Designing Intelligently Responsive Environments: Children, Spaces and Relat

In this workshop, we will uncover the processes around designing intelligently responsive environments, where children’s voices are honored through co-constructive participation. We will take time to look at the soft qualities of our classrooms, such as light, color, materials, sounds, organization, placement, and microclimates, in an attempt to identify desirable characteristics of a space that is staged to support the young child in relationship with self and others. Please note that this workshop is a repeat of the same workshop from last August.

This seminar is presented by Hilary Odoy, Early Education Consultant. Hilary has over 25 years of experience working to support programs (brand new or re-imagining) with structuring their foundations with Reggio-Inspired practices in mind from the varied positions as an Administrator, Atelierista, and Master Teacher. Hilary holds the belief that strategic change occurs most effectively in a system of communication that values relationships and relies on trust, communication, and collaboration and values the role of the family in their child’s early learning experience. Hilary holds a BA In Family and Child Development from Virginia Tech and an MA in Innovative Early Childhood Education from the University of Colorado, in collaboration with the Boulder Journey School. She consults on a variety of lenses including environments, intelligent materials, and strength of classroom pedagogy and practices. Hilary is a BARIN board member.

Registration Information

The Summer Seminars will be hosted on Zoom from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET. Optional discussion time will be available from 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. Each event will be recorded and the recording will be available to view for two weeks after the event for those who have registered. Participants will receive a certificate of participation as well as discussion questions to use in your context to further deepen your practice with your colleagues.

Individual Registration Fees:

$25 Supporting Fee: At this level, you are covering your fee for the seminar and helping to subsidize the reduced fees paid by others who have more challenging financial circumstances.

$20 Our-Cost Fee: At this level, your fee fully covers the costs of you attending the seminar.

$15 Subsidized Fee*: At this level, your fee for the seminar is subsidized by the scholarship fund provided by BARIN Supporters and through the additional fees paid by those selecting a Supporting Level Fee.

School/Program Registration Fee:

$100: A flat rate of $100 per seminar provides access to all educators in the school/program. The recording of the seminar will also be available to the school/program for 2 weeks.

*We do not want financial hardship to be a barrier to participation. Please email us at bostonreggioinspiredstudygroup@gmail.com if you would like to attend a Seminar, but cannot pay one of the fees outlined above.