This virtual Community of Practice (CoP) will engage early childhood educators in mathematics content and practices that are relevant to their classrooms, allowing participants to see how to incorporate math into the everyday lives of their students. This CoP is run in partnership with TREC and Project Echo. Early childhood educators will collaborate together on learning about Cardinality, Measurement, Geometry, Algebraic Thinking, and Data Analysis, and on finding how to build these topics into an early childhood classroom!
Participants will…
- Explore their personal attitudes towards mathematics and understand the connection between this and building children’s math success.
- Identify math in everyday life within their communities.
- Become familiar with mathematical concepts and vocabulary.
DETAILS
When: Thursdays, approximately every 3 weeks, September thru December, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.
- Sept. 5
- Sept. 12
- Oct. 3
- Oct. 24
- Nov. 14
- Dec. 5
Where: The meetings are virtual via zoom — you can join in the comfort of your classroom, home, or other quiet space.
Who: This CoP is designed for Early Childhood Educators in Arizona who teach and/or support ages 2 – 5-year-old. Teachers are charged no cost to participate.
Benefits to participants:
- Be a part of a community of learners.
- Gain professional expertise from regional Guest Speakers.
- Practice implementation of newly learned knowledge and practices related to math.
- Earn up to 9 hours of PD credit!
Facilitator: TREC Teacher Leader Caroline Carson (TUSD) along with various guest speakers
- For questions regarding this resource, please contact Project ECHO.
- Contact Name: Alicia Durbin
- Email Address: adurbin@arizona.edu