Educational Solutions, LLC & Maria Zimmitti, Ph.D. & Associates are partnering to offer professional development presentations for parents and schools.
- Professional development presentations for parents will be offered approximately once per month in September, October, November, January, February, March, April, May, and June, and will be selected from the list below and publicized monthly, occurring on-site at the offices of Maria Zimmitti, Ph.D. & Associates.
- Professional development presentations for schools will be available during any month of the school year or summer. Schools can sign up for individual presentations or for a package of presentations (schools booking 6 trainings for the year will receive 2 trainings free of charge). Educational Solutions, LLC offers the below list of presentations on a regular basis, but can develop workshops on any topic requested by schools.
- Educational Solutions, LLC is also capable of offering on-going professional development in schools through literacy mentors, math mentors, or master teachers. Mentors provide a hierarchy of mentoring activities for teachers ranging from observation & feedback to co-teaching, demonstration, coaching, collaborative consultation, and lesson planning sessions.
- To view sample professional development presentations, please visit the Educational Solutions’ Transition to Teaching page where an Early Childhood STEM presentation and supplemental materials are currently posted.
Professional Development Offerings for Parents:
Establishing Home Literacy Routines
Parenting Children with Anxiety
Helping Children and Teens Manage Stress
How to Complete Engaging Read Alouds for Your Child
Building Emergent Literacy Skills for Young Children
Potty Training
Sleep Training
Encouraging the Development of Self-Regulation Skills
Home Behavior Plans
Dialogic Reading (How to have a vocabulary building conversation about books you read with your child!)
Focus Building Tasks Your Child Can Do At Home
Study Skills Techniques
Creating a Home School Program
Establishing Home Math Routines
Home Practices for Dual Language Children
Home Writing Journals
Technology Resources for Home Usage
Best Practices to Support Children with Learning Disabilities
Professional Development Offerings for Schools:
Early Childhood STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Developing Emergent Literacy Skills (Phonological Awareness, Oral Language, Alphabet Knowledge, and Print Awareness)
Developing Early Reading Skills (Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary)
Understanding the Needs of Children with Learning Disorders
Understanding the Needs of Children with ADHD
Interpreting Psychoeducational Testing
Supporting the Needs of Anxious Children in the Classroom
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Play Therapy
Helping Students Cope with the Pressures of School
Linking Assessment to Instruction
Quality Read Alouds
Implementing Small Group Instruction
Morning Message for Pre-Readers
Integrating Functional Literacy Throughout the Classroom
Literacy Throughout the Day
Oral Language and Vocabulary
Developing Phonological Awareness
Writing in Early Childhood Classrooms
Promoting Self-Regulation in Preschool/PK
Integrating Research-Based Practices
Managing Lesson Plans and Material Preparation
The Classroom Environment
Thematic Planning/Project Approach
Developing Alphabet Knowledge
Developing Print Awareness
Working with Parents/Literacy at Home
Establishing Transition Plans
Understanding and Responding to CLASS (Emotional Support, Classroom Organization, Instructional Support)
Challenging Children to Think (higher level cognitive skills)
Reflective Teaching
Establishing a Lending Library
Implementing Guided Discovery
Best Practices in Preschool/PreK
Implementation of Literacy Initiatives
Implementation of Response to Intervention Models
Creating Print Rich Environments Using Technology (Boardmaker, Inspiration, etc.)
Catch Them Before They Fall: Identifying and Remediating Reading Difficulty With Young Students
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Training
Data Driven Small Group Instruction
Differentiated Instruction for At-Risk or Gifted Students
Literacy Assessment Tools: Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation (PPVT, PALS, SORT, GORT, WRMT, WRAT, EVT, LAC, ITPA)
Creation of Data Systems to Identify At Risk Students
Aligning Literacy and Math Curricula with Local Standards
Teacher Mentoring Methodology
Building Oral Language Skills
Implementing National Reading Panel Recommendations
Language to Literacy Program
Scaffolding Literacy into Curriculum Realms
Behavior Management
Promoting Self-Regulation
Positive Discipline and Classroom Routines
Creating Adult Literacy Programs
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