Learning Opportunities

Disrupting the Early Years with Guest Speaker Laurie McIntosh

Presented By

Kayla Lake Carlucci, Lesley Jeannotte & Laurie McIntosh

Series Sessions

Date	Time
Thursday, May 11, 2023	4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location

Online

Grade Levels

Pre K - 1

Target Audience: Pre K - Grade 1 teachers, parents and daycare providers are encouraged to attend.

We know that early learning classrooms are becoming more and more complex. In this session, we hope to introduce some tools to build your “disrupting toolbox”, so that you can think about and respond to these complexities with creativity and empathy to reignite joy in working with Early Learners.

What does it mean to be a disruptor? To make “good trouble”? And does it have a place in Early Childhood Education? Come journey with us as we explore the concept of “disrupting early learning” to make our early learning classrooms the best they can be for this generation of early learners.

Take-aways:

Through pre-recorded and live interactive elements, participants will engage in thoughtful reflection and dialogue around their practice, focusing on the idea of “disrupting” established early learning practices to make space for shifts that benefit both the teacher and learner.

Participants will explore practical tools to make “good trouble” by building a playful relationship with their practice and the children they serve.

Kayla Lake Carlucci

Kayla loves all things Early Learning, play, and connection! Having been a kindergarten, grade one and grade two teacher for a number of years she now is a Diverse Learning Consultant, Early Learning with the Calgary Catholic School District. Her true passion in this work is collaborating with other teachers, building community in a classroom, and developing spaces for children that are rooted in play and discovery.

Lesley Jeannotte

Lesley Jeannotte is passionate about Early Learning, especially play, discovery and connection in Early Learning Classrooms. Having worked as a kindergarten, grade one and Diverse Learning Coordinating Teacher, Lesley now serves as a Diverse Learning Consultant, Early Learning with the Calgary Catholic School District. Lesley loves collaboration and bringing multiple perspectives together to imagine new and different possibilities for teachers and students alike.

Laurie McIntosh

Some of the best lessons are taught in the moments between literacy and numeracy. These golden moments based on kindness, connection and community are the moments this kindergarten teacher and author lives for.

With compassion and thoughtfulness, Laurie has an incredible way of acknowledging the accomplishments of educators and affirms them as they journey on their paths, cheering them on as they use connection and relationship to revolutionize their practice.

Storyteller, light bringer and dreamer, Laurie uses her 20+ years in education to forge new paths. With the stories she held writing ‘Teachers These Days’ with Dr. Jody Carrington and her 2 appearances on The Ellen Show Laurie strives to bring teachers together in community and to define and exemplify what it truly means to be a ‘teacher these days’.