Join a hands-on professional development series for all early childhood educators — center-based, family child care, Head Start, and FFN.

✅ What You’ll Get:

• 8 two-hour in-person workshops focused on STEAM concepts

• Interactive presentations, real classroom video, hands-on Tinker and Take sessions

• Practical tools you can use right away

• Aligned with CA Preschool Learning Foundations (PTKLF)

  
  

🔄 Reflective Coaching Cadres (4 total):

• Small-group virtual sessions (1.5 hours each)

• Reflect, collaborate, problem-solve, and set goals with peers

  
  

🛠️ Why It Works:

• Implementation-focused — beyond theory

• Practice-based, culturally responsive, accessible

• 21+ hours of professional development

• Coaching built in for lasting impact

  
  

🎓 Ready to join?

👉 Register Here: Expired

PLEASE NOTE: Signing up for the series enrolls you in all of the workshop sessions. You do not need to enroll in individual sessions.

Questions? Contact CPIN Region 3 at cpinregion3@scoe.net or leave a comment below.

🛠️ Each 2-Hour In-Person Workshop Includes:

• Interactive presentation on a STEAM topic

• Real classroom video + reflection

• Hands-on Tinker and Take session

• Tools you can use right away

• Aligned with CA Preschool Learning Foundations (PTKLF)

  
  

🕕 All sessions run from 6:00–8:00 PM

📍 Mather Room, Sacramento County Office of Education

🎯 Choose the Topics You Need — Register for Any or All:

• Art in Motion: Unleashing the 'A' in STEAM — September 24th, 2025 — Register Here: Art in Motion: Unleashing the 'A' in STEAM

• Balancing Act: Tilt. Test. Tinker. — October 22nd, 2025 — Register Here: Balancing Act: Tilt. Test. Tinker.

• Groove & Move: The Power of Patterns — November 12th, 2025 — Register Here: Groove & Move: The Power of Patterns

• Blown Away!: Wind Powered Learning — January 28th, 2026 — Register Here: Blown Away!: Wind Powered Learning

• Loose Parts, Big Possibilities: Playful Pathways to STEAM — February 18th, 2026 — Register Here: Loose Parts, Big Possibilities: Playful Pathways to STEAM

• Shine & Shadow: Illuminating STEAM Learning— March 25th, 2026 — Register Here: Shine & Shadow: Illuminating STEAM Learning

• Hear Here! Sound, Science, and STEAM in Action — April 22nd, 2026 — Register Here: The Shape of Learning: Exploring Geometry Through STEAM Play

• They See Me Rollin’: Ramps, Pathways & Playful STEAM — May 20th, 2026 — Register Here: They See Me Rollin’: Ramps, Pathways & Playful STEAM

Questions? Contact CPIN Region 3 at cpinregion3@scoe.net or leave a comment below

This hands-on series is open to all early childhood educators — including center-based programs, family child care, Head Start, and FFN (family, friend, and neighbor) providers.

Rooted in the California Preschool Learning Foundations (PTKLF), each session offers engaging, inclusive, and immediately applicable learning you can use right away.

🔎 What to Expect:

• Explore STEAM concepts through movement, art, tinkering, and inquiry

• Reflect on real classroom videos of strategies in action

• Create ready-to-use materials in hands-on Tinker and Take sessions

  
  

Optional Reflective Coaching Cadres offer small-group collaboration, discussion, and goal setting for deeper learning.

✨ Two Ways to Participate:

EXPIRED - OPTION 1️⃣: Full Series Track (22 PD Hours)

• Attend all 8 in-person workshops (2 hours each)

• Join 4 virtual Reflective Coaching Cadres (1.5 hours each)

• For educators ready to reflect, plan, and grow practice

• Only 15 spots available

  
  

OPTION 2️⃣: Single Workshop Drop-In (2 PD Hours per session)

• Register for the in person sessions that fit your needs

• Flexible, targeted learning

• 15 spots available per workshop

  
  

🧪 Topics Include:
Balance • Patterns • Light & Shadow • Art in Motion • Wind Play • Geometry • Ramps & Rolling — and more!

🎓 Whether you’re earning 22 PD hours or joining for a single session, there’s a place for you in this hands-on series.

Spots are limited — Registration is open! 👉

We can’t wait to Count, Play, and Explore with you!

Questions? Contact CPIN Region 3 at cpinregion3@scoe.net or leave a comment below.