Supporting Teachers to use Learning Stories for Rich Documentation, Teaching, Learning, and Connection, by Sharon Carlson and Amanda Higgins

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Sponsored by Storypark

Be reinspired and energized to document children’s learning! Use learning stories as a formative assessment tool that makes valued learning visible. Educators in New Zealand and globally use learning stories to find out about and document what children know and can do, what interests them, how they are progressing, and where additional support may be required. Learning Stories can also inform future planning and enhance learning opportunities to extend children’s thinking, learning, and development.

It is well-documented that children thrive when educators and families work together to support and enhance their learning. The learning stories approach assumes teachers’ observations are written for and TO the children and their families. Writing observations to them makes the learning come alive in a robust collaborative communication cycle that encourages families and children to contribute to ongoing learning.

In New Zealand, formative assessments such as learning stories are embedded into the foundation of the nationally mandated early childhood education framework. This webinar by early childhood experts Sharon Carlson and Amanda Higgins,  from New Zealand, will explore various approaches and forms of documenting assessment of children’s interests, learning, and development and the components of learning stories to support rich assessment and make learning visible to educators and families.

Sharon and Amanda will also explore using prompts to develop educators’ confidence, knowledge, and skills to capture meaningful and rich documentation of children’s learning. You will learn the value of including multiple voices in stories and documentation through story collaboration to deepen and widen the child’s view.

Join us to take away learning and insights about how you can use documentation and learning stories to:
• bring a focus on learning into learning stories,
• strengthen your communication of learning with families and
• further support educators in enhancing and incorporating quality documentation practices.

 

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

2:oo PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time.

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Resources:

A Learning Story

Learning Story Prompts

Learning Stories Reflection Sheet 

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