PRE-K Plus Institute

Target Audience:

Pre-K teachers, Pre-K aides, and administrators

Length of Training:

2 days

Materials:

Training book

Enrollment:

20–50 participants

Description

Going beyond the content of the one-day PRE-K Institute, this two-day course allows participants more opportunities to work on management issues, such as developing routines, creating a print-rich environment, and balancing children's social and academic needs, through Houghton Mifflin PRE-K.

Objectives

As a result of attending this institute, participants will:

• understand and successfully implement Houghton Mifflin PRE-K
• be able to support and enhance an existing Pre-K curriculum with Houghton Mifflin PRE-K
• understand and be able to implement instructional strategies necessary to build students' phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge, oral language and vocabulary skills, writing skills, and number sense
• understand the program's comprehensive curriculum, which includes social and emotional development, science, social studies, and math
• be able to adapt instruction through formal and informal assessment