SPHERE

SPHERE: Embracing All Learners

SPHERE in classrooms

The SPHERE model for education was developed to challenge exclusive practices in the early childhood classroom. Grounded in a philosophy that centers the child's sense of agency and embraces diversity of all kinds, our model supports educators to engage in vibrant and innovative ways with the young minds they are shaping. SPHERE encourages the reflective practice, responsiveness, deep empathy and historical understanding necessary to promote genuine equity. If you are an educator invested in ABAR (anti-bias, antiracist) practices that value neurodiversity, creating brave spaces and the transformative power of play, we can help you provide a foundation for not just a classroom, but a community of lifelong learners.

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Our services

Consulting

We know the passion and drive that brought you to education, a profession that is as challenging as it is rewarding. Do you find yourself wanting better methods for including diverse learners? Do you want to spend less time on controlling behavior and more time on instilling a love of learning? Our consulting services will provide reflective feedback on your environmental design, classroom procedures, curriculum and lesson planning and approaches to discipline. Building on your and your students' wisdom, we offer strengths-based, anti-bias, and anti-racist methods that will expand your teaching portfolio. Align your classroom with your values.

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SPHERE Storytime/ Circle-time/ Classroom

Are you looking for ways to shake up your standard story time or increase opportunities for learning for all students? SPHERE offers an inclusive practice model that prioritizes responsiveness, play, innovation and building a classroom community. Gain new ways to structure your classroom environment, shape your practices, and develop a personal reflective process in order to honor the humanity of the children you serve.

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Social Justice Family Engagement

Centering your family engagement strategy in social justice can serve to strengthen your relationships with families. Tap into what matters to the parents/caregivers you see at drop-off and pick-up each day. Empower families by amplifying their needs and concerns and arming them with ways to self-advocate. Create an environment that embraces an array of abilities, cultural practices, languages, customs and modes of engagement. There is no one-size-fits-all, but we will find ways you can leverage justice and equity work to form meaningful connections.

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Curriculum and Workshop Development

You are a seasoned educator with years of experience nurturing young minds. It's time to share your values-driven expertise! We can support you to develop early childhood and adult learning curricula, consult on workshop development, and offer brief and proposal development for conference submissions. SPHERE tools for curriculum development embed play and ABAR principles throughout and help to build rich and engaging content.

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