St. Louis Paradigm Pop-Up: Full Schedule

1:00pm CDT

Registration Opens

Sunday August 14, 2022 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Registration

2:00pm CDT

Welcome

Sunday August 14, 2022 2:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Welcome

2:15pm CDT

Holding a Strong Image of the Educator: The Teacher as Researcher, Risk-taker, and Creative

In this session, we will reimagine the role of the teacher as one where the curiosity and wonderment of childhood inform a multitude of classroom practices. As researchers, we observe and document alongside children on their quests for knowledge and experience. As risk-takers, we invite dialogue and the sharing of ideas to support us in developing new and innovative methods to approaching learning. As creatives, we bring our aesthetic sensibilities and creativity into our learning environments through the use of the Hundred Languages. Inspired by Reggio practices, we will explore how teachers can guide and extend deep and meaningful classroom inquiries and investigations that offer children opportunities for participation, imagination, and collaboration.

Speakers

Sarah Hassing

Sarah Hassing is an atelierista at The College School, in Saint Louis, Missouri, where she has collaborated with children for the past fourteen years. Her background in the visual arts helps to bring the hundred languages to life in the studio. Sarah has visited the municipal schools... Read More →

HoldingaStrongImageoftheEducatorwithNotes pdf

Sunday August 14, 2022 2:15pm - 3:45pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Sunday Session, Constructivist Approach

3:45pm CDT

Tour of the Nature Playscape Field Trip

Funded by donors to Forest Park Forever and completed in partnership with the City of St. Louis, the
Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape is a 17-acre experiential play space that opened in 2021. Featuring
nine distinct activity areas, this free destination includes sand play areas, willow tunnels, stump
steppers, boulders and rocks, hand water pumps, and much more. The goal: Encourage visitors —
especially kids — to connect with nature as they engage their senses as they explore, discover, and
learn. Join members of the Forest Park Forever education team for a tour of the space to learn about its
history, ecology, the hundreds of children engaged in the design, and the programs happening there
today.

*Driving Directions: Enter the Park at the Hampton roundabout from highway 64/40. Take the first exit from the roundabout onto Wells Drive, going east. Proceed through the next roundabout and take the third exit onto McKinley Dr. Proceed north on McKinley Drive. until you reach Concourse Dr. Turn left onto Concourse Dr. and then turn left onto Carr Lane Dr. Proceed until you see a paved entrance to the Playscape on your right. Park near this entrance. You can also navigate to the Playscape using Google Maps.

Speakers

Ellie Stevens

Education Coordinator, Forest Park Forever

Ellie Stevens, Ph.D., has been the Education Coordinator for Forest Park Forever for the past five years.This non-profit conservancy partners with the City of St. Louis, MO to care for one of the largest urbanparks in the nation. As the education coordinator, she promotes and advances... Read More →

Jessie Frank

Jessie Frank, LMSW, is the Outdoor Education Specialist with Forest Park Forever. Jessie has a bachelor’sdegree in environmental studies and more recently finished a master’s in community-based social work.In her role, Jessie is able to focus on the opportunities present in the... Read More →

Sunday August 14, 2022 3:45pm - 6:00pm CDT
Forest Park Forever 5595 Grand Dr, St. Louis, MO 63112

Sunday Session, Outdoor Education

6:15pm CDT

Dinner

Local educators must have registered in advance.

Sunday August 14, 2022 6:15pm - 7:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Meal

7:15pm CDT

Glass Workshop

Local educators must have registered in advance.

Speakers

Sasha Kopp

Sasha Kopp is a Communal Education Consultant at The Jewish Education Project. She holds an MA in both Jewish Education and Jewish Non-Profit Management from Hebrew Union College, and a BA from Brandeis University in Sociology and Education Studies. In addition to her work at The... Read More →

Sunday August 14, 2022 7:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Sunday Session

7:15pm CDT

Loose Parts Desserts

Loose parts are materials that can be moved, carried, combined, redesigned, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in multiple ways, empowering a creative imagination. You'll find loose parts in many early childhood classrooms, ready to be explored and experienced. One family in our community even celebrates Shabbat by creating "Loose Parts Desserts" at their table with special treats. We've been inspired by this ingenuity and the best ways to come together around open ended materials and shared experiences (and cocktails too!) Join the Sheva Center team from JCC Association for a fun and interactive loose parts desserts extravaganza with sweets and treats and all things delicious!

