Summer Institutes

We are pleased to offer a unique professional development opportunity in July 2020. We will assemble some of the best minds in the field to challenge you at our Big Ideas in Early Learning Summer Institute, where you will collaborate and network with other like-minded professionals during a unique, multiday experience held at our downtown Chicago campus.

Taken from our long-running early math summer institute, Meaning-Making in Early Math Education or MEME, the math track of this event offers a chance for early childhood professionals to work with Collaborative experts and gain an in-depth understanding of foundational mathematics. Our MEME Early Math Summer Institute has been a favorite of many educators for the last five years. The Big Ideas in Early Learning math track caters to that same audience with rich, developmentally-appropriate professional learning.

Registration begins in January

This week-long hands-on experience gives educators an opportunity to dive deep into a fascinating topic in early childhood education. And since it’s from Erikson Institute, it’s all grounded in expertise from the foremost institution on childhood development. Sign up to be notified when registration is available for next year.

Big Ideas in Early Learning

Big Ideas in Early Learning offers a one-of-a-kind experience, drawing together various disciplines in the field of early childhood education. Over four days, you will take part in intensive exploration with Erikson Institute experts, and each day, you will be introduced to a different Big Idea, a cross-cutting concept that will be woven into each track.

Each day, participants will gather in interdisciplinary groups to explore the connections between their discoveries for making classrooms more meaningful for young children and their teachers.

Dates: July 7–10, 2020

Contact hours: 20

Cost: $850 early bird, $925 after March 15th

Target audience: Preschool and kindergarten teachers, coaches, administrators, and others who support young children’s learning

Content focus (choose only one): Early Mathematics, The Language & Literacy Connection, or Collaborating with Colleagues and Families

Audience size: ~25 teachers in each track

Unique features: A deep dive in one early education focus with additional opportunities for cross-curriculum connections

Math Track Focus: Thinking about number, space, and shape

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Summer Institutes

Registration begins in January

Big Ideas in Early Learning

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