Power of Documentation: Making Learning & Teaching Process Visible

When / Where

29 Apr 2026 – 30 Apr 2026
9:00 am – 4:00 pm Asia/Singapore

This two-day professional learning workshop explores documentation as a powerful pedagogical tool that makes children’s learning and teachers’ thinking visible. Anchored in Simon Sinek’s Why–How–What framework, participants will examine the purpose of documentation, explore effective strategies, and practice creating meaningful records of learning across academic, music, and art contexts. Through hands-on experiment stations, real classroom artefacts, photo and video analysis, and collaborative reflection, teachers will experience documentation as inquiry, assessment, and communication. Participants will analyze different documentation formats—learning stories, panels, portfolios, transcripts, and displays—and consider how documentation informs curriculum planning, professional dialogue, and family engagement. By the end of the workshop, educators will design and trial documentation pieces aligned to their own contexts, leaving with practical tools, templates, and a clear documentation mindset ready for immediate classroom implementation.

Objectives
Participants will be able to:

  • Understand the purpose of pedagogical documentation by articulating the why, how, and what of documentation as a tool for learning, assessment, and professional reflection.
  • Observe and interpret children’s learning more intentionally, using documentation to make thinking, processes, and meaning visible across ages 18 months to 6 years.
  • Apply a range of documentation formats (academic, music, and art) that are developmentally appropriate and aligned to different pedagogical purposes.
  • Use documentation to inform teaching and curriculum planning, identifying next steps that extend children’s learning.
  • Design meaningful documentation for their own school context, strengthening communication with colleagues, children, and families.

Outline 
Day 1: WHY Documentation Matters

  • Understanding documentation as a pedagogical practice, not a display task
  • Exploring the purpose (WHY) of documentation in early childhood learning
  • Seeing children as capable thinkers whose learning deserves to be made visible
  • Developing skills in observation and listening to children’s thinking and actions
  • Interpreting learning by moving from what we see to what it might mean

Day 2: HOW & WHAT Documentation Looks Like

  • Examining HOW documentation supports assessment, planning, and reflection
  • Exploring WHAT forms documentation can take for different purposes
  • Practising documentation in academic, music, and art learning contexts
  • Refining educator language, voice, and intentionality in documentation
  • Designing documentation approaches that are practical and sustainable for participants’ own schools

Presenter’s Profile
With over 26 years of distinguished experience in Early Childhood Education, Patrick L. is an internationally respected trainer, mentor, and curriculum specialist known for transforming teaching practice and elevating professional standards across schools and organizations. He holds a Master of Arts in Education from Birmingham City University, blending strong academic grounding with deep, real-world leadership experience.

A long-standing practitioner and advocate of the Reggio Emilia approach, Patrick was part of the 2007 International Study Delegation to Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has played a pivotal role in an international preschool group, leading the design and implementation of Reggio-inspired practices across campuses in Singapore, Malaysia, and London. His impact spans new campus set-ups, curriculum architecture, teacher development frameworks, quality assurance systems, and the design of high-impact professional learning journeys.  He is currently the Group Director of Reggio Emilia Approach in an nursery group in the UAE.

Renowned for his dynamic, engaging, and practical training style, Patrick has delivered a wide range of professional development programmes for teachers, school leaders, and parent communities. His expertise covers curriculum implementation, professional communication, leadership presence, service excellence, campus tour facilitation, and organizational culture-building. He has conducted trainings internationally across Australia, the UK, Dubai, India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.

Patrick is also highly regarded for his work in coaching Chinese educators in spoken English and strengthening professional dialogue within teaching teams, enabling schools to build stronger collaboration, clarity, and confidence in practice.

Driven by a deep belief in educators as thinkers, researchers, and leaders, Patrick brings clarity, inspiration, research-informed practice, and strategic insight to every engagement—empowering early childhood professionals to teach with greater confidence, purpose, and impact.

Methodology
The workshop uses an inquiry-based, experiential methodology combining short provocations, hands-on documentation stations, and collaborative reflection. Participants engage with authentic classroom materials, analyse real documentation examples, and practise documenting learning across multiple domains. Reflection, dialogue, and application ensure strong transfer back to classroom practice.

Target Audience
Teachers, early childhood educators, curriculum coordinator, parent educator and administrators of children aged 2 to 8 years.

Fees
1 person: SGD1197.00/person
2 to 4 person: SGD1072.00/person
5 person & more: SGD872.00/person

Venue
Singapore (exact location to be advised)
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Other Details
Duration: 2 days, 12 hours
Closing Date: 15 Mar 2026

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