Please join us at our roundtable May 2023. We are very excited to welcome you all in person. The roundtables are an opportunity for exchange and learning at each school. A tour of the school creates interaction with the life of the school.

Our focus for the roundtables this Spring is Connection and New Beginnings. Our research questions for reflection at each roundtable are:

• What have we learned from the last years of the pandemic?

• What are our strengths going forward?

• How do the Reggio principles sustain our work with children and families?

EVENT DETAILS:

WHEN: Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Presidio Knolls Preschool (map)
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
COST: $20

Tickets are limited. Our virtual box office closes on Wednesday May 3, 2023 at 11pm (PST).

Please join us at our roundtables April - May 2023. We are very excited to welcome you all in person. The roundtables are an opportunity for exchange and learning at each school. A tour of the school creates interaction with the life of the school.

Our focus for the roundtables this Spring is Connection and New Beginnings. Our research questions for reflection at each roundtable are:

• What have we learned from the last years of the pandemic?

• What are our strengths going forward?

• How do the Reggio principles sustain our work with children and families?

EVENT DETAILS:

WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 2023 at Aquatic Park School (map)
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
COST: $20

Tickets are limited. Our virtual box office closes on Wednesday April 19, 2023 at 11pm (PST).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

May 6, 2023 at Presidio Knolls Preschool

Visit our Eventbrite and join our Mailing List to purchase future event tickets.

Please join us at our roundtables March - May 2023. We are very excited to welcome you all in person. The roundtables are an opportunity for exchange and learning at each school. A tour of the school creates interaction with the life of the school.

Our focus for the roundtables this Spring is Connection and New Beginnings. Our research questions for reflection at each roundtable are:

• What have we learned from the last years of the pandemic?

• What are our strengths going forward?

• How do the Reggio principles sustain our work with children and families?

EVENT DETAILS:

WHEN: Saturday, March 18, 2023 at La Scuola International, San Francisco (map)
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
COST: $20

Tickets are limited. Our virtual box office closes on Wednesday March 15, 2023 at 11pm (PST).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

April 22, 2023 at Aquatic Park School
May 6, 2023 at Presidio Knolls Preschool

Visit our Eventbrite and join our Mailing List to purchase future event tickets.

Please join us at our roundtables February - May 2023. We are very excited to welcome you all in person. The roundtables are an opportunity for exchange and learning at each school. A tour of the school creates interaction with the life of the school.

Our focus for the roundtables this Spring is Connection and New Beginnings. Our research questions for reflection at each roundtable are:

• What have we learned from the last years of the pandemic?

• What are our strengths going forward?

• How do the Reggio principles sustain our work with children and families?

EVENT DETAILS:

WHEN: Sunday, February 19, 2023 at The Scandinavian School in San Francisco (map)
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm
COST: $20

Tickets are limited. Our virtual box office closes on Wednesday February 15, 2023 at 11pm (PST).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 18, 2023 at La Scuola International, San Francisco
April 22, 2023 at Aquatic Park School
May 6, 2023 at Presidio Knolls Preschool

Visit our Eventbrite and join our Mailing List to be one of the first to purchase future event tickets.

In this year long virtual roundtable series, we will dialogue around Vea Vecchi’s book entitled ‘Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia: Exploring the role and potential of ateliers in early childhood education’. Together in this work, we will explore the role of creativity, art and of ateliers (art spaces) in early childhood contexts and the potential of the aesthetic languages in our work with children. In every session, we will focus on a theme from Vea Vecchi’s book and we will discuss how such themes  relate to our day to day practices in the school. 

This is a digital event - via Zoom. One ticket gives you an "All Access" into eight (8) sessions 2022-2023. The series occurs October 2022 through April 2023 - on Mondays from 5:30pm-7:00pm. One ticket per person. We require attendance to all the sessions. Access details will be provided via email. Cost: $200 for the entire Roundtable series of eight (8) sessions. It is recommended, though not required, that you buy the book “Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia: Exploring the role and potential of ateliers in early childhood education” by Vea Vecchi.

Event Schedule:

• October 3rd, 2022, 5:30-7:00

• October 24th, 2022, 5:30-7:00

• November 14th, 2022, 5:30-7:00

• December 12th, 2022, 5:30-7:00

• January 9th, 2023, 5:30-7:00

• February 27th, 2023, 5:30-7:00

• March 20th, 2023, 5:30-7:00

• April 24th, 2023, 5:30-7:00

Presenters:

• Dr. Susan Lyon, Founder, Executive Director, The Innovative Teacher Project

• Beatrice Balfour - Principal PreK-1st Grade, Escuela Bilingue International

Our virtual box office closes on Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 10pm (PST).

