Renée Dinnerstein
Renée Dinnerstein is known for her work as an early childhood educator. She has over 50 years experience, having taught both in Italy and the United States. She spent eighteen years as an early childhood teacher at P.S. 321, one of New York City’s leading elementary schools. She served as the teacher-director of the Children’s School Early Childhood Inclusion Annex and worked also as an Early Childhood Staff Developer in the New York City Department of Education, Division of Instructional Support, where she wrote curriculum, led study groups and summer institutes, and helped write the New York City Pre Kindergarten Standards. Renée, a past member of the Teachers’ College Reading and Writing Project Early Childhood Reading ‘Think Tank’, taught in the project’s summer institutes and presented calendar days for kindergarten and first grade teachers. She received the Bank Street Early Childhood Educator of the Year Award in 1999. Her book Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play was published by Heinemann in 2016, and is also available in Mandarin, published by the Beijing Normal University Press in 2019. She currently works as an early childhood literacy consultant and presents her work at conferences, focusing on developing an inquiry-based choice time and on implementing whole-class inquiry projects.
You can connect with Renée through her blog-- Investigating Choice Time: Inquiry, Exploration and Play at www.investigatingchoicetime.com.
To cite this episode: Persohn, L. (Host). (2021, Nov 9). A conversation with Renee Dinnerstein. (Season 2, No. 13) [Audio podcast episode]. In Classroom Caffeine Podcast series. https://www.classroomcaffeine.com/guests. DOI: 10.5240/2902-C59C-FF5D-3930-D1AB-A