Florida Kindergarten Council

Annual Convention

Saturday, February 4, 2017 The Doubletree Hotel

10100 International Drive

Orlando, FL

Featuring Keynote Speaker

Christian Long

“You can’t use up creativity…

The more you use it, the more you have.”

Maya Angelou

Doubletree Map

Don’t forget to attend the

Annual Business Meeting!

8:00 a.m.

Room: Coral A

Oceans Conference Center

Welcome

Dear FKC Colleagues,

The Florida Kindergarten Council’s Board of Directors warmly welcomes you to the convention! We are thrilled you have joined us in Orlando to enliven this year’s theme, Celebrating Creative Spaces. Thank you for being part of this professional development journey as we learn with and from on another. We have no doubt that you will walk away with innovative ideas shared by our member schools on how to use developmentally appropriate environments to provide opportunities for children to explore, design, and invent. We hope last evening’s Meet and Greet was a time to step back and become acquainted with FKC Board members and Florida’s outstanding educators and administrators from our member schools. Our Board continuously seeks opportunities to serve your and your school’s needs, so please be sure to bring any question, concern or idea to any of our Board members. The Florida Kindergarten Council shares in your mission of preserving childhood. We will continue to honor our children for their potential as learners and celebrate them for their originality. In doing so, we must ensure that their learning spaces, whether they are on the playground, outdoors surrounded by nature, or in their classrooms, will promote Investigations, creativity, and innovation. The Florida Kindergarten Council invites you to immerse yourselves in creativity, and call upon your commitment, along with the thousands of collegues in the state, to look outwardly to identify, prepare and Cele-brate Creative Spaces. Sincerely, Arvi Balseiro, Ana Ibanez, and Shari Wladis

FKC Convention Chairs

Twitter Back Channel: Throughout the day, participants are

encouraged to tweet about what they are learning. People all over

the world have already told us they are looking forward to following

the back channel. Please use hashtag FKCchat. If you want to learn

More about Twitter, attend our session “Twitter for Teachers” so you

can find out how to unleash this powerful, free professional

development tool!

Schedule

Friday, February 3, 2017

6:30-8:00 p.m. Meet and Greet

Complimentary Beverages and Hors D’oeuvres

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Registration, Exhibits and

Continental Breakfast

Annual Business Meeting: One representative

per school should attend.

(Coral A)

Keynote Address: Christian Long

Session I

Break and Exhibits

Session II

Break and Exhibits

Session III

Break and Exhibits

Lunch

7:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.

10:00-10:45 a.m.

10:45-11:00 a.m.

11:00-11:45 a.m.

11:45-12:00 p.m.

12:00-12:45 p.m.

12:45-1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER CHRISTIAN LONG

Christian is the c of WONDER (by Design): A

Learning and Design Expedition, a collaborative

mult l venture that explores the future of learning

thru a uman centered design lens. He is also the proud

founder of Prototype Design Studio, an on going

experimentation in social design done in partnership

with students, teachers, professional cr , an

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Beyond his work in the school design industry, he spent 15 years as an educator, coach, program director, and experiential education leader in the US, as well as an educator in Tokyo, Japan and on the Navajo Reservation (New Mexico). He also authored and directed an innovative architecture, design, and planning program for urban high school students in Was ngto . and was a v lunte e ucato at th t n Bu ing Mu eu . Christian has served as a national juror on the American

Institute of Architects annual school architecture

awards program as well as for the global Design for

Change program that empowers children to design

solutions for the world’s greatest problems. He also

served on CEFPI's (Council for Educational Facility

Planners International) World Conference 2010 / San

Jose (CA) planning team, the national CEFPI Innovation

planning t am, an t FPI S ut n R g n plann ng

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Christian is married to Karla, a brilliant middle school principal, social studies teacher and experiential education leader. They have 2 young children (Beckett, class of 2025, and Berkeley, class of 2027) that wonderfully help shape (and challenge) everything they know about education and learning.

Session I: 10:00 - 10:45 a.m.

Mediterranean A Cultivating Character in Daily Doses In today's hurried and rapidly-changing world, students are exposed to information, images and situations which require them to call upon their core virtues as people of good character. Through daily modeling, implementation and discussion, we can instill in children the traditional values that serve as the core of our society that will lead them to healthy, productive lives. Presenter: Jill Sevilla, The Cushman School Mediterranean B

