Welcome to the training programme ‘Seeing Every Child’. ‘Seeing Every Child’ is an internationally accredited professional learning programme consisting of 4 interconnected modules designed to build educator knowledge placing the child at the heart of assessment, pedagogy and curriculum. Educators learn to notice deeply, document meaningfully, respond intentionally and plan responsively, creating learning experiences that reflect each child’s unique voice, interests, strengths, wellbeing and learning. This is Module 1.  Module 1- Authentic Assessment through Emergent Practice This training module explores five key components of child-centred practice and documentation in early education. It begins by examining emergent practice and the importance of placing the child at the centre of learning and decision-making. The module then explores how agentic educators foster agency in children, followed by an introduction to assessment practices that support learning and development in early education. It also considers how documentation can be used to recognise and celebrate each child's unique strengths, interests and experiences. Finally, the module introduces the MOSAIC framework as a child-centred approach to documenting children's learning, participation and development. Components are as follows: Component 1: Emergent Practice: Placing the Child at the Centre  Component 2: Agency: Agentic Educators enable Agentic Children   Component 3: Assessment for Early Education  Component 4: Seeing the Unique Child through Documentation  Component 5: MOSAIC as a Child-centred Documentation System.   *PLEASE READ 'NOTES FOR THE COURSE' BEFORE BEGINNING.    

Welcome to the training programme ‘Seeing Every Child’  ‘Seeing Every Child’ is an internationally accredited professional learning programme consisting of 4 interconnected modules designed to build educator knowledge placing the child at the heart of assessment, pedagogy and curriculum. Educators learn to notice deeply, document meaningfully, respond intentionally and plan responsively, creating learning experiences that reflect each child’s unique voice, interests, strengths, wellbeing and learning. This is Module 2.   MODULE 2: Telling the Story of Learning: The story-based approach.  This training module explores six key areas that support a story-based approach to documentation in early learning settings. It begins by examining emotional wellbeing as the foundation for all learning, before considering what holistic learning looks like in practice. The module then introduces ways to make children’s learning visible through stories, including the use of inquiry wall stories and transition stories to capture and share meaningful learning experiences. Finally, it explores the MOSAIC framework as a practical approach for documenting children’s voices, experiences and development through storytelling. Components are as follows: Component 1: Emotional wellbeing: The cornerstone of all learning. Component 2: What does holistic learning look like? Component 3: Making learning visible through stories. Component 4: Inquiry wall stories. Component 5: Transition stories. Component 6: MOSAIC as a framework for documentation through stories.   *PLEASE READ 'NOTES FOR THE COURSE' BEFORE BEGINNING.

This short presentation will give you a flavour of the creative new book A Suitcase Full of Stories by Avril McMonagle on pedagogical documentation for early education.   'A Suitcase Full of Stories' is an essential resource for Educators, Pedagogical Leaders and students to maximise the impact of meaningful child-led documentation for learning using a story approach. Packed with examples of learning stories, child voice and emergent planning, this book is about capturing children’s stories. It supports educators to develop the skills to tune-in to young children, to see and hear their voice and to use this information to build meaningful learning experiences through a child-led curriculum of play. Available from Amazon.uk/com Purchase here and from the MOSAIC Website A Suitcase Full of Stories - Paperback - MOSAIC (mosaicearlyed.com) This presentation is for information purposes only.  Downloadable flyer in 'Reference Document' section.