We hope you join us!

Collaboration versus isolation: Strengthening and building relationships in the schools during the time of Covid

About the Event:
Roundtables offer an environment for participants to engage, listen and interact with the faculty of the school and make interpretations to their own work, together and individually, on the core principles of the Reggio Emilia Approach.  The Roundtable is a professional development opportunity for both the attendees and the staff that hosts the Roundtable. It is aimed at building understanding and awareness of the meaning and methods of high quality early childhood education, the particular educational project at the school as it relates to the Reggio Emilia principles, and the specific competencies of the professional roles of the teachers and the directors in Reggio Emilia inspired schools.

This is a digital event - via Zoom. One ticket gives you an "All Access" into a three (3) part roundtable series. The series occurs once a month - March through May - every Monday from 5:30pm-7:00pm. One ticket per person. Access details will be provided via email. Cost: $80 for the entire Roundtable series.

PRESENTERS:
Dr. Beatrice Balfour, Principal PreK-1st grade, Escuela Bilingue International
Dr. Susan Lyon, Executive Director, The Innovative Teacher Project

ALL ACCESS SCHEDULE:

1. Monday, March 21, 2022 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm -- Three protagonists of learning: children, teachers and families

2. Monday, April 11, 2022 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm -- Environments, spaces, and relationships

3. Monday, Mayr 16, 2022 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm -- Neighborhoods, cities, and the school

About the Event:

This professional development seminar focuses on home visits, an evidence-based strategy, that is extremely relevant during this pandemic with the challenges that families and educators are facing. Now that most students’ classrooms have shifted to their homes, structured home visits provide school staff a more accurate means to identify educational assets in students’ homes to as well as a strategy to be responsive to learning impediments. The educational opportunities created by home visits will bridge the physical distances due to remote instruction and build the capacity of students’ families to more effectively support students’ steady learning growth. Participants will expand their capacity to partner effectively with a diversity of families in schools to support students’ developmental and academic growth.

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Facilitators include:

• Mr. Fernando Flores-Cardenas is a bilingual teacher in San Francisco. Fernando is a veteran bilingual teacher having taught at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 16 years. He recently completed graduate level course work at California State University San Francisco and earned his Administrative Credential and Master’s Degree in Education. Fernando moved deeper into engaging families in the educational process through virtual home visits during school closures last semester. 

• Dr. Raymond Isola has been a bilingual educator for over 35 years in California from the preschool to the university levels. He was a school principal for 20 years. His most recent tenure as principal was for 13 years at Sanchez Elementary School in San Francisco’s Mission District. At Sanchez School, a school-wide approach to home visits was successfully implemented with positive outcomes for students, family members and staff members.

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This is a digital event - via Zoom. Space is limited. One ticket per person. Access details will be provided the Wednesday before the first event. 

Please join a small thinking group to dialogue and reflect on the principles of the educational project in Reggio Emilia during this time when we are reimagining ECE in the time of Covid. 

The importance of sharing and listening among colleagues during this time is essential to our work with young children and families.  We hope you find this opportunity to engage with us for the professional development that is a key to quality education.  We will use the text of Indications Preschools and Infant-Toddler Centres of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia.

Please sign up for the education series in which we can create a community of educators in dialogue with the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education.

About the Event:

This is a digital event - via Zoom. One ticket gives you an "All Access" into a four (4) part roundtable series. The series occurs once a month - August through November. Space is limited. One ticket per person. Series includes small group work, readings and discussion. Access details will be provided the Friday before the first event. 

Facilitators include:

• Susan Lyon, EdD - Founder/Director of The Innovative Teacher Project

• Beatrice J. V. Balfour, PhD - Directora PK-1er Grado | Principal PK-1st Grade at Escuela Bilingüe Internacional

ALL ACCESS SCHEDULE:

1. Monday, August 31, 2020 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm -- The Hundred languages of Children

2. Monday, September 21, 2020 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm -- Environment, spaces and relations

3. Monday, October 26, 2020 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm -- Participation

4. Monday, November 23, 2020 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm -- Children are active protagonists of their growth and development processes