Get a Grip: Ideas to Improve Fine Motor Control Join Peggy as she shares three decades of experience and ideas to im-prove fine motor control and small muscle strength for young children. This workshop will give you the “whys” and the “hows” of arm, hand and finger strength and control. Learn great and easy exercises and fun ways to promote good handwriting, cutting and coloring without any stress to the child. You will leave with a wealth of ideas to use to help your child or students starting right now! Presenter: Peggy Campbell-Rush, The Bolles School Mediterranean C Primary Digital Portfolios Would you like to strengthen your home/school connection as well as have digital portfolios for each student? With the Seesaw app, you can show growth and progression throughout the year. Parents have imme-diate communication and the students will develop 21st century skills to an authentic audience. BYOD (Bring your own device) Presenter: Betsy Eveland, Lake Highland Preparatory School Caribbean A Worried Well/Well Worried: Identifying, Understanding, and Supporting Anxious Kids in the Classroom This presentation aims to define anxiety, differentiate adaptive levels of worry from problematic levels, and consider approaches for supporting kids who are experiencing anxiety. Ideally, participants will leave the presentation with a clearer understanding of what anxiety is and in-creased confidence in their own ability to support students who are experiencing it in the classroom. Presenter: Ethan Weiss, Out-of-Door Academy

Session I: 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Caribbean B Bringing Student Designed Dream Spaces to Life Take your students from asking questions to a final blueprint of their dream classroom or playground. Students will be introduced to jour-naling, research, and collaborative discussion skills as they work through the process of designing their dream school space. Let your students' creativity flow as they take ownership of their environment. Presenters: Michael Hughes & Shari Wladis Jewish Academy of Orlando Caribbean C Learning to THINK….Thinking to LEARN! Creating a THINKING Culture is at the heart of Palm Beach Day's mis-sion. Come learn about their cognitive journey to facilitate a school-wide focus on teaching students how to critically THINK and COMMUNI-CATE based on a common visual language! Lots of examples will be shown. Presenters: Donna Tobey & James Dean Palm Beach Day Academy

Coral B New FCIS/FKC Standards for Accreditation All new standards for accreditation will come into effect July 1, 2017. Join the FCIS Director of Accreditation as she highlights some of the major differences and similarities between the current standards and the new standards. Time will be set aside to discuss the impact of these changes will have on self-study processes and evaluations taking place in 2017-18 and beyond. Presenter: Melissa Alton, Director of Accreditation

Session II: 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Mediterranean A Natural Provocations Lead to Inspired Learning How can we inspire young children's learning in our classrooms? Experiences are set up in response to children’s interests and ideas. They are thoughtful and deliberate provocations to spark creativity, thinking, planning and reflecting. Presenters: Lang Hudepohl & Connie Siemonof

The Cushman School

Mediterranean B Flexible Seating We will be discuss the use of flexible seating in an elementary classroom setting. We will show video and pictures of our students using the differ-ent seating options. We will also share research and resources to help teachers begin the flexible seating process. Presenters: Julia Connett & Anna Peraza Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart Mediterranean C MITT@Home: Kits to Inspire Your Budding Makers Curious how to incorporate maker education into your classroom? Come learn about MITT@Home: themed and leveled kits with that include materials, design framework, and related fiction and nonfiction books for creative exploration. Session includes a take home list of resources needed to create and manage MITT@Home kits. Presenters: Glynis Miller & Kelley Rose The Out-of-Door-Academy Caribbean A Making Math Meaningful in Pre-K! Join us on the magical and meaningful journey of teaching mathematical concepts in Pre-Kindergarten! It is so exciting to watch young minds grow and learn how to apply math in their every day environment. We will share how we have designed a math program that includes math centers, weaving math into our curriculum throughout the day, and how we use literature to teach math concepts. We will also share how math and purposeful play go hand in hand in Pre-K! Presenters: Janey DePew & Julie Fruit Berkeley Preparatory School

Session II: 11:00 - 11:45 p.m.

Caribbean B

We Are Makers! Get a glimpse into how to create STEAM centers! "Imagination

Station" and "Tinker Town" are interactive stations where

students follow the Design Thinking process to create cross-

curricular projects. Presenters offer details about how to get a

STEAM center started along with guidelines on keeping the

station organized, running, and student-centered.

Presenters: Laura Fitzpatrick & Jessica Boston North Broward Preparatory School

Caribbean C

Designing the Conditions for Wonder and Creativity

Inspired by Reggio Emilia's view of the 'learning environment' as the 'third teacher' in a student's life, we will explore how we can purposefully design the conditions to help all learners (and teach-ers) live a life of wonder and creativity at school. This session will focus on a 21st Century human-centered design process that in-spires both compelling physical architecture of learning environ-ments and the development of a ubiquitous teaching and learning culture of empathy, collaboration, and innovation. Presenter: Christian Long

Coral A

Sight Word Bonanza

Sight words are the bedrock of reading. Having “known words” in your reading vocabulary makes the task of reading easier. Reading becomes more enjoyable and faster when you don’t have to sound out every word. Come and enjoy many activities that you can use in your classroom on Monday. Presenter: Peggy Campbell-Rush, The Bolles School