Speakers

Sarah Koffler

Sarah Koffler is the Director of Family Engagement and Early Childhood Education Specialist at JCC Association. She is an experienced early childhood Jewish educator whose philosophical beliefs are deeply rooted in constructivist and child-centered learning. She is passionate about... Read More →

Kathy Pomer

As Vice President and Director of the Sheva Center for Innovation in Early Childhood Education and Engagement, Kathy Pomer oversees all aspects of the department of Early Childhood, including visioning and reflective supervision with the team, implementation of the Early Learning... Read More →

Jacob Harris Wright

Jacob Harris Wright is the Sheva Center program associate. Originally from a small town on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, he holds a bachelor’s degree of fine arts in acting from the University of Connecticut and has spent years studying and practicing his craft around... Read More →

Sunday August 14, 2022 7:15pm - 8:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Sunday Session

8:15pm CDT

Glass Workshop

Local educators must have registered in advance.

Speakers

Sasha Kopp

Sunday August 14, 2022 8:15pm - 9:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Sunday Session

8:15pm CDT

Loose Parts Desserts

Speakers

Kathy Pomer

Jacob Harris Wright

Sarah Koffler

Sunday August 14, 2022 8:15pm - 9:15pm CDT
Meeting Room A & B

Sunday Session

9:30pm CDT

Late Night Mingle and Network

Sunday August 14, 2022 9:30pm - 10:00pm CDT
Fairfield Inn and Suites St. Louis Westport 11918 Westline Industrial Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146

Sunday Session

7:45am CDT

Sh'ma and Schmooze

Interested in advocacy and equity for our field? Sh'ma Koleinu, Hebrew for Hear Our Voices, is a grassroots group of educators and leaders spanning across all agencies and our entire field of early childhood Jewish education. We are dedicated to listening to and advocating for children, families, and early childhood education. Join us for snacks and schmoozing with some of our Sh'ma members to learn more about how you can add your voice to our voices in elevating important initiatives.

Speakers

Tamar Shulman

Tamar Shulman serves as the Coordinator/Consultant for the Early Childhood Director's Council in St. Louis. Through a grant from the Jewish Federation, she works with the heads of the 10 Jewish EC centers to pursue initiatives related to professional development, recruitment and retention... Read More →

Lisa Plotkin

Lisa Plotkin is inspired by dialogue and reflection about child development, exploring values of integrity and connection, and navigating why we do what we do in our work each day. She has been involved in the early childhood field since 2004, searching for learning experiences like... Read More →

Emily Hausman

Emily Hausman is the director of early childhood education at the Riverdale Y, a JCC in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. Her school hosts New York City’s universal early childhood program in a way that holds true to Jewish values and a constructivist approach. Emily believes... Read More →

Sarah Koffler

Kathy Pomer

Jacob Harris Wright

Monday August 15, 2022 7:45am - 8:30am CDT
Performing Arts Center

Early Childhood Advocacy

7:45am CDT

Registration Opens

Monday August 15, 2022 7:45am - 8:30am CDT
Performing Arts Center

Registration

8:30am CDT

Welcome

Monday August 15, 2022 8:30am - 9:00am CDT
Performing Arts Center

Welcome

9:15am CDT

Becoming Present Using Improvisation

Learn how pioneer drama educator Viola Spolin developed her Theater Games at a Chicago settlement house in the 1930s. Ed Reggi demonstrates her best practices. Viola Spolin called her teaching methods non-authoritarian, non-verbal, and non-psychological. She believed cultural and familial authorities often use approval and disapproval to control others, limiting the student's capacity for experience. Her evaluation methods instead involve the whole group in a non-judgmental process that allows students to learn for themselves. Explore her sidecoaching techniques that support your learners' social and problem-solving skills.

