Empowering Educators for Student Success
Expert educational consulting services for Pre-K - 2nd Grade Teachers
Empowering Educators for Student Success
Expert educational consulting services for Pre-K - 2nd Grade Teachers
Interviews
Melanin Mama's Homeschooling
Interview About My Homeschooling Journey with my Mom
Early Childhood Chatter Podcast
Interview About Being a Leader in the Field of ECE
Junior Achievement Podcast Clip
Interview About Career and Education for Junior Achievement Youth
Early Education Consulting
Comprehensive Educational Consulting Services
Dr. Sylvester provides a wide range of educational consulting services to support early educators and early learning environments. Her expertise includes training, professional development, teacher evaluation, classroom environment evaluation, curriculum planning, kindergarten readiness for Pre-K students, and small group instruction and planning in math and reading for grades K-2. She understands that our early educators aren't given the compensation they deserve which makes it difficult to pay for university courses to obtain more education. Teachers shouldn't be denied knowledge pertaining to best practices just because their wages are too low to attend higher education institutions. With her consulting service she can offer the insight early educators need at a fraction of the cost. She understands that our early learners are in their critical years and need support during this critical period to have lifelong educational success.
In-Person or Online Consulting Services
Packages
Teacher Training and Evaluation
Mentoring
- Packages include any of the following services offered, or other needed services not listed, combined into one complete package. What's included in the package would be decided upon by the school/organization/network after a needs assessment has been conducted through the free consultation.
- Pricing for the packages would depend on the duration (months) of consulting and what's included in the package. Pricing can be negotiated, however, there would be a monthly fee instead of an hourly rate.
Mentoring
Teacher Training and Evaluation
Mentoring
- If you as an individual teacher would like to be mentored by Dr. Sylvester, this service can be provided if you teach Pre-K - 2nd grade. Since you are an individual teacher, you wouldn't be charged network and district prices.
- Mentoring includes observing your teaching, evaluating based on the Danielson Framework, goal-setting for improvement, providing resources, and feedback to improve your practice, and follow-up meetings either in-person or online. This service can last as long as you would like it too.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Teacher Training and Evaluation
Teacher Training and Evaluation
Teacher Training and Evaluation
- If your teachers need classroom evaluation to improve their practice this service can provide observation and feedback for Pre-K - 2nd Grade Classrooms. If they are in need of any specific training this service can provide that as well.
- The timeframe of this service would be dependent upon your institution. It can depend upon the number of teachers and the follow up evaluations, as well as what the training would be.
- Evaluations include observing the teacher's instruction, providing feedback, goal-setting for improvement, and two follow-up sessions.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Professional Development
Classroom Environment Evaluation
Teacher Training and Evaluation
- Professional Development topics are at your institution's discretion, as long as it pertains to Pre-K - 2nd Grade.
- Dr. Sylvester can partner with any approved ISBE Professional Development vendor who would like her to provide professional development services at your institutions discretion.
- If you ware a private institution, the professional development is at your discretion and you do not have to be an approved ISBE PD vendor.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Classroom Environment Evaluation
Classroom Environment Evaluation
Classroom Environment Evaluation
- Dr. Sylvester is a certified teacher evaluator utilizing the Danielson Framework. She can observe any Pre-K - 12 teacher and provide teaching feedback utilizing the Danielson framework.
- Dr. Sylvester can also evaluate any Pre-K classroom environment utilizing the ECERS-3 and provide feedback to Pre-k teachers more comfortable with this tool.
- To complete classroom environment evaluation utilizing Danielson or ECERS-3 includes observing the environment, providing teacher feedback, and teacher goal-setting for improvement, and two follow-up sessions.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Classroom Design & Management
Classroom Environment Evaluation
Classroom Environment Evaluation
- Dr. Sylvester has taught early childhood education courses to undergraudate and graduate students pertaining to classroom design and environment.
- Dr. Sylvester can support you in designing your classroom to best fit your students' needs.
- Dr. Sylvester can also support with classroom managment strategies utilizing the classroom as the second or third teacher to promote organization, peace, and learning.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Early Childhood Curriculum Design and Planning
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
- Some child care facilities and schools have a designated curriculum for Pre-K -2nd and some do not. For those who want help with curriculum planning I can offer that support. For those who don't have a curriculum at their school and need help with design and implementation based on the Illinois Early Learning standards for Pre-K and the Common Core State Standards for K - 2, this service can be offered as well.
- For help in curriculum planning, it is up to the administrators discretion how long this service would last.
- For help with curriculum design, it is up to the administrators discretion how long this service would last.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
- Many schools struggle to improve the reading and math abilities of their students in Pre- K-2. As early educators we understand the importance of setting the foundation for a quality education. Setting that foundation prepares them for their future education endeavors.
- One way to improve students' reading and math abilities is to provide instruction to each individual student (Gilbert et al., 2013; Askew et al., 2004) at their level in small groups.
- This service is for Pre - K-2 teachers who need help with small group planning, design, implementation, and assessment.
- Tehre is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Kindergarten Preparedness Training for Pre-K Teachers
K-2 Small Group Planning for Math and Reading Improvement
Kindergarten Preparedness Training for Pre-K Teachers
- Some Pre-K teachers struggle to prepare their students to enter Kindergarten ready for the mature demands of the grade.
- Dr. Sylvester can work with Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers to implement a smooth transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten. She will do this by informing Pre-K teachers on how to implement more rigorous practices that are still age appropriate. She will inform Kindergarten teachers on how to implement more play-based learning while still instructing their students.
- There is an hourly fee associated with this service.
Three Hearts Curriculum
Three Hearts Curriculum - Empathic Studies Curriculum Pre-K- 2nd
The Three Hearts Curriculum was designed give educators a guide on how to teach certain difficult topics to children in Pre-K - 2nd grade classrooms while also teaching them to be empathic. Bloom’s Taxonomy was utilized for learning objectives that build with higher grades and age ranges. Guiding questions, guiding verses, read alouds, Common Core State Standards for ELA, Illinois Social Science standards, Next Generation Science standards, and Illinois SEL and Early Learning standards are all included or embedded throughout the curriculum. There are a total of 10 units per grade. The units focus on topics such as; economics, community, climate, disabilities, race/ethnicity, language, family, care & consent, activism, and religion. There are vocabulary words aligned to each unit and a script on how to teach the vocabulary words and introduce the topics in a developmentally appropriate way. There are at least 4-6 age-appropriate books with graphic organizers that align with the assessments and grade levels for each unit and activity. Also included is a pre- and post-Empathy test to give students before and after all units have been taught. This curriculum is meant to be flexible and implemented based on your classroom, students, beliefs, and time management.
