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CIRC Offerings

The California International Reggio Center offers professional development opportunities, hosts roundtable conversations and research groups, and organizes events. Sessions held at La Scuola International School are an opportunity for educators to be inspired by the school’s learning environment, experience pedagogy in action, and deepen your understanding of the Reggio Emilia Approach.

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Roundtables

CIRC Roundtables, held at schools across the Bay Area, offer educators the opportunity to network, learn, and exchange ideas on the topic of the Reggio Emilia Approach and other educational approaches.

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Professional Development

Through a tailored CIRC professional development consultancy, educators and schools can access Reggio Emilia Approach professional development focusing on:

  • The hundred languages of learning
  • The image of the child
  • Pedagogy of listening
  • Documentation
  • The environment as the third educator
  • Teacher as researcher
  • The role of the atelierista
  • The role of the pedagogista
  • Bridging theory and practice and social constructivism
  • Building learning context

Please contact us to discuss organizing professional development for your staff.

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Research

CIRC, in collaboration with Reggio Children, is currently engaged in the research project “Drawing to Learn,” involving schools from the bay area (Seven Hills School, All People’s School, Cypress School, Presidio Knolls School, Scandinavian School) through December 2026. The research explores drawing as a tool for thinking, learning, communication, and the construction of knowledge. The process will be documented throughout the project, with the research documentation to be shared in 2027.

Building on the questions, observations, and discoveries emerging from Drawing to Learn, we are currently developing the “Intento Progettuale” for the next phase of research, which will begin in January 2027. This new “Intento” will extend and deepen the work, opening new questions and possibilities around learning, creativity, and educational practice.

CIRC Groups

CIRC Directors group

Contact Simona Chongo: Simona.chongo@presidioknolls.com

CIRC Atelierista group

Contact Silvia Bagnacani: silvia.bagnacani@lascuolainternational.org

Upcoming Events

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