Karla Dubon, a Pre-K instructional support assistant, talks about what the teacher of the future will look like. (Emily Woodring | Flatland)
Karla Dubon, a Pre-K instructional support assistant, talks about what the teacher of the future will look like. (Emily Woodring | Flatland)

Early Childhood Educators Contemplate The School of The Future

September 24, 2018  |  Emily Woodring, Kelly Cordingley  |  1 min read

Kansas City PBS recently hosted a professional development event for about two dozen early childhood education providers in Kansas City Public Schools. Held at Manual Career and Technical Center, the meeting introduced the providers to the children’s programming available through KCPT.

Given the audience, we took the opportunity to ask participants about their vision for the school of the future, as part of Kansas City PBS’s Take Note education project. Some of their responses are below.

 

 

 

 

 

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