NorCal ELC

Check out this FREE pro learning opportunity with Zaretta Hammond!
Register here: https://ml2.collaborativeclassroom.org/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=CFCC&evid=40626291

Join the NorCal ELCs UTK Learning Modules fall series!
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It's always a privilege to support the development of educators. The Paradise Team is a member of our NorCal Educational Leadership Consortium - check out what they're learning!

Fostering Peer Connections in Staff Meetings These simple social and emotional learning activities can help make staff meetings more engaging and productive.

Browse the resources and recordings from the 3rd Annual Summer Leadership Institute! https://www.csuchico.edu/norcalelc/newsletter/index.shtml -annual-sli

Don't miss out on this FREE professional learning opportunity! Apply today!
https://www.csuchico.edu/norcalelc/index.shtml

Golden Hills: A Professional Learning Community Model School

Golden Hills Elementary School in Palermo, Butte County, is the first school in the Shasta Region to be awarded the Professional Learning Community (PLC) Model School by Solution Tree.

Read the full story about Golden Hills: https://www.csuchico.edu/norcalelc/newsletter/index.shtml

Chrysalis Charter Transforms Reading Outcomes!

Chrysalis Charter in Shasta County transforms reading outcomes for students through data-based decision making and leveraging their NorCal Educational Leadership (NorCal ELC) team’s continuous improvement approach.

Read the full story about Chrysalis Charter: https://www.csuchico.edu/norcalelc/newsletter/index.shtml

NorCal ELC Local Team Recruitment Coming Soon!

Watch for information on joining NorCal ELC’s local team program. NorCal ELC learned that funding to support professional learning, guidance, and coaching on local problems of practice will continue. Planning is underway to recruit teams of school and teacher leaders who want to work on equity-centered problems of practice and learn about continuous improvement processes while increasing local leadership capacity. Funding for 2023–26 is through the California Department of Education 21st Century California School Leadership Academy Program.

NorCal ELC’s 3rd Annual Summer Leadership Institute will be host live via Zoom on June 12 and 13. Join us for all or part of this educational event to hear from regional educators and find out how school and teacher leaders in the NorCal ELC network are making improvements that impact students.
Register today: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesXZJKIt0FHS1AUYBeiNSfSoIsAqIcPAvjajMHCTE2V64LLw/viewform

Envisioning Equitable TK Classrooms in Action
HOSTED BY 21CSLA SHASTA REGIONAL ACADEMY: NORCAL ELC
Join us for the 2nd of a 3-SESSION SERIES ON MONDAYS: APR 3 (S1), APR 17 (S2), AND MAY 1 (S3), 2023, 3:30–5:30 PM
LOCATION: VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM
REGISTRATION: NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS.
REGISTER AT https://csuchico.zoom.us/.../tZUkduGrqzsiHtJ_7Tc-v7F61_DN...

"In the early years, children begin to build a neuronal foundation for later critical and deep thinking and develop intellectual dispositions, habits of mind, and inquisitiveness. In other words, during the early years, children are capable of—and in fact need—critical thinking and intellectual rigor. As educators, we must be proactive about how we engage their developing minds."

Prekindergartners Can Be Critical Thinkers, Too Project-based instructional strategies can help young students cultivate deep-thinking and inquiry skills.