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73 Arbor Street
San Francisco, CA 94131
Telephone: 415 586 7338
Email: sgclemens@pobox.com or teacher@slip.net
Home Page: http://slip.net/~teacher
Types of Workshops:
Workshops on the Reggio Emilia Approach, on Children and Creativity, on diversity
issues, on Developmentally Appropriate Practice, on the various Child Development
Associate functional areas, on the work of Sylvia Ashton-Warner and of Vivian Gussin
Paley.
Consultation on current program.
Availability:
Available nationally and internationally, up to six weeks per project.
Fees:
Fees are negotiated with employers. Some latitude is possible.
Home Page Address:
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Parent-Child Kits & Books/Dr. Sally Goldberg
6819 S.W. 81 Street, Suite E
Miami, FL 33143
Tel: 1-305-663-4746
FAX: 1-305-252-4257
E-mail: drsally@openway.net
Types of Workshops:
Dr. Goldberg specializes in education from birth to age five. She focuses her work on
getting children to behave better and to learn better. Her training helps
teachers handle children in the classroom, helps teachers help parents to
handle their children, and helps parents directly to handle their children.
Her program features the "15 Pillars of Parenting" and the "Play and Learn
System."
Fees:
A. $150.00/hour
B. $550.00/half day
C. $1,000.00/day
D. $100.00/participant including training kit for a half day session
Availability:
Available is a unique keynote presentation about early learning and
also setting up "Developmental Review" for a school or school system.
Developmental review is an assessment system will follow-up programming for
each individual child. The program includes parent conferences and the
development of the Parent-Teacher partnership.
"Ask Dr. Sally" home page (www.drsally.com)
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Types of workshops:
Dr Stoner has done a number of workshops at the state level (Michigan)
concerning the management of student behavior using noncoercive
methods. Specifically, operating a classroom and a school from a set of
shared ethical principles. The staff must model the behaviors. He
has two hour and four hour presentations. He also does primary level workshops on
the use of math manipulatives in the classroom.
Fees:
Rates vary by location.
Contact Information:
Anyone seeking additional information may contact him at
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Dr. Blythe Hinitz hinitz@tcnj.edu
ELEM/ECED Fax 609-637-5197
The College of New Jersey
(formerly Trenton State College)
P. O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
Contact Information:
Address (Use the one at the bottom of the message for Fall, 1998 and
fax during fall only, but for Spring (or any time) use her home address:
Post Office Box 348, Feasterville, PA 19053-0348
Email address below is accessible from home & she uses it every day.
Home Page Name (FYI: completed by college students as a course project):
Dr. Blythe Hinitz's Home Page
Home Page URL: www.tcnj.edu/~hinitz/
Types of Workshops:
Dr. Hinitz has given workshops on multicultural education, creative arts, social
studies (She has published a book on early childhood social studies), peace
education (much of her joint work with Dr. Aline Stomfay-Stitz is in ERIC)
- for ECE and ELEM - at local, state, national and international conferences (including
NAEYC, ACEI, AERA, NAECTE), as well as at the NY Public Library ECRIC (Early
Childhood Center) (every year for the past 10 years). She was the keynote speaker at
the Fort Dix Early Childhood Conference in April, 1998.
She also teaches administration-management and supervision of an early
education program courses (intensive - for the past 15 years).
Her other major interest is the history of early childhood education. She is
completing a co-authored book on the subject right now.
Fees:
Are discussed on an individual basis.
Blythe Hinitz hinitz@tcnj.edu
ELEM/ECED Fax 609-637-5197
The College of New Jersey
(formerly Trenton State College)
P. O. Box 7718
Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
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6409 152nd Ave. NE Redmond, WA 98052 Telephone: 425-883-1544 Email: gloriad@accessone.com Website: www.GrowSmartBrains.com |
Types of Workshops:
Ms. DeGaetano, author of Television and the Lives of Our Children, Screen
Smarts: A Family Guide to Media Literacy, and Media Smarts 4 Young Folks,
specializes in the impact of passive TV and video on young brains and what
parents and educators can do to reduce negative effects in children from
birth through age 8. Topics include: How Overuse of TV Can Change Brain
Structures and Functions; Media Violence and Young Children; and Literacy
Development in an Age of Screens. Participants walk away with solid
research data and practical ideas for controlling and managing television
and video, setting up media literate environments for youngsters, and for
specific strategies for raising and teaching children optimally in a media
age.
Availability:
Ms. DeGaetano gives conference keynotes, workshops, and organization
half-day or full day/s trainings. She is also available for consultation
and writing curriculum materials. One of her current projects is writing a
media literacy instructional manual for Seattle Region Head Start. Ms.
DeGaetano conducts a specific training program for Early Childhood Staff on
how to best work with parents in helping them control TV and teach
youngsters healthy TV and video habits. She also teaches a distance
learning course, available to anyone in the United States (4 graduate-level
credits from Seattle Pacific University), "The Impact of TV and Video on
Young Brains: Vital Information for Early Childhood Educators." To learn
more about this course, contact her by phone.
Speaking Fees:
$850-$2,000 depending on contracted time and task demands. Always negotiable.
Writing Fees:
Discussed on an individual basis.
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COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL NAME
Generations Together/University of Pittsburgh
Thomas B. Smith, Director, Intergenerational Early Childhood Program
ADDRESS OR OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION
121 University Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-7371
TYPES OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES PROVIDED
Older adults, the fastest-growing segment of America's population, are already a
significant presence in the early childhood workforce. Generations Together's
Intergenerational Early Childhood Program is working to make the unique talents and
attributes of older adults available to the youngest generation in ways that are
developmentally appropriate and beneficial to both age groups. Consultation, technical
assistance, and workshop-type presentations are available on a wide variety of topics
related to this effort, including:
* The philosophy and benefits of intergenerational programming.
* Training staff to work effectively with older adults (as volunteers, or as professional team members).
* Ideas for meaningful involvement of older adults in early childhood programs.
* Training older adults as professional caregivers.
* Strategies for implementing and maintaining an effective co-located or shared-site program.
INFORMATION ABOUT FEES
Fees are based on the University of Pittsburgh consultation rates, but are negotiable.
Travel costs other than local would also be required.
OTHER APPLICABLE INFORMATION
n/a
HOME PAGE NAME
Generations Together: An Intergenerational Studies Program
http://www.pitt.edu/~gti
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