shifted enormously due to ideas that I gained from our PDs.”
-TK training participant