Speakers

Ed Reggie

Founder / AI Facilitator, Paper Slip Theatre & COCAbiz

Humble storyteller and professional stage actor. He has been facilitating workshops rooted in Spolin Theatre Games for nearly 20 years to Fortune 100 companies. Reggi also runs an improv based theatre company in St Louis Missouri. When he's not acting or directing for the stage he... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Studio Theater

Monday Session, Relationships

9:15am CDT

Breathing New Life into Jewish Holiday Curriculum: Planning through the Process of Backwards Design

The start of a new school year is just around the corner and with it comes many Jewish holidays arriving one after another. Planning for holiday experiences can easily align with more emergent and authentic approaches to teaching and learning and the process of “Backwards Design” is a tool to assist you in breathing new life into your approach to holiday curriculum. Through deepening your knowledge of the holiday, uncovering the big ideas underlying it, and developing powerful “essential questions” for ourselves and the children, you’ll find that deeper, and more meaningful experiences evolve for children and families. Stepping back and thinking together requires dedicated time - time that is hard to come by when each week brings another holiday. So join me this summer as we think ahead and apply the process of Backwards Design to the celebration of Sukkot and hopefully breathe new life into your thinking and curriculum for this meaningful fall holiday.

Speakers

Judi Morosohk

Judi has been the Pedagogical Director of the Efshar Project since its inception in 2008, working to continually support educators in deepening their thinking around teaching and learning and more seamlessly weave Jewish values into the daily life of Jewish ECE centers in the Denver/Boulder... Read More →

Pop up Handout Holiday Planing BWD docx

I go to the sukkah song pdf

Pop up Handout Holiday Planing BWD pdf

FINAL BWD Sukkot St Louis Pop up Aug 2022 pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Beit Midrash

Monday Session, Jewish Education

9:15am CDT

Curiosity and Joy: Outdoor Education Tools to Spark These Powerful Emotions in Early Learners

Presenters Ellie Stevens and Jessie Frank lead outdoor education programs for thousands of children
each year in Forest Park, one of the largest urban parks in the nation. During this interactive session,
they will demonstrate some of their favorite techniques for sparking joy and curiosity in early learners
and those who support them. Participants should be ready to go outside and will leave the session with
practical tools that they can take back to their own learning environments.

Speakers

Ellie Stevens

Education Coordinator, Forest Park Forever

Jessie Frank

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Early Childhood Playground

Monday Session, Outdoor Education

9:15am CDT

Giraffes Can’t Dance: Music and Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Education Team equips early childhood educators with the knowledge and tools to engage their students in music on a daily basis. Simple activities and engaging lessons emphasize using music within the framework of current early childhood curricula. Using the book “Giraffes Can’t Dance” as a springboard, this workshop will explore ways to use music and creative movement to teach early literacy concepts.

Speakers

Sarah Ruddy

Sarah Ruddy is an arts administrator and educator. Since the Fall of 2018, she has served on the Education team of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Sarah holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Washington University in Saint Louis, and a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Loyola... Read More →

Sheila Baer

Sheila Baer teaches K-6 general music and a 4th - 6th grade choir in the Union R-XI school district. She received her BA from Goshen College, Goshen, IN, and her Master’s in Music Education from the University of Central Missouri - Warrensburg. She has a teaching certification in... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Performing Arts Center A&B

Monday Session, Music

9:15am CDT

Growing Language Throughout the Learning Day

Language happens throughout the day. Its woven into play, activities of daily living, carpool, and even
trips to Target. Amy Lerman, MA, CCC-SLP will provide a brief intro to language development and
discuss tools and strategies to help foster language development throughout their every-day living
activities.

Speakers

Amy Lerman

Amy is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) and Community Outreach at The Parish School (TPS). She holds a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin and a MA in Speech-Language Pathology from The George Washington University. Amy came to the... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Meeting Room B

Monday Session, Inclusion

9:15am CDT

LITTLE VOICES IN MY HEAD #1: Music for Infants and Toddlers

In this session, Susan will share both traditional and
original songs, bounces and finger plays for the youngest
among us. Songs will be easy to learn, and Susan will
speak to the development goals each song addresses.

Speakers

Susan Salidor

Susan Salidor is an award-winning children’s music composer and performer andwith the heart of a teacher. She is the author, along with illustrator Natalka Soiko,of two picture books for young children, I’ve Got Peace In My Fingers and OneLittle Act of Kindness (Sideline Ink Publishing... Read More →

Little Voices In My Head #1 (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #2 (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #3 Sure Fire Hits (Salidor).docx pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Infant Multipurpose Room EC

Monday Session, Music

9:15am CDT

Meaningful Meetings: Deconstructing and Reconstructing Circle Time through a Constructivist Lens

The ability to listen, respond, and be changed by another person’s perspective is essential in the daily life of a learning community. Meetings among all the members of the community—between children, between adults, between children and adults—connect us and move us forward. Using stories from classrooms (infants-age 5), teachers’ and children’s collaborative research on this topic, inspiration from the Reggio approach, and through the lens of kedusha (holiness), we will look beyond traditional constructs of “circletime” to meaningful learning through perspective sharing, problem solving, and shared planning during the class meeting.

