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California Kindergarten Association.

Rockin' Kindergarten for over 30 years!

Professional Development Buffet!

You asked, we listened!
We’re bringing back four years of PDW’s. Pick and choose your favorites!

  • Registration for any recorded workshop is $15 for CKA members and $25 for nonmembers.
  • If you purchase seven workshops, you get the eighth free!
  • In order to obtain credit, you must view and reflect on a minimum for 15 workshops.
To register online for one or more workshops, click here!
If you’d like to earn graduate-level professional development semester units/credits through Courses4Teachers for viewing these workshops, click here!

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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!? 👇🏼WORTH THE READ!!👇🏼 How do HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!? 👇🏼WORTH THE READ!!👇🏼 How do YOU feel about this?
California updated Education Code Section 48000[d] to refine the definition of a developmentally appropriate transitional kindergarten (TK) curriculum, removing the phrase "modified kindergarten" to eliminate confusion.

The revised standard explicitly defines TK curriculum around a strengths- and play-based approach aligned with the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF), tailored to children's developmental stages, home languages, and cultural backgrounds.

To support implementation across school districts, the California Department of Education provides evaluation toolkits, principal checklists, and instructional material adoption standards that emphasize playful, child-directed learning over traditional worksheets.
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HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?!? 👇🏼WORTH THE READ!!👇🏼 How do YOU feel about this?California updated Education Code Section 48000[d] to refine the definition of a developmentally appropriate transitional kindergarten (TK) curriculum, removing the phrase "modified kindergarten" to eliminate confusion.The revised standard explicitly defines TK curriculum around a strengths- and play-based approach aligned with the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations (PTKLF), tailored to children's developmental stages, home languages, and cultural backgrounds.To support implementation across school districts, the California Department of Education provides evaluation toolkits, principal checklists, and instructional material adoption standards that emphasize playful, child-directed learning over traditional worksheets.bit.ly/DAPinTK ...

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