Beyond the Product

In-Person

Embracing Process-based Art in Early Childhood Education

Beyond the Product is a professional learning day for Bay Area early childhood educators to explore the value of process-based art for young children. Special guest presenter Natalie Drucker Boscoe, who has worked extensively in Jewish early childhood education around the country, will bring a unique and Jewish lens to this topic. We hope you join us! 

When: Thursday, November 5, 2026 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Where: Gan Avraham Preschool in Oakland, CA

EMPOWERING ART EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Jewish LearningWorks is excited to continue to offer ECE Professional Learning Days for Jewish early childhood educators across the bay area. This professional development session invites educators to explore the value of process-based art as a meaningful way to give children opportunities to be creative, learn and practice new skills through developmentally appropriate practice.

Participants will have an opportunity to explore the characteristics of process-based art and the developmental skills children practice through open-ended artistic experiences, including creativity, problem-solving, decision-making, self-expression, and exploration. Participants will also consider how trauma-informed practices can create safe, responsive, and empowering art experiences for young children. Through a Jewish educational lens, educators will reflect on the connections between art, creativity, identity, and meaning-making. The session will conclude with opportunities for hands-on exploration, reflection, and the development of practical next steps for incorporating process-based art into early childhood classrooms.

  • Aimed at: Bay Area Jewish early childhood educators.
  • Format: One-time, in-person professional day of learning.
  • Facilitated by: Educational consultant and coach, Natalie Drucker Boscoe.

event details

  • Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
  • Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. 
  • Location: Gan Avraham Preschool (336 Euclid Ave, Oakland, CA 94610).

The day will include a visit to our host school, and a vegetarian lunch will be provided. Please view our kashrut policy.

Registration

Participant fee: $36 for Bay Area participants.

Registration is open until October 28 or until the event is full.

All trainings at Jewish LearningWorks are subsidized by our generous donors and are offered free of charge to people furloughed or laid off from Jewish organizations. To register with a fee adjustment, email ellen@jewishlearning.works

Registration will open soon.

Questions

Please contact Ellen Lefkowitz, Senior Educator, at ellen@jewishlearning.works for any questions or more information.

About Our Facilitator

Natalie Drucker Boscoe is an educational consultant, coach and trainer/facilitator based in Denver, Colorado. She loves going on adventures with her husband and two children, especially to museums and exploring the outdoors. 

Natalie is passionate about working with institutions, individual educators and families to create the best learning experience for children. Natalie has worked with a variety of educational institutions, ranging from Sesame Street Workshop to Edmodo, Colorado Department of Early Childhood Education and the Paradigm Project. She serves as a consultant, pedagogical and leadership coach to schools and organizations locally and nationally and is a national trainer for Kodo Kids. Natalie teaches in a Bachelors ECE program, mentors students earning their Masters in ECE and speaks at education conferences across the United States.

Natalie is a credentialed coach and trainer through the Colorado Department of Education and is credentialed to offer Reflective Supervision/Consultation. She is also an Infant Toddler Specialist Trainer and Coach (EQIT) and Pyramid Model facilitator/coach. 

Natalie has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Evolutionary Biology from Emory University, a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado and is currently earning her doctorate in education.