In our course Parent Communication Made Easy, we are breaking down parent communication into three critical categories - parent communication all year long, parent-teacher conferences, and report cards. In each section we give you specific examples, agendas, and templates that you can use right away in your classroom. We know that these resources will be very helpful for you this year and for years to come! 

Hello everyone! We are thrilled to be offering you this course! Before we begin, let me tell you a tiny bit about who we are! At Intentional Early Learning Consulting, we provide professional development to early childhood programs and teaching teams and provide practical trainings to groups of caregivers of young children. We focus our consulting efforts on strengthening intentionality in all that we do with young children, by interacting with purpose to provide children with the utmost respect and care they deserve while elevating their relationships and deepening their learning. We also have the unique ability to provide families with deeper understandings around human behavior: how it operates and how it can be guided in new directions. I am Sara Yessenow, currently a behavior analyst, early childhood education adjunct professor, and former kindergarten and first grade teacher of 9 years. 

Today we aim to provide you with thoughtful applications to optimize and streamline your communications with families! My name is Zeba McGibbon and I taught kindergarten, first, and third grade for 7 years and currently teach 2nd grade due to district changes around COVID. I founded a curriculum resource company several years ago called Kindergarten Cafe and have led several teacher trainings for my district’s professional development series. So it was natural that Sara and I came together to found IELC! For the last two years we have presented for Boston University students, the Boston Public Library’s parent series, local school teaching teams and childcare staff, and virtual forums and conferences throughout Massachusetts.