Change Consulting

Sabot Institute consulting faculty, with more than a decade of mentoring experience, support individual educators and programs working toward progressive change.


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Ongoing access to the Sabot classrooms and consulting faculty can be tailored to suit the needs of individual educators and teams. For more information or to initiate a plan, please contact the Institute committee at institute@sabotschool.org.

In-depth Consulting, Mentorships, and Internships

Change Consulting

An ongoing relationship with The Sabot Institute to master the changes a school intentionally decides to undertake


Phase 1: Working with Administrators
Phase 2: Classroom Design and Organization
Phase 3: Documentation and Reflection
Phase 4: Relationship at the Heart of Teaching and Learning
Phase 5: Launching the Classroom
Phase 6: Ongoing Support for Administrative Systems and the Classroom Teachers


Consulting Days

A day of tailored tours and workshops for four to eight participants from your school


On-Site at Sabot

  • Planned with participants
  • Classroom tours
  • Debriefing with consulting faculty
  • A choice of presentations, studio experiences, or consultations on specific topics


On-Site at Participant School

  • Planned with participants 
  • Can include: authentic assessment and debriefing, presentations, a studio experience 


Shadowing Days

An in-depth observation with specific intent, for example, observation and engagement with an atelierista


Distinctive Presentations and Studios

Workshops for beginners or those taking further steps


Start Up

  • The Fundamentals of the Reggio Approach
  • The Teacher-Researcher: A Framework for Start Up
  • Guiding Behavior in a Progressive Classroom: The Language and Actions of Respect
  • Documentation and Reflection
  • Studio Thinking and the Hundred Languages
  • The Sense of Things: Connecting media and materials with learning in early childhood
  • Scaffolding Art Experiences in Preschool and Kindergarten
  • Communication with Parents


Next Steps

  • Water: Movement, Clarity and Color Combine
  • Media, Materials and Provocations
  • Media, Materials and the Reflective Practice of Teaching
  • Collaboration vs Cooperation
  • Authentic Assessment
  • Pedagogical Support for Teacher Researchers
  • Superheroes and Legends: Channeling Conflict into a Creative Force in the Classroom
  • Nature as the Third Teacher
  • Studio Thinking: Relationship between the Atelierista and Teacher-Researchers
  • Learning to See: Observational Drawing
  • The Rhythm of We: Project Work with Three Year Olds
  • Paper: One of a Hundred Languages for Three Year Olds


Studio Experiences (includes materials)

Paper, clay, wire, loose parts collage, light and reflection


Internships

Unpaid internships are a possibility for Master’s Degree students with experience and a willingness to commit to our program for a year.