We’ve got a terrific opportunity for your education staff, sponsored by the Head Start State Collaboration Office!
The Pyramid Model is a multi-tiered framework with a continuum of evidence-based practices to promote expected behavior, prevent problem behavior, and intervene when students need more support. This model addresses the needs and contexts unique to programs serving infants, toddlers and preschoolers, including children in public school early childhood classrooms.
Here in Washington our experts at UW and DCYF have adapted the Pyramid Model to incorporate trauma-informed care, inclusion and equity.
In partnership with the Head Start Collab Office and the University of Washington’s Cultivate Learning, we’re offering the following trainings:
Two-Day Washington Pyramid Model (WAPM) Training. Scroll down for more information.
Audience: Head Start and ECEAP Education leaders, coaches, teachers, trainers if they want to do train-the-trainer
Dates/Locations (one on each side of the mountains):
- May 18-19, 9am-4pm, Puget Sound ESD - Renton
- June 1-2, 9am-4pm, ESD 105 - Yakima
Cost: $99 + tax/fees
Building Blocks Training (online)
Audience: Leaders, coaches, teachers, anyone interested in pre-k inclusion practices
Date/Location:
Cost: $10 + tax/fees
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Train-the-Trainer follow-up: Additionally, staff who want to be able to train on the Washington Pyramid Model will be invited to a subsequent online training. This is also open to trainers who have already taken the WAPM class previously (contact katy@wsaheadstarteceap.com for more information)
More Information: Katy Warren or Sandy Diaz, katy@wsaheadstarteceap.com, sandy@wsaheadstarteceap.com
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Training Details:
Washington Pyramid Model Training (14 hours)
Module 1: Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments (7h)
Positive relationships are the foundation of everything we do in early childhood. They are essential for thriving teaching teams and effective partnerships with families. Children need responsive and nurturing relationships with caregivers to be successful in the classroom. Getting to know children and their families will help educators adjust the environment to support children’s learning and growth, align to families’ priorities, and implement anti-biased and anti-racist practices. In this training we will learn more about building positive relationships, environmental design, schedules and routines, transitions, and rules and expectations. In this training you will:
- Discuss and plan for developing meaningful, culturally responsive relationships with children and families.
- Engage in reflective practice, examine implicit bias, and learn strategies for collaborating as a team.
- Identify and plan for strategies that support all children within high-quality early childhood environments (environmental design, Universal Design for Learning, representation of all children, families and communities).
Module 2: Social-Emotional Teaching Strategies (7h)
All children benefit from explicitly taught social and emotional skills like friendship skills, emotional literacy, emotional regulation, calming down strategies and problem solving. This training will cover the ‘what,’ ‘when’ and ‘how’ of teaching social skills. In this training you will:
- Discuss and plan for teaching social skills, including emotional literacy, emotional regulation, calming down and problem solving.
- Identify the what, when, and how of teaching social skills to all children and plan for individualized teaching and support for children with disabilities, children who have experienced trauma, and children who are multi-language learners.
Building Blocks (6 hours, online)
The Building Blocks Framework for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs (Sandall et al., 2019) provides inclusive programs with a tiered system of support that includes curriculum modifications, embedded learning opportunities, and child focused instructional strategies. This evidence-based framework was developed by UW researchers and is based on over fifty years of research in best practices for inclusive settings. When teaching teams use this framework to assess, plan, and provide instruction, all children can participate and be fully included in any setting. Six hour training including high quality environments, curriculum modifications, and embedded learning opportunities.
Intro (2h)
- Introduce the Building Blocks Framework for Teaching Preschoolers with Special Needs
- Discuss the bottom block- how High Quality Inclusive Environments Benefit Everyone.
- Discuss strategies to support inclusion and individualized instruction in the preschool setting, specifically focusing on high quality learning environments and clarifying classroom schedules.
Curriculum Modifications (2h)
- Discuss strategies to support inclusion and individualized instruction in the preschool setting, specifically focusing on curriculum modifications.
- Identify why curriculum modifications are important and the different types of curriculum modifications.
- Discuss strategies to implement curriculum modifications in the classroom.
Putting it all Together (2h)
- Review the building blocks framework and the implementation steps and look at examples.
- Discuss the third block in the Building Blocks framework- embedded learning opportunities (ELOs).
- Identify what embedded learning opportunities are, why they are important and when to use them.
- Discuss how to use an activity matrix to organize individualized learning.
- Review and discuss how to use the resources shared.
