<p> La Conferenza Reggio Stanley Clark School Garatoni Center for May 8, 2009 Reggio Studies Spring Seminar at Stanley Clark School</p><p>May 8, 2009</p><p>Cost for Seminar $150 per person 10% discount for NAREA members $100 per college student To receive the student discount, La Conferenza please present your student ID at check-in. Reggio Fundamental Principles of the 9:00-9:30 a.m. Breakfast/Registration Reggio Approach Workshop 9:30-9:45 a.m. Welcome</p><p>9:45-10:30 a.m. Observations in classrooms</p><p>10:30-11:30 a.m. Overview of SCS Reggio Studies</p><p>11:30-12:30 p.m. Atelierista</p><p>12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch/Round Table</p><p>1:30-2:00 p.m. Tour facility on your own</p><p>2:00-3:00 p.m. Several workshop offerings</p><p>Please note that photographs are not permitted. Garatoni Center for Reggio Studies Spring Seminar at La Conferenza Reggio Registration Form</p><p>Name: Title: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: E-mail: How did you find out about the conference?</p><p>At the Early Childhood Summit held in Information can be found and online Washington, D.C., in June 2000, Secretary registration can be completed at of Education Richard W. Riley commented www.stanleyclark.org about his visit to Reggio Emilia. Click the "For Reggio Studies" tab. "The teachers [in Reggio Emilia] respect the The cost is $150 per person ideas and values that the children bring to $135 for NAREA members the school, and the teachers are smart $100 per college student. enough to build on the creativity of the children," he said. Please make checks payable to Stanley Clark School "In the last ten years, an extraordinary amount of scientific research has been Send registration and check to: developed that tells us in very clear terms La Conferenza Reggio that all of our children, even in the earliest Stanley Clark School months of their lives, have an amazing 3123 Miami Street ability to learn," Riley said at the South Bend, IN 46614 conference. "We now know that it is You will receive confirmation absolutely imperative that we put a new, upon receipt. powerful, and sustained focus on the early years -- birth to five -- before children even Arrangements for accommodations at enter first grade. The Inn at St. Mary's on Thursday, May 7, can be made by calling (574) 232-4000 or by e-mailing [email protected] Our Garatoni Center for Reggio Studies is dedicated to professional development and collaboration pertaining to the Reggio Philosophy. The building was designed specifically to allow for early childhood educational observation by experienced and novice teachers alike. We welcome you to study alongside us and see one successful American model of how the Reggio Emilia approach lives in a traditional independent school.</p><p>"It has been said that the environment should act as a kind of aquarium which reflects the ideas, ethics, attitudes and cultures of the people who live in it. This is what we are working toward."</p><p>Loris Malaguzzi</p>