Session III: 12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

Mediterranean A Capturing Creative Spaces In this session, we will explore ways to document and capture student work and thinking, and use them to share and reflect on learning within a school community or classroom. Participants will learn about ways to document student thinking through reflective paintings, thinking maps and thinking routines. Participants will also look at ways to capture and celebrate the work of the classroom, using video and electronic evidence, to share progress with teachers, students and parents. Presenters: Kathleen Malanowski & Tanya Lynch North Broward Preparatory School Mediterranean B Learning in Every Nook and Cranny, Including Outside! We're a Reggio Inspired and project based learning school. Discover the research behind bringing nature inside and taking children outside! Get inspired and see how we make inviting spaces Presenters: Shonna Brady & Kate Iorli Hershorin Schiff Community Day School Mediterranean C Fostering a Growth Mindset What is a growth mindset? Carol Dweck, a professor of psychology at Stanford University, has worked for decades developing her theory of growth mindset and the power of “not yet”. Become a facilitator and motivator, creating a creative environment to guide your students in their understanding of trying, failing, experimenting and succeeding. Presenters: Isabella Cofino & Gabriela Gispert The Mandelstam School

Caribbean A Living Marine Science Lab Our waterfront location currently allows our ECE-3rd grade students to work one-on-one with upper school marine biology students. This project will provide an age appropriate outdoor, living marine laboratory for our ECE-3rd grade students to collect and observe marine life to begin to teach them about the delicate ecosystems of the Indian River Lagoon. Presenter: Kelly Ray, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Academy Caribbean B Alphabet Mountain-A Playwright’s Environment Learn how second graders, with the help of 6th grade students, could become authors to original plays and how sixth grade students could be cast in the plays that 2nd graders wrote. It all comes to fruition through a performance was held for an audience of the school community. Presenters: Jon Fishman & Rena Turret North Broward Preparatory School Caribbean C Rooted in Faith Gardening Program Using re-purposed pallets, hard work, and a little faith, your Early Childhood students can enjoy experiential learning through gardening that goes beyond the typical textbook. This hands-on project easily integrates STEAM into your daily curriculum. Presenters: Stephanie Jaroszeski & Bill Stewart Christ’s Church Academy

Session III: 12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

Thank You to our Vendors!

NeuroNet Learning

Peggy Campbell-Rush

Social Bridges

Thinking Maps

Crayola Experience

Melissa Dean Purses & Accessories

House Salad

Rolls and Butter

Grilled Boneless Chicken with Piccata Sauce

Vegetables

Dessert

Iced Tea * Water * Coffee

Lunch: 1:00 p.m.

FKC Colleagues,

We sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed your day with us! Please remember

to:

* Fill out your evaluation form. It will provide us with candid feedback

to improve next year’s conference.

*Turn in your badge holder to the FKC registration table.

* Consider a presentation that you or a colleague might share at next

year’s conference.

* Share what you’ve learned with others.

* Tell everyone what a great time you had today!!

Thank you,

President Paola Consuegra Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart 3747 Main Highway Miami, FL 33133 Ph. 305-446-5673 pconsuegra@Carrollton.org Vice President Donna Tobey Palm Beach Day Academy 1901 S. Flagler Drive West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Ph. 561-832-8815 dtobey@pbday.org

FKC Board of Directors

Secretary Ana Ibanez St. John’s Episcopal Parish Day School 1002 S. Orleans Avenue Tampa, FL 33606 Ph. 813-849-6200 aibanez@stjohnseales.org Treasurer Michele Proctor Holy Comforter Episcopal School 2001 Fleischmann Road Tallahassee, FL 32308 Ph. 850-383-1007 mproctor@holycomforter.org

Directors Arvi Balseiro The Cushman School 592 N.E. 60th Street Miami, FL 33137 Ph. 305-757-1966 abalseiro@cushmanschool.org Jessica Banks The Out-of-Door Academy 444 Reid Street Sarasota, FL 34242 Ph: 941-349-3223 jbanks@oda.edu Dr. Luci Higgins The First Academy 2667 Bruton Blvd. Orlando, FL 32805 Ph. 407-206-8601 lucihiggins@thefirstacademy.org

Judy Hughes Holy Nativity Episcopal School 205 Hamilton Ave Panama City, FL 32401 Ph: 850-747-0060 jhughes@hnes.us Kathleen Malanowksi North Broward Preparatory School 7600 Lyons Road Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Ph: 954-247-0011 malanowskik@nbps.org

Lori Menger San Jose Episcopal Day School 7423 San Jose Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32217 Ph. 904-733-0352 lmenger@sjeds.org Bill Stewart Christ’s Church Academy 10850 Old Saint Augustine Rd. Jacksonville Beach, FL 32251 904-268-8667 bstewart@ccajax.org Rubina Tariq Nur-Ul-Islam Academy 10600 SW 59th Street Cooper, FL 33328 Ph. 954-434-3288 rtmansoor@gmail.com Jackie Westerfield Grandview Preparatory School 336 Spanish River Blvd NW Boca Raton, FL 33431 Ph. 561-416-9737 jackiew@grandviewprep.net Shari Wladis Jewish Academy of Orlando 851 N Maitland Ave, Suite 100 Maitland, FL 32751 Ph. 407-647-0713 swladis@jewishacademyorlando,org

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