Speakers

Sandy Lanes

Pedagogical Consultant

Sandy Lanes is a pedagogical consultant specializing in early childhood constructivist education, working with schools nationally and abroad. Over the past 25 years, Sandy has been a keynote presenter and workshop facilitator at conferences and preschools. She was a faculty member... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Meeting Room A

Monday Session, Constructivist Approach

9:15am CDT

Powerful Questions for Managing Conflict and other Challenging Situations with Parents, Colleagues and other Adults

Explore how to use your own genuine curiosity to empower others, resolve differences, and build deeper and more meaningful relationships with parents, colleagues, and other adults. Practice how to better respond to others under pressure, lessen natural tendencies to want to give advice, feel more open and prepared to receive feedback, and strengthen your own problem-solving.

Speakers

Marci Mayer Eisen

Marci Mayer Eisen, MSW, ACC is the director of the Millstone Leadership Initiatives, a community-wide program of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, providing professional development and networking, volunteer leadership cultivation and board training. She is proud to be the Jewish... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 9:15am - 10:45am CDT
Board Room

Monday Session, Relationships

10:45am CDT

Break Time

Monday August 15, 2022 10:45am - 11:00am CDT
Choose Your Own Adventure!

Break

10:45am CDT

Sh'ma and Schmooze

Speakers

Tamar Shulman

Lisa Plotkin

Emily Hausman

Sarah Koffler

Kathy Pomer

Jacob Harris Wright

Monday August 15, 2022 10:45am - 11:00am CDT
Performing Arts Center

Early Childhood Advocacy

11:00am CDT

Becoming Present Using Improvisation

Speakers

Ed Reggie

Founder / AI Facilitator, Paper Slip Theatre & COCAbiz

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Studio Theater

Monday Session, Relationships

11:00am CDT

Breathing New Life into Jewish Holiday Curriculum: Planning through the Process of Backwards Design

Speakers

Judi Morosohk

Pop up Handout Holiday Planing BWD docx

Pop up Handout Holiday Planing BWD pdf

I go to the sukkah song pdf

FINAL BWD Sukkot St Louis Pop up Aug 2022 pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Beit Midrash

Monday Session, Jewish Education

11:00am CDT

CRAVING WINDOWS

Craving Windows tells the story of curiosities born during Covid lockdown that launched a long-term investigation of technology in an early learning classroom. We invite you to join Josh and Stephanie, our two Denver, Colorado educators on their Masa (journey) of using experiential methods to open up new learning frontiers. This is a deep look into the possibilities of co-constructed worlds, exploring technology's role in supporting story acting, expanding play, developing partnerships with families, fostering intergenerational experiences, international expeditions and opening windows to places and people, near and far.
Craving widows at its heart is not just about technology; it's about the openings that reveal themselves when we allow ourselves to embrace dissonance and uncomfortable circumstances. See what happens when we go against the grain, swim upstream, and head straight into what we once perceived as forbidden territory.

Speakers

Stephanie Slobotkin Leen

I was born and raised in New York City and Long Island. I received my BA in English and Japanese from Union College in upstate New York and a Masters degree in Human Development and Education with a concentration in Early Literacy from University of Colorado, Denver. I have been... Read More →

Josh Rifkin

Josh Rifkin is a Technology and Nature Specialist at the Statenberg-Loup JCC in Denver, Colorado. He collaborates with classroom teachers and children to design intentional learning experiences that incorporate the principles of seamless Judaism, 21st Century learning, and developmentally... Read More →

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Gathering Space

Monday Session, Documentation

11:00am CDT

Curiosity and Joy: Outdoor Education Tools to Spark These Powerful Emotions in Early Learners

Speakers

Ellie Stevens

Education Coordinator, Forest Park Forever

Jessie Frank

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Early Childhood Playground

Monday Session, Outdoor Education

11:00am CDT

Elevating our Planning: Seeing the Children and the Possibilities

This presentation will be focused on deepening teachers’ understanding of planning through a social-constructivist, Reggio-inspired lens and will rest on the value of building a democratic culture in the classroom as well as values through a Jewish lens. Using examples from the classroom, we will discuss the role of the teacher in recognizing key moments in the children’s dialogues and actions, reacting with joy, wonder, and engagement in the insights and theories of the children, and building on thinking through the use of provocation and documentation.

