Inspired by Children: Using Observation to Design Meaningful Curriculum (Randolph Spoke) Hailey Paschold June 16, 2026

Come and join with other VT Educators for an intermediate level training. Together, educators will explore how intentional observation serves as the foundation for meaningful and responsive teaching practices. Through discussion, reflection, and hands-on activities, participants will examine strategies for noticing, documenting, and interpreting children's learning and development. The training will highlight how educators can use observation data to identify children's interests, strengths, questions, and emerging skills, and then translate those insights into engaging learning experiences across a variety of ages and settings.

Participants will also have opportunities to reflect on the ongoing relationship between observation, planning, implementation, and reflection, considering how this continuous cycle supports responsive curriculum development and deepens children's learning. By connecting observation to everyday practice, educators will strengthen their ability to design experiences that are inspired by children and grounded in their unique ways of learning and engaging with the world.