Registration is Now Open!! 

12th Annual Enter Encounter Engage Conference

Conference in collaboration with ELEA

“Our job is too difficult and too beautiful to do alone.”

-Amelia Gambetti

The Annual Enter Encounter Engage Conference is growing this fall! 

This year we will gather in collaboration with ELEA Region 3 with Sandy Lanes as keynote presenter. Information on Sandy Lanes Here.

This Co-hosted full day conference will have a Keynote presentation, three breakout sessions, Breakfast, Lunch, educational vendors and plenty of time to discuss and network.

Keynote: Sandy Lanes

“Elevating our Planning: Supporting Children’s Working Theories as a Foundation for Learning”

Saturday Oct 7 2023

Time:8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location:

Westwood Early Childhood Center

9001 Cedar Lake Rd 

St Louis Park, MN 55426

Cost: $125

Conference registration is now open and being handled by ELEA registration site. 

Follow this link for the break out session choices listed in brochure 

Registration is finalized when you register at this link and completed payment

If you have questions contact ReggioInspiredMN@gmail.com

Thank You!

What is documentation?   Why is it important to our practice?  What can we learn from the Italian educators?  How does it contrast with display/decoration?  How can documentation be used in the assessment process?  Articles will be blended into the experience.  We will continue to examine traces of work and collaborate on insights into the learning.  Readings on documentation will be suggested.

  “Documentation is not about what we do but what we are searching for.” 

~Carla Rinaldi

Benilde-St. Margaret's 

2361 Parkwoods Rd,  DOOR #15 

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

All are welcome. Participation is free.

Register for October, 2023 Doc Lab:

Provocations and Practice for Developing Race Consciousness in the Classroom: Anti-Racism Through a Reggio-Inspired Practice

Certificate of Attendance available

Facilitators: Sharon Rosenberg-Scholl, director, Temple Israel; Celeste Fin, director & founder, Big Wonder Early Learning; Rie Gilsdorf, racial equity coordinator & educator

Hybrid event:

Zoom: link sent after registration

In-person location:

Temple Israel Early Childhood Center

2323 Fremont Ave S.

Minneapolis, MN 55408

Cost: $30 

Students: Limited spots available at no cost for students - email Heidi Wolf for details and registration hwolf@bsmschool.org

Playing with the Language of Music

Certificate of Attendance available

Explore the influence music has on children's learning and how to grow this language with children through imagination, participation, play and active music-making.

Facilitator: Mark Sorvari, Certified in Orff Schulwerk, trained in Music Together and experienced in the Reggio Emilia Approach

Hybrid Gathering:

Zoom: link sent after registration

In-person Location:

Big Wonder Preschool

60 N. Kent St.

St. Paul, MN

Cost:

$25 Early Bird  |  $30 after Nov 1, 2023

Students: Limited spots available at no cost for students - email Heidi Wolf for details and registration hwolf@bsmschool.org

“LET’S TALK” Exploring Race with Young Children

Facilitators: Rie Gilsdorf and Christy Spencer

January 18  2024 7:00-8:15 PM (CST)

“Let’s Talk” is a space for people to think deeply and make connections with others studying the Reggio Approach. "Let's Talk" is free to participants and provides a structure to engage with topics of interest. In this Zoom, participants will explore the many considerations involved in talking with young children about race.

Zoom link will be sent in registration confirmation.

Questions can be sent to reggioinspiredmn@gmail.com.   

 What is documentation?   Why is it important to our practice?  What can we learn from the Italian educators?  How does it contrast with display/decoration?  How can documentation be used in the assessment process?  Articles will be blended into the experience.  We will continue to examine traces of work and collaborate on insights into the learning.  Readings on documentation will be suggested.

  “Documentation is not about what we do but what we are searching for.” 

~Carla Rinaldi

Benilde-St. Margaret's 

2361 Parkwoods Rd,  DOOR #15 

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

All are welcome. Participation is free.

Discussion and Tour: Focus on the joys of home and employer-based programs serving mixed-age groups of children

Certificate of Attendance available

Facilitators: Heidi Wolf & Gretchen Sandburg, Little Knights Early Childhood Program; Stephanie Ponticas, program consultatnt; Cheryl Vargas, owner/director, Cheries' Learning Tree

Hybrid event:

Zoom: link sent after registration

In-person location:

Little Knights Early Childhood Program

Benilde St. Margaret's School

2361 Parkwoods Road

St. Louis Park, MN

Cost:  $30 

Students: Limited spots available at no cost for students - email Heidi Wolf for details and registration hwolf@bsmschool.org

What is documentation?   Why is it important to our practice?  What can we learn from the Italian educators?  How does it contrast with display/decoration?  How can documentation be used in the assessment process?  Articles will be blended into the experience.  We will continue to examine traces of work and collaborate on insights into the learning.  Readings on documentation will be suggested.

  “Documentation is not about what we do but what we are searching for.” 

~Carla Rinaldi

All are welcome. Participation is free.

Journey of a Reggio-Inspired Spanish Immersion Program for Infants - 5 year olds

Certificate of Attendance available

Facilitators: Sarahi Barco and staff of Edina Daycare

Hybrid event:

Zoom: link sent after registration

In-person location:

Edina Daycare

4940 W 77th St.

Edina, MN  55435

Cost:  $30 

Students: Limited spots available at no cost for students - email Heidi Wolf for details and registration hwolf@bsmschool.org

Immersing Ourselves in Nature

Certificate of Attendance available

Facilitators: Karen Walburg, classroom teacher and Kellee Nelson, director

Westwood Early Childhood Center

Hybrid event:

Zoom: link sent after registration

In-person location:

Westwood Early Childhood Center

9001 Cedar Lake Rd

St. Louis Park, MN 55426

Cost:  $30 

Students: Limited spots available at no cost for students - email Heidi Wolf for details and registration hwolf@bsmschool.org

 What is documentation?   Why is it important to our practice?  What can we learn from the Italian educators?  How does it contrast with display/decoration?  How can documentation be used in the assessment process?  Articles will be blended into the experience.  We will continue to examine traces of work and collaborate on insights into the learning.  Readings on documentation will be suggested.

  “Documentation is not about what we do but what we are searching for.” 

~Carla Rinaldi

Benilde-St. Margaret's 

2361 Parkwoods Rd,  DOOR #15 

St. Louis Park, MN 55416

All are welcome. Participation is free.