Speakers

Sandy Lanes

Pedagogical Consultant

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting Room A

Monday Session, Constructivist Approach

11:00am CDT

Giraffes Can’t Dance: Music and Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom

Speakers

Sheila Baer

Sarah Ruddy

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Performing Arts Center A&B

Monday Session, Music

11:00am CDT

LITTLE VOICES IN MY HEAD #2: Music for 3, 4 and 5 Year Olds

In this session, Susan will share both traditional and original age-appropriate finger plays, songs for singing
and songs for moving, along with strategies for choosing music for the early childhood classroom.

Speakers

Susan Salidor

Little Voices In My Head #1 (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #3 Sure Fire Hits (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #2 (Salidor).docx pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Infant Multipurpose Room EC

Monday Session, Music

11:00am CDT

Nurturing the Seeds of Emotionally Responsive Practice: Manifesting Kavod/Respect through our Interactions and Relationships

Respect goes well beyond please and thank you. It begins by seeing, listening, understanding, and supporting children so they form secure attachments, feel they belong to the classroom community, and learn to co-regulate. In this session, you will explore many ways to manifest and model respect by becoming an emotionally responsive educator. Get beyond behavior management; foster the development of essential skills so children can be successful every day, and everywhere.

Speakers

Veronica Maravankin

Lead Consultant, Paradigm Project, Veronica Maravankin Consulting

Veronica Maravankin is an early childhood consultant who is proficient in catalyzing systemic change through strategic planning, redesigning teaching and learning to reflect 21st century skills development, fiscal responsibility, professional development and supervision, values-based... Read More →

Nurturing the Seeds of Emotionally Responsive Practice Manifesting Kavod Respect through our Interactions and Relationships L docx

Nurturing the Seeds of Emotionally Responsive Practice Manifesting Kavod Respect through our Interactions and Relationships Fin pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Board Room

Monday Session, Relationships

11:00am CDT

Reframe Your Approach: Integrate, Regulate, Communicate

Children access learning from a basis of safety and security. An infant develops interaction, as
caregivers intentionally respond to a child’s regulatory needs. Regulation goes beyond
emotional self-control; it also consists of biological, cognitive, and social aspects. This session
discusses a whole-child therapeutic framework supporting the development of early learners.

Speakers

Amy Lerman

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Meeting Room B

Monday Session, Inclusion

11:00am CDT

What Do We Do Outside? An Introduction for Early Childhood Educators to Teaching Outdoors.

Many schools are eager to spend more time outside, it is healthier for our community, and we also know that there have always been so many extraordinary benefits for young children to spend a significant amount of time outdoors. This session will introduce educators to philosophies, potential curriculum ideas, and logistics of playing outdoors. Together we will think deeply about our goals of outdoor play and work on re-framing our mindset as teachers to be true observers and facilitators of children’s play and curiosity outdoors.

Speakers

Sasha Kopp

Monday August 15, 2022 11:00am - 12:30pm CDT
Alim Classroom N137

Monday Session, Outdoor Education

12:30pm CDT

Lunch

Monday August 15, 2022 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Meal

1:00pm CDT

Sh'ma and Schmooze

Speakers

Tamar Shulman

Lisa Plotkin

Emily Hausman

Sarah Koffler

Kathy Pomer

Jacob Harris Wright

Monday August 15, 2022 1:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Early Childhood Advocacy, Advocacy

1:30pm CDT

CRAVING WINDOWS

Speakers

Stephanie Slobotkin Leen

Josh Rifkin

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Gathering Space

Monday Session, Documentation

1:30pm CDT

Creating a Socially and Emotionally Responsive Classroom

The physical classroom environment shares our school's values with children and families. Yet, recently, it has been harder than ever to create an environment that is developmentally appropriate for young children and truly responsive to their needs. During our time together, we will explore principles of setting up a classroom, as well as strategies to incorporate social and emotional learning into rhythm of a school day and the physical space. You will leave this session with new tools and ideas about how to start the year in a way that can truly meet your students where they are.

