Trainers: Catherine Bronnert DeSchepper, CPDT &
Marcilie Smith Boyle, CPDT
Dates and Times: 08/15/2026 - 08/16/2026
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Language: This workshop will be facilitated in English
Location: In Person
Rockridge Montessori School, 5633 Manilla Avenue
Oakland, CA, USA
Cost: $449 early registration, available until 07/15/26. $499 regular registration. Groups of 4 or more who register together get an additional $35 off /person. Use coupon code ECEGROUP at registration. Registration limit: 40 participants.
Trainers' Information:
Catherine Bronnert DeSchepper is a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer dedicated to creating equitable learning communities so all children thrive with safety, dignity and joy. She has over 25 years of teaching, leadership and facilitation experience. Catherine is a Certified Integral Coach, and has an MS in Early Childhood, a Montessori Administrator Credential and is a Realization Process Meditation and Embodiment Teacher. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
Marcilie Smith Boyle is a Certified Positive Discipline Trainer and Executive Leadership Coach who helps high achieving parents and professionals live, work, and parent with more peace, purpose, and joy. She earned her MBA from Harvard Business School and CPCC from Coaches Training Institute. She has three adult children and lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and two cats.
Workshop Description:This two-day interactive workshop is designed for early childhood educators, teachers, and caregivers who work with children from birth to six years of age. (Parents will also find this workshop helpful; however, the focus is on early childhood education.) Participants will learn to apply the principles and tools of Positive Discipline, an Adlerian research-based philosophy, to working with groups of young children. They will also gain a deeper understanding of how young children learn, the importance of belonging and social and emotional learning, and how best to teach those skills in a classroom or care setting. Participants will earn recognition as Certified Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educators and will learn to:
- Create a classroom or care setting where children can develop a sense of belonging and significance based on the importance of contribution and mutual respect.
- Understand how young children learn and how to adapt teaching to the needs of this age group.
- Foster essential social and emotional skills to support development and school readiness and to understand behavior and how to guide it in groups of young children.
- Teach the essential skills for developmentally appropriate participation in class meetings.
- Learn Positive Discipline and Adlerian concepts for use in the classroom, preschool community, and with parents.
To Register: https://workingparenting.com/workingparentingevents/positive-discipline-for-early-childhood-educators/
Contact: Catherine Bronnert DeSchepper, catherine@interweavers.com, +1-510-394-5508
Special needs/accommodations: If you have any special accommodation needs, please contact Catherine Bronnert DeSchepper in advance.
The Positive Discipline Association is pleased to provide the opportunity for educators to earn graduate-level university credit. Whether you attend one of our live workshops or participate in an online workshop, you may choose to earn 1 to 4 non-degree credits. These credits are for licensure renewal and salary step increases only. The cost of graduate-level credit is separate from the workshop registration fee. Click Here for more information.
Positive Discipline Association courses approved for Graduate-Level Semester Credits through University of the Pacific will appear on an Official Transcript with a letter grade.
Cancellation/Refund Policy:
a) A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days prior to the first day of a workshop.
b) Refunds are not available for cancellations less than 30 days before a workshop. However, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost.
c) Refunds are not available after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not be attending the workshop.
In the event of cancellation, participants will be notified by email.