Signature workshop · Documentation that Speaks
Pedagogical documentation is the practice of recording children's learning — through photos, notes, work samples, and quotes — and interpreting it to understand and extend their thinking. Armstrong's DECAL-approved Documentation that Speaks training, led by Anna Camille Hampton, teaches educators to listen, capture telling moments, and use them to plan. Available in person across metro Atlanta, live-online, or self-paced from $19; live sessions run 1–8 hours from $35 per teacher and count toward Georgia's annual 10 DECAL clock hours.
Pedagogical documentation is the practice of recording children's learning — through photos, notes, work samples, and quotes — and then interpreting it to understand and extend their thinking. Rooted in the Reggio Emilia approach, it makes learning visible to children, families, and educators, and turns observation into the next teaching decision.
It begins with pedagogical listening — documentation starts with attention.
Assessment usually measures a child against fixed benchmarks; pedagogical documentation interprets the process of learning to understand how a child thinks and what to offer next. It's reflective and ongoing, not a checklist.
And it's more than decoration: documentation "speaks" by revealing children's reasoning and informing planning — the display is the visible end of good observation, not the goal.
Pedagogical listening makes thinking visible to children, families, and colleagues, and it gives directors concrete evidence of children's learning and intentional teaching — supporting Quality Rated portfolios and GELDS-aligned planning.
The session works from real documentation: analyse strong examples, then draft your own — deciding what to capture, what to leave out, and how to loop it back into planning.
Teachers wanting to make learning visible and ease family communication; directors building a reflective, Reggio-aligned culture; and Quality Rated–minded centres.
In this workshop
Every session is hands-on and grounded in real classrooms — teachers leave with practice they can use the next day, not just vocabulary.
Quick answers
Short, direct answers to the questions educators and directors ask most.
Pedagogical documentation is the practice of recording children's learning — through photos, notes, work samples, and quotes — and then interpreting it to understand and extend their thinking. Rooted in the Reggio Emilia approach, it makes learning visible to children, families, and educators, and turns observation into the next teaching decision. It begins with pedagogical listening.
Assessment usually measures a child against fixed benchmarks; pedagogical documentation interprets the process of learning to understand how a child thinks and what to offer next. Documentation is reflective and ongoing, not a checklist — it "speaks" by making children's reasoning visible and informing planning, which is the focus of Armstrong's training.
Document children's learning by listening closely, capturing telling moments (a photo, a child's words, a piece of work), then interpreting them with colleagues to decide the next step. Effective documentation is selective and reflective — not everything, but what reveals thinking. Armstrong's Documentation that Speaks training teaches teachers to capture, interpret, and act on it.
Yes. Armstrong Educational Services offers Documentation that Speaks — a DECAL-approved training on pedagogical documentation and listening — led by Anna Camille Hampton, in person across metro Atlanta, live-online, or self-paced from $19. Live sessions run 1–8 hours from $35 per teacher and count toward Georgia's annual 10 DECAL clock hours.
Formats & pricing
Live in-person is anchored at $35 per teacher per hour, live-online at $25, on a 1–8 hour decay curve, with a $280 session minimum.
$35/ teacher / hour
On-site across metro Atlanta and the Carolinas, 1–8 hours. Per-teacher pricing drops as the group grows; $280 session minimum.
$25/ teacher / hour
The same live session over Zoom — about 30% below in person — 1–8 hours on the same group + multi-hour discounts.
$19/ 1 CEU hour
Take it anytime, no live session — includes a downloadable workbook and a DECAL certificate on completion. See the self-paced catalog.
Add extra time for questions
Extend a live session with a group Q&A block: +$8 per head for 30 minutes or +$15 per head for 60 minutes. Framed as group reflection for the whole team — not 1:1 coaching.
DECAL CEU certificate
Add a DECAL CEU certificate to a live session for +$5 per head (included free in the self-paced course), counting toward each educator's annual 10 Georgia clock hours.
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