Teacher In-Service Preparation August 4-August 15, 2013 For the past two weeks, the Utopia teaching team has been hard at work preparing the classroom environment for the 2014-2015 school year! The teachers organized and cleaned the classroom, labeled each child’s personal areas (cubbies, mailboxes, extra clothes, etc.), prepared for the new children joining our class, and restocked and organized the various learning areas. In addition to the work in the classroom, the staff took a training focused on positive guidance and discipline, attended a welcome back workshop provided by Preschool For All (PFA), and participated in a Project Approach curriculum workshop. During the Project Approach curriculum workshop, our PFA Coach, Betty, challenged the staff to think of new ways to engage the children in our classroom. As part of the training, the staff discussed a project about birds and participated in activities that would allow them to have a better understanding about...
