Do you wish that you had a better way to get through all those challenging transition times during the day? Learn to treat those minutes as a precious resource—a special time to explore a joyful mini-curriculum over the course of the year, building skills that are crucial to academic success.

This course focuses on best practices for educators in using sound (and silence) to help children develop and enhance their active listening, executive function, and social-emotional skills.

This course is built for teachers and coaches! You will learn the skills needed to manage classrooms of any size, including how to establish clear expectations, set boundaries, anticipate problems, and react proactively when they do.

Start Date: New cohorts begin at the beginning of February, March, April, September, October, and November.

Course Level: Beginner

Requirements/Prerequisites: None

Target Audience: Instruction and Effective Practice, Support Services

Course Meeting Times: In addition to on-demand coursework, mandatory coaching sessions are held on Thursdays at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Completion Timeline/Duration: Four weeks

Head Start Alignment: This curriculum supports young children’s learning across various Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF) learning domains, including:

• Approaches to Learning
• Social and Emotional Development
• Language and Communication
• Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development
  Cognition