Building a Classroom Community ONLINE

06/21/2025 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM CT

Admission

  • Free

Location

Summary

*Online Training presented with Microsoft Teams*
Children spend many hours in a classroom and it's important that they feel like they are a valuable member of that community. How to build strong relationships with children and families will be emphasized. Teaching strategies to help create a feeling of a community within the classroom where respect, cooperation, ways to reduce frustration and social skills are emphasized.

Description

Presented By: Loree Phelps

Objectives:

  • Discuss the importance of creating a classroom community
  • Discuss activities that enhance the sense of classroom community
  • Discuss how building positive relationships with children enhances the classroom community
  • Discuss how building relationships with families enhances the classroom community.


Core Competencies: 

2b: Collaborate as partners with families in young children's development and learning through respectful, reciprocal relationships and engagement. (0.5 Hours)
4a: Understand and demonstrate positive, caring, supportive relationships and interactions as the foundation of early childhood educators' work with young children. (1 Hour)
4b: Understand and use teaching skills that are responsive to the learning trajectories of young children and to the needs of each child, recognizing that differentiating instruction, incorporating play as a core teaching practice, and supporting the development of executive function skills are critical for young children. (0.5 Hours)

CDAs: 

Physical and Intellectual Competence (0.5 Hours)
Social and Emotional Development (1 Hour)
Relationships with Families (0.5 Hours)