Explore Our Workshops for Teachers
Our professional development workshops are grounded in play-based learning, child development, and the principles of high-quality early childhood education. We draw on NAEYC’s developmentally appropriate practice guidelines to help teachers connect research and theory to what they see and do in the classroom every day.
Teacher Professional Development Program
Our workshops are designed around the specific needs of co-op Preschool Teachers, with an emphasis on connection, shared learning, and practical application. The three-session format provides an opportunity for teachers to build on their learning over time, exchange experiences, reflect together, and develop practical strategies they can use in their classrooms. Each session combines research-based knowledge, thoughtful discussion, and practical tools that teachers can apply right away.
Three Sessions : $120
Location: TBD (Tacoma Area)
Time:12:30-2:30pm
Capacity: 20
"Confident Teachers, Confident Parents: Supporting Children Through Conflict"
Location: Tacoma Nature Center Time:12:30-2:30pm
This interactive workshop helps teachers build confidence in responding to child-to-child conflict and supporting working parents as confident classroom partners. Teachers will explore positive discipline, reflect on their own experiences with conflict and discipline, and examine current teaching strategies. They will also create practical, case-by-case “What Do I Do?” scenario cards to help working parents respond consistently in the classroom.
"Play Is Learning: Confidently Communicating Kindergarten Readiness"
Location:TBD Time:12:30-2:30pm
Explore the brain research behind play-based learning and how play builds the skills children need for kindergarten readiness. Teachers will create practical sentence starters and communication tools for conversations, newsletters, and classroom displays—helping them confidently make children’s learning visible and advocate for play.
“Rethinking Music Time: Beyond CD’s and YouTube”
Location:TBD Time:12:30-2:30pm Music time can be much more than playing a song on a CD or youtube. This interactive workshop invites teachers to rethink how music can support the whole child. Through demonstrations and hands-on activities, teachers will explore ways to use music to build social-emotional skills, language, early math and science concepts, and executive function.
Individual sessions are also available for those who are unable to attend the full series.
"Confident Teachers, Confident Parents: Supporting Children Through Conflict"
Location: Tacoma Nature Center Time:12:30-2:30pm
This interactive workshop helps teachers build confidence in responding to child-to-child conflict and supporting working parents as confident classroom partners. Teachers will explore positive discipline, reflect on their own experiences with conflict and discipline, and examine current teaching strategies. They will also create practical, case-by-case “What Do I Do?” scenario cards to help working parents respond consistently in the classroom.
"Play Is Learning: Confidently Communicating Kindergarten Readiness"
Location:TBD Time:12:30-2:30pm
Explore the brain research behind play-based learning and how play builds the skills children need for kindergarten readiness. Teachers will create practical sentence starters and communication tools for conversations, newsletters, and classroom displays—helping them confidently make children’s learning visible and advocate for play.
“Rethinking Music Time: Beyond CD’s and YouTube”
Location:TBD Time:12:30-2:30pm Music time can be much more than playing a song on a CD or youtube. This interactive workshop invites teachers to rethink how music can support the whole child. Through demonstrations and hands-on activities, teachers will explore ways to use music to build social-emotional skills, language, early math and science concepts, and executive function.