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MyPeers Orientation for Family Services Staff
WebinarJoin this webinar for a 45-minute introduction to MyPeers for family services staff! MyPeers is a community of practice forum for Head Start programs, staff, and partners. MyPeers is a virtual space for brainstorming, exchanging ideas, and sharing resources. Local program staff across the country are connecting with and lending support to fellow colleagues around family engagement goals, parent involvement, economic well-being, community partnerships, and more.
Reset & Rejuvenate: Paving Your Positive Path Forward for Early Childhood Educators
WebinarHappy, healthy, and joyful early educators make for happy, healthy, and joyful programs. In this refreshing and inspiring webinar, early care and education leader, author and inspirational speaker, Erin Ramsey will inspire you to pave a positive path forward with ways to claim your power, remove your roadblocks and find your joy. Erin will share tools, stories, photos, and poetry that will provide you an opportunity to reset and rejuvenate to improve your life and work!
Strategies for Effective Read Alouds
WebinarReading aloud to early learners models fluent and expressive reading, models the reading process, facilitates comprehension for English language learners, provides interactions with a variety