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At our February Teacher Collaboration Event we gat
At our February Teacher Collaboration Event we gathered at Gladstone Center for Children and Families and visited the PreK and Kindergarten classrooms of Mali Mathews and Morgan Caprio. We were so inspired by their partnership with each other. 
Together, we discussed: How do we balance structure and chaos in classrooms full of curiosity? How do we protect imagination when academic pressures begin to rise? They encouraged us to think deeply about how we can grow agency for children, providing flexibility in form.
We are so grateful for these gatherings where teachers can bring their uncertainties, their classroom stories, and their evolving beliefs. Thank you Mali and Morgan!

Interested in hearing Mali and Morgan share more about their classrooms for yourself?  Registration for our TPP Early Learning Conference hosted by the Gladstone Center for Children and Families opens 4/1!

#TeacherCollaboration #ProfessionalLearning #TeacherCommunity #earlylearning


We’re so excited to welcome Dr. Katie Statman–Weil
We’re so excited to welcome Dr. Katie Statman–Weil as our featured keynote speaker for TPP's 3rd Annual Early Learning Conference!

🗓️ June 23, 2026

Hosted by Teaching Preschool Partners in partnership with Gladstone Center for Children and Families

Early Bird Registration Opens April 1st!

#EarlyLearningConference #OregonEducators #SaveTheDate


Over 70 educators from Marion and Polk County join
Over 70 educators from Marion and Polk County joined us to explore Story Workshop as a pathway to language and literacy. The group included preschool and elementary teachers, as well as school leaders, creating a rich cross-grade conversation about how storytelling supports children’s learning.

Through hands-on invitations with open-ended materials, teachers experienced how storytelling can emerge through play. Together, they also explored how Story Workshop connects to Oregon’s Early Literacy Framework and aligns with research on how young children learn best. When children have space to imagine, build, and share stories, literacy becomes meaningful and deeply connected to their lives.

During our conversation, participants also reflected on storytelling as a powerful tool for connection and belonging in classroom communities, especially across cultures and languages. One teacher shared how joyful the process feels, because there is no “right” or “wrong” way to tell a story. That openness invites every child in, creating space where all voices and experiences can be included.

Interested in joining a virtual or in-person Story Workshop session? Leave a comment or reach out to be added to the list!

#EarlyChildhoodEducation #EarlyLiteracy #TeacherPD


We Believe in the Brilliance of Every Child:
Every

We Believe in the Brilliance of Every Child:
Every child holds innate capability and genius. When adults begin with curiosity, children reveal their strengths and possibilities. They become true partners in their learning.

#MissionVisionValues


Play belongs in school.

Last week, Governor Tina
Play belongs in school.

Last week, Governor Tina Kotek signed SB 1596! The measure allows play-based learning approaches to be considered
instructional time in K-5 schools! When classrooms make space for play children build language, test ideas, and develop the habits of mind that support lifelong learning.

A meaningful step toward joyful, developmentally aligned learning across Oregon.

#PlayBasedLearning #OregonEducation


Materials aren’t just something children use. They
Materials aren’t just something children use. They’re something children think with. When hands are engaged, language grows. When materials are paired with reflection and inquiry, ideas deepen.

Former Opal School Teacher and TPP collaborator Hannah Chandler shares guidance and resources for using materials as tools for thinking.

🔗 Full post at the link in our bio.

#learningthroughplay #VisibleThinking


At Russell Elementary, literacy isn’t a subject: i
At Russell Elementary, literacy isn’t a subject: it’s a way of being together.
Through buddy partnerships with second graders, dramatic play and story workshop time, children are using reading and writing as tools to share their ideas and build confidence.
From adding pages to class books to creating real-world signs for their grocery store play, children are discovering that literacy lives in their voices and everyday experiences.
 #PlayfulLearning #EarlyLearning #StudentVoice


Children have ideas worth listening to.
Our work b

Children have ideas worth listening to.
Our work begins by making space for their voices.

Thank you to the voices from Opal School children and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation for preserving their work!

#StudentVoice
#ChildCentered



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