Webinars

Dynamic vs. Static Assessment: A Growth Mindset Perspective Assessment should inform teaching. It should be continuous, pick up data on mathematical growth and development, and provide information about the "zone of proximal development" (Vygotsky 1978). To do so, it needs "to foresee where and how one can anticipate that which is just coming into view in the distance" (Streefland 1985, 285). It needs to capture genuine mathematizing—children's strategies, their ways of modeling realistic problems, and their understanding of key mathematical ideas. Bottom line, it needs to capture where the child is on the landscape of learning—where she has been, what her struggles are, and where she is going: it must be dynamic. This session will examine ways to assess development dynamically to inform teaching and to document the learning journey. Guest: Cathy Fosnot, president, New Perspectives Online, New Perspectives on Assessment, and New Perspectives on Learning This webinar will be moderated by Joe Trahan, curriculum designer, DreamBox Learning Register Here From NAEYC: Building healthy, safe environments - Featuring, Christopher Gavigan, Co-Founder of the Honest Company  When - February 4th from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET - Register Here Hear from the Honest Company's co-founder and best selling author of, Healthy Child Healthy World, Christopher Gavign, as well as Honest's Head of Social Goodness, Laura Probst.   Research continues to demonstrate that the most important years of development happen during the first five years of life.  According to the American Medical Association, tens of millions of American children now face chronic diseases and illnesses - including cancer, autism, asthma, birth defects, ADD/ADHD, allergies, and learning/developmental disabilities.  preliminary research from the Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggests the environment of what goes in, on, and around children is fundamentally linked to their neurological, physical, and behavioral development.  During this webinar, you will learn new approaches and information to managing environmental impacts on health.