Speakers

Sasha Kopp

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Alim Classroom N137

Monday Session, Environment

1:30pm CDT

Elevating our Planning: Seeing the Children and the Possibilities

Speakers

Sandy Lanes

Pedagogical Consultant

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Meeting Room A

Monday Session, Constructivist Approach

1:30pm CDT

LITTLE VOICES IN MY HEAD #3: Sure-Fire Hits for All Children

In this session, Susan will share her favorite songs from 25+ years teaching, writing and performing for children 5 and under. These songs are guaranteed to get young ones singing and moving with confidence and joy. This session will also include work with sticks, shakers and scarves, Susan’s tools of the trade!

Speakers

Susan Salidor

Little Voices In My Head #1 (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #2 (Salidor).docx pdf

Little Voices In My Head #3 Sure Fire Hits (Salidor).docx pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Multi-Purpose Room EC

Monday Session, Music

1:30pm CDT

Navigate Tough Talks: How to Address the Elephant in the Room

We have all been in a parent meeting that involved hard to hear news. Either we avoid the
uncomfortable conversation, make mistakes in the delivery, or conduct a thoughtful and
empathetic dialogue. Amy will provide participants with tools to navigate tough talks with first-
hand accounts, research, and clinical experience.

Speakers

Amy Lerman

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Meeting Room B

Monday Session, Inclusion

1:30pm CDT

Raising the Next Generation of Mensches: Filling Your Anti-Bias Toolbox

Our society is in the midst of a social justice awakening and as Judaism teaches through the concept of Tikkun Olam, we have a responsibility to contribute to repairing our broken world. As Jewish ECE educators we can help lay a foundation for a more just and equitable society by supporting children to become mensches – good human beings, who actively resist prejudice, discrimination and bias against all types of diversity. Learning about the four goals of Anti-Bias Education can give you the tools to do this with intentionality. Join me as we explore the four goals of Anti-Bias Education and learn about everyday things early educators can do to build children’s positive identity, support them in developing positive attitudes around diversity, recognize unfairness and speak up for the rights of others. If not now, when?

Speakers

Judi Morosohk

Understanding Anti Bias Education Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your Curriculum NAEYC pdf

Periodic+Table+of+Being+a+Mensch jpeg

AntiBiasChecklist revised 2 2 15 1345 pdf

Final St Louis Reflection Guide ABE docx

Moving Beyond Anti Bias Activities Supporting the Development of Anti Bias Practices NAEYC pdf

Final St Louis Reflection Guide ABE .docx pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Board Room

Monday Session, Anti-Bias Education

1:30pm CDT

S.P.A.R.K. Spontaneous Plays Awakens Reflective Knowledge

*** THIS SESSION IS FOR LOCAL EDUCATORS ONLY

A Hands-on process oriented session exploring new ways of using play and reusable resources to address curriculum goals and accountability.

Participants will:

Develop the ability to observe, plan for and assess children in the process of play.
Develop the ability to extend and enhance children’s play.
Connect children’s play with all the domains.

Explore materials and the play process

Reflect on their experiences and understand how knowledgeable and intentional teaching can connect children’s play with all the domains.

Reflect & Journal

Time to reflect and record information, individual thought process while being engaged with their individual research and materials chosen.

Large Group Sharing Using Reusable Resources to:

Extend and enhance children’s play.
Observe, plan for and assess children in the process of play.

Speakers

Susan Blandford

Founding Executive Director

Executive Director Susan M Blandford has helped young children access and express their creative spirit since the 1980’s. Formal training in Early Childhood education, includes ISAE Master Play Coach, the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, the constructivist approach... Read More →

Amy Peterson

Amy utilizes her BS-Education and MA-Elementary Ed, Awarded with Distinction in her work at Creative Reuse Centers. Her preference is for a “Certification” in “Beautiful Junk” -working with children, parents, educators, artists and community members. She refined relationship-building... Read More →

Five Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job! Alfie Kohn pdf

Promoting Creativity for Life Using Open Ended Materials pdf

S.P..A.R.K. Workshop %20%20Workshop

S.P.A.R.K. pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Beit Midrash

Monday Session, Constructivist Approach

1:30pm CDT

That One Conversation that Changed Everything

Remember that time you had a difficult conversation with a colleague or parent in your classroom.

