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Early childhood education is work of the heart. We bring our whole selves to this work, and we are life-long learners.
With two decades in the field as a teacher, trainer, and program coordinator, Tamara Clark brings experience and dynamic energy to her work with learners of all ages. Whether in hands-on workshops, one-on-one coaching, on-site consultations, board development, or virtual trainings, Tamara facilitates reflection, shares her insights, and invites you to connect with the joy in learning and growing as an early childhood professional.
With two decades in the field as a teacher, trainer, and program coordinator, Tamara Clark brings experience and dynamic energy to her work with learners of all ages. Whether in hands-on workshops, one-on-one coaching, on-site consultations, board development, or virtual trainings, Tamara facilitates reflection, shares her insights, and invites you to connect with the joy in learning and growing as an early childhood professional.
Early Childhood Education is work that can change the world.
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When children are valued as whole people...
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Let Tamara bring joy and learning to your work through...
Professional Development Trainings
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Just as young children learn through hands-on exploration, so do teachers. Tamara engages participants in educational and reflective experiences to connect their experiences to the theory and practice of developmentally appropriate practice, anti-bias curriculum, learning in nature, and Reggio Emilia inspirations. From working with small centers or presenting at nation conferences, Tamara inspires professionals to deepen their knowledge and reconnect to the joy of learning together with young children and with fellow professionals.
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Coaching
Professional development does not stop when you enter educational leadership. Whether you are a seasoned director, a new head teacher, and board members new to the field, coaching with Tamara Clark can provide on-going support for development, help you tackle current challenges, and provide a framework for future planning.
Site Consultations
The educators of Reggio Emilia schools in Italy have shown the world that the environment is the third teacher. Careful consideration of layout, design, lighting, and equipment is essential to creating a vibrant learning environment indoors and outside. Whether you are re-working an existing space or starting from scratch, Tamara can bring her extensive design experience to your project.
Parent Education
We know that parents and caregivers are children's first teachers, and that early childhood educators partner with families to support young children's learning. Tamara Clark can create a parent education workshop or presentation to meet your specific needs, or can draw on topics like: Early Literacy, Learning through Play, Kindergarten Readiness, Early Intervention, Challenging Behaviors, and Talking about Race with Young Children.
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About Tamara Clark
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Tamara Clark has been in the field of early childhood education for two decades, teaching young children for twelve years, serving as a Program Coordinator in a large childcare center for five years, and doing trainings and consulting work for the last nine years. She loves sharing inspirations and connecting adult leaners to the core of why we work with young children. Play is at the heart of her pedagogy. She is inspired by progressive education, the work of educators in Reggio Emilia, the beauty of nature, anti-bias education and her students' joy in learning.
Tamara lives in the Pacific Northwest with her partner and son, where she enjoys playing outdoors, hiking, gardening, kayaking, and doing pottery. Her three cats do their best to encourage her in these endeavors. |
Workshops and Presentations
Awards Wining team, Play Space International Design Competition, Infill Philadelphia, Viridian Landscape Studio Team, 2016 Published Work "Reflective Practice: A Manual for Collaborating Teachers," self-published, 2013. “Education for Liberation: Preschool Peace Studies,” Chronicles of Quaker Education. Philadelphia: Friends Council on Education, Winter 2007. The Peaceable Classroom: Education for Liberation in Quaker Early Childhood Education. Philadelphia: Friends Council on Education, 2006. |
What People Are Saying...
"Tamara embodies the true spirit of an educator. Coupling her knowledge with compassion, humor and an innate sense of what her audience needs in order to succeed...I found myself constantly being able to reach back into what I learned from her.."-Dana, Preschool Teacher
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"I have learned so much from Tamara's mentorship, about who I want to be as a teacher, and about the power of early childhood education."-Michael, Preschool Teacher
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"Tamara was inspiring and the teachers loved the hands-on activities. I'm already seeing changes in the classrooms!"-Michelle, Director of Germantown Jewish Center
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Resources
Joy and Learning Blog |
(free PDF download)
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