Winter is Coming: Get Your Mid-Year PALS Gear Ready!

Winter is Coming: Get Your Mid-Year PALS Gear Ready! PALS Team While we don’t have any sanity-saving tips for managing 25 soggy winter hats, gloves, and boots from the Pre-K and K students in your classroom this winter, we do have some tips for how you can prepare for Mid-Year PALS!  Tip #1 – Update […]

Recharging for the New Year and Beyond: An Inner Energy Guide

Recharging for the New Year and Beyond: An Inner Energy Guide Anna DeLong LCSW, CEAP, Mindfulness Teacher A long journey’s success will be impacted by how well you refuel along the way. If you want to drive across the country in your car, there is no way to do this successfully without pausing to pull […]

The Results Are In! Analyzing Your Feedback from the VKRP Spring 2021 Survey

The Results Are In! Analyzing Your Feedback from the VKRP Spring 2021 Survey Feedback is Our Fuel Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of supporting growth and improvement in our world of education. Students rely on constructive feedback every day to learn and grow. Teachers rely on feedback to enhance their practice, and […]

Positive, Supportive Relationships Are One of the Most Powerful Tools for Educators

Positive, Supportive Relationships Are One of the Most Powerful Tools for Educators VKRP and ECE Resource Hub Staff At VKRP, we know that the connections you’re building with children don’t just make your students feel warm and fuzzy. Responsive, positive, and sensitive relationships between teachers and students allow children to learn and grow across all […]

Observing Behaviors Using the Child Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS)

Observing Behaviors Using the Child Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS) The start of a new school year brings with it a lot of emotions – some good, like the excitement of meeting new students and establishing new routines, and some not so good, like the stress of navigating another fall in the midst of a pandemic. […]