Module 4: Learning Goals, Learning Objectives, and Strategies

4 PL hours

Facilitators: Blair Hill / Karen Burke

This is a 2 evening online session, you must attend both in order to receive a certificate.

This NSELCF module introduces the frameworks four learning goals and explores the different learning objectives within.

Building on Module 3: Connecting Early Learning Principles and Practices, this session supports participants in becoming more familiar with the learning goals of well-being, discovery and invention, language and communication, and person and social responsibility. Through guided discussions and hands-on activities, participants will work with real examples from the Educator's Guide and apply strategies that align with intentional, strengths-based programming.

Participants will:

• Discuss and apply the four learning goals to daily interactions, routines, and planning in early learning and child care settings.
• Reflect on and begin using the learning objectives and strategies that support each goal in practical, meaningful ways.
• Make connections between principles, practices, learning goals, and objectives, and understand how they align with the role of the educator.
• Strengthen their use of the NSELCF and Educator's Guide as foundational tools to support professional growth and curriculum implementation.