Or, do you remember that time that you avoided a difficult conversation with a colleague or parent in your classroom?

Join this session to explore:

The “What Happened?” conversation.
The “Feelings” conversation.
The “Identity” conversation.

How should you prepare for each of these conversations? How do you find the right words in the moment? And, how can you manage the conversation so that it goes as smoothly as possible? How do you engage with kavod/respect for the other?

One good conversation can shift the direction of change forever.
Linda Lambert

Speakers

Jenna Turner

Paradigm Project

Jenna Turner is a passionate, energetic, and empathic leader in Jewish early childhood education. Her extensive experience in the classroom and in school leadership makes her a go-to coach and consultant for educators around the country. Jenna devotes the bulk of her time to to her... Read More →

Difficult Conversations Intro pdf

Difficult Conversations Preparation Worksheet pdf

Difficult Conversations Preparation Worksheet Instructions pdf

That one conversation that changed everything pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 1:30pm - 3:00pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Monday Session, Relationships

3:00pm CDT

Break Time

Monday August 15, 2022 3:00pm - 3:15pm CDT
Choose Your Own Adventure!

Break

3:15pm CDT

The St. Louis Experience: Stories from the Field

The ripple effects of learning in community. St. Louis early childhood educators will be sharing the footprints they are making as they follow the trail of a community of practice. Perhaps the beginning of #Shitfingstlouis?

Speakers

Eli Eshel

Eliana Eshel was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. She moved to St. Louis in the summer of 2016. Following her studies of stage design sets and costumes at the College of Seminar Hakibutzim in Tel Aviv, she worked for several years in theaters throughout Israel designing sets... Read More →

Jenny Rosenblatt

Jenny grew up in the halls of B’nai Amoona (where she teaches now). As a teenager she became involved with the Conservative Movement. She was a camper at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, spent a semester in high school in Israel with Ramah Israel, and also served as chapter president of... Read More →

The St. Louis Experience Stories from the Field (1) pdf

Monday August 15, 2022 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Monday Session, Stories from the Field

4:45pm CDT

City Museum Field Trip

Local educators must register in advance.

Address:
750 North 16th Street
St. Louis, MO. 63103

Monday August 15, 2022 4:45pm - 7:15pm CDT
City Museum 750 North 16th Street St. Louis, MO. 63103

Monday Session, Environment

7:30pm CDT

Dinner

Local educators must have registered in advance.

Monday August 15, 2022 7:30pm - 8:30pm CDT
Camp Pavillion

Meal

8:45pm CDT

Late Night Mingle and Network

Monday August 15, 2022 8:45pm - 9:45pm CDT
Fairfield Inn and Suites St. Louis Westport 11918 Westline Industrial Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146

Monday Session

8:30am CDT

Play Your Art Out

A Hands-on process-oriented session exploring new ways of using play and reusable resources to address curriculum goals and accountability.

Participants will:

Develop the ability to observe, plan for and assess children in the process of play.
Develop the ability to extend and enhance children’s play.
Connect children’s play with all the domains.

Explore materials and the play process

Reflect on their experiences and understand how knowledgeable and intentional teaching can connect children’s play with all the domains.

Reflect & Journal

Time to reflect and record information, individual thought process while being engaged with their individual research and materials chosen.

Large Group Sharing Using Reusable Resources to:

Extend and enhance children’s play.
Observe, plan for and assess children in the process of play.

a visit to St Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center to collect Play Parts and Creative Reusable Resources

PLUS
A visit to the St. Louis Teachers' Recycle Center to collect Play Parts and Creative Reusable Resources

*Directions to Play Your Art Out:https://www.google.com/search?q=chesterfield+mall&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari#
Park on Northside of Macys, same side as Dock B in Aisle B
Enter double doors with our logo

Speakers

Susan Blandford

Founding Executive Director

Amy Peterson

Tuesday August 16, 2022 8:30am - 12:00pm CDT
Play Your Art Out 204 Chesterfield Center, Chesterfield, MO 63017

Tuesday Session, Constructivist Approach

12:15pm CDT

Lunch and Final Reflection

Local educators must register in advance.

Tuesday August 16, 2022 12:15pm - 1:30pm CDT
Performing Arts Center

Meal