Learning Pathways

Specialties

Our goal at Learning Pathways is to help your child become a self-​reliant, confident individual. Our students are taught to develop respect for others and themselves with a focus on social skills. We will help your child learn to move confidently through their world as they manage more complex tasks and become more responsible for their personal needs along the way.

Using the child’s ideas, thoughts and imagination we develop a fun-​filled curriculum including music and movement, science experiments, literacy and fine and gross motor activities. We want each and every child to have a meaningful preschool experience tailored to meet his/​her learning style, abilities and predispositions.

We embrace the idea of «intentional teaching» in which we scaffold on the expressions and interests of our students, providing them with skills that will prepare them for kindergarten and the years beyond.

History

Established in 2011.

Diane Becker, a mother of 7 and grandmother of 4, developed her passion for teaching long ago. She was a teacher and principal for Challenger Schools, teacher for Stratford Schools, and teacher, mentor/​coach for S.C. County Headstart Program. With all these perspectives, she developed the perfect balance of academics and creative hands-​on experiences for preschool-​age children. For years, parents begged her to start her own preschool. She finally did.

«We have had the pleasure of having Miss Diane as our four year old’s teacher for two years now. During this time we have watched our son learn wonderful things from Miss Diane, as well as mature emotionally. Her style of teaching and programs she has implemented and executed, in our opinion, as well as many other parents, make us one of the few lucky families to have had the pleasure of her expertise. She is truly captivating. I have had five preschool teachers for my five children and she is quite simply The Best!» — A. Richardson

Meet the Business Owner

Diane B.

Business Owner

Involved in the Early Childhood Education field since 1982. Mother of 7, grandmother to 4, Diane has developed a strong heart-​felt belief that the family is foremost and plays a major role in a child’s education and development

Diane has a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with depth in Multicultural Studies. In addition, she has been trained and/​or certified in the following areas:

–Trainer Certification in Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) –ECERS Training (Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale) –PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) Coach certification –CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) –Trained in Pre-​K GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) –The Incredible Years (Effective Classroom Management –DRDP Training (Desired Results Developmental Profile) –Inclusion Collaborative (Special Needs Training) Teaching Strategies, Trained as Coach for the Creative Curriculum Approach) -