This session presents a Multimodal Candidate Engagement Framework designed to amplify voice, agency, and reflective capacity through:Video-based reflective practice (recorded lessons with guided self-analysis) Audio reflections and podcasting to articulate instructional reasoning Digital portfolios that integrate artifacts across coursework and clinical experiences Peer multimodal feedback (video/audio commentary instead of written-only responses) Identity-centered prompts connecting personal, cultural, and professional perspectives The model is embedded across coursework and clinical experiences, ensuring coherence between theory and practice while fostering continuous reflection.
As teacher educators, the way we design our own courses sends a powerful message to our students, who are future teachers themselves, about what equitable, engaging, and caring instruction looks like in practice. At the same time, professional development works best when it feels less like a presentation and more like a conversation. This workshop seeks to honor both of these ideas by creating a collaborative, low-stakes environment where participants can take an honest look at their own online courses and explore humanizing strategies grounded in research. By the end of the session, participants will have retooled a course artifact ready to use in their online course. More importantly, they will leave thinking differently about what it means to design online learning experiences that are equitable, inclusive, and worthy of the diverse students they serve.The purpose of this workshop is to share common problems of practice and solutions developed to address such problems. The two main problems discussed are surface-level reflections in candidates’ work, and limited practice interacting with parents over difficult topics. After exploring candidates’ work before and after the use of an AI chatbot, participants will be coached to develop their own chatbot prompt to push their own candidates’ thinking or experiences in the college classroom.
MATERIALS PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING A Wi-Fi enabled laptop or tablet. A sample artifact from a current or future online course, such as a syllabus, a weekly module introduction, a major assignment description, or a discussion board prompt. Access to their institution's Learning Management System (LMS), such as Canvas or Blackboard, if participants wish to build their redesigned elements directly into their course.
In this workshop, participants will take an honest look at the relational expectations (such as expectations of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System) placed on teachers as they engage with young children, and why those relationships matter so deeply in the early years. From there, they will explore how the way leaders show up for their staff directly shapes the quality of children's experiences in the classroom.
MATERIALS PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING Participants will not need supplies other than pen and paper and their focused selves.
I’m an early childhood education leader, Assistant Professor at Touro Graduate School of Education—where I’ve been preparing educators since 2004—and a doctoral researcher. I’m fascinated by what happens when we look more closely at the everyday interactions that shape teaching... Read More →
Thursday October 22, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT Sun Room
During the workshop, participants will work individually or in institutional teams to develop a Partnership Action Blueprint that includes: (1) a shared partnership vision, (2) priority partnership goals, (3) key stakeholders and governance structures, (4) data and assessment strategies, and (5) next steps for strengthening recruitment, clinical preparation, and induction supports. Facilitators will provide templates, planning tools, and reflection protocols that participants can adapt and implement within their organizations.In this workshop, participants will take an honest look at the relational expectations (such as expectations of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System) placed on teachers as they engage with young children, and why those relationships matter so deeply in the early years. From there, they will explore how the way leaders show up for their staff directly shapes the quality of children's experiences in the classroom.
MATERIALS PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING Resources that will be included in the workshop activities include: the Partnership Action Blueprint Template (primary workshop product), Partnership Self-Assessment Tool, Stakeholder Mapping Template identifying key partners, roles, influence, and engagement strategies, Data Dialogue Protocol with guiding questions for analyzing partnership data and identifying priorities, Priority-Setting Matrix to help participants identify high-impact improvement opportunities, 90-Day Action Planning Template including goals, action steps, responsible parties, timelines, and success indicators.
The workshop will provide tangible methods for effective communication coaching at both the pre-service and new teacher levels. Designed for educator prep professionals, instructional coaches, field supervisors, and principals/administrators.
