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Early Childhood Summer Institute (2 Part Series)

Monday, June 18, 2007- Friday, August 3, 2007
Location: Bloomington, IN

 

Early Childhood Summer Institute 1- How to Access School Readiness in Children and Families: Preparing for Kindergarten (June 18-22, 2007)

The Indiana Institute on Disability and Community 's Early Childhood Center will host a week-long opportunity to look systematically at choosing and conducting kindergarten readiness assessments. Attendees with the ability to:

  • Acquire the knowledge and skills to identify the characteristics that are xindicators/predictors of school readiness;
  • Learn the criteria for choosing the most appropriate assessment tools to inform xessential decisions about children;
  • Obtain knowledge about developing policies and practices for conducting xkindergarten readiness assessment; and
  • Acquire skills in order to use the assessment results of individual children to inform decisions related to program scope, sequence, and support.

Registration fee is $200.00 per person. Three hours of graduate or undergraduate credit will be available for an additional fee. CEU will also be available for an additional fee. For more information, or to download a registration form, view the Summer Institute I web document.


Early Childhood Summer Institute 2 - The Universal Design of Early Education (July 30-August 3, 2007)

The UCEDD will offer practitioners and administrators of early childhood and kindergarten programs, a week-long opportunity to focus on the universal design of early education that promotes school readiness for all children and their families. With the application of a new checklist developed by the Center, practitioners will understand how the universal design of strategies that support school readiness impacts their current practice.

Getting ALL children Ready for School: The Universal Design of Early Education will focus on:

  • The characteristics and qualities of ready children, ready families, and ready schools;
  • The principles of universal design and its application to early education; and
  • Strategies for getting all children ready for school.

Registration fee is $200.00 per person. Three hours of graduate or undergraduate credit will be available for an additional fee. CEU will also be available for an additional fee. For more information contact Jackie at (812) 855-6508. For more information, or to download a registration form, view the Summer Institute II web document .