Training Modules
Primary School Training Modules (Grades 1, 2,
3, 4)
1st Grade:
• Introductory Training for the First Grade Methodology
• The Classroom Environment: A Training Workshop
for First Grade
• Primary Workshop: Thematic Teaching
• A Balanced Reading Program Using Ongoing Assessment
In The Classroom
• Mathematics for First Grade
• Morning Meetings
• The Writing Process
• Using Parents and Other Adults as Classroom Assistants
• Using Ongoing Assessment in the Classroom
2nd Grade: • Make and Take-It Workshop
• The Roles of the Teacher in the Child-Centered
Primary Classroom
• Cooperative Learning for Teachers of Primary Students
3rd Grade:
• Teacher/Child Interactions
• Individualizing, Multiple Intelligences, and Learning
Styles In the Classroom
• Math for 8- 10 Year Old Children
• Science for Students 8 to 10
4th Grade:
• Classroom Strategies Which Foster Reading Motivation
• Inquiry: Teaching Critical Thinking in Math and
Science to 8 to 11 year-olds
• Teaching Writing to Children
Transition to Middle School (5th-8th Grade)
• Introduction to the Middle School Years
• Establishing a Partnership between Home and School
• Creating a Collaborative Teaching Team
• Learning Environment
• Integrating the Curriculum
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Inclusion Training Modules
• An Overview on Creating Inclusive Classrooms
• Creating Family-School Partnerships
• Observation of Children with Special Needs
• Assessment of Children with Special Needs
• Developing Individual Education Plans for Children
with Special Needs
• Adapting the Classroom for Children with Disabilities
• Including Children with Mental Retardation (Draft)
• Building Opportunities to Include Children with
Disabilities in Your Program
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Additional Resources:
These resources for teachers, caregivers and parents
and other early childhood professionals are hands-on
guides, which provide
practical applications on how to implement child-centered,
community-based philosophies in early childhood
programs. Learn more.
Professional Development Courses for High Education
Faculty
Semester-length courses and curricular
materials prepare early childhood teachers
for child-centered teaching. Learn more.
Standards and Assessment Instruments
Developed through the work of international task
forces of early childhood professionals, Step by
Step Standards and Assessment
instruments
assist programs working towards a quality
education for children and their families. Learn
more.
Educating Children for Democracy is the
professional journal of the International Step by
Step Association. Learn more.
Videos
“Children Are Our World” colorfully illustrates
how Step by Step programs in Haiti, Kazakhstan
Latvia, Moldova, Mongolia and Ukraine are helping
prepare children
to meet the complex challenges of the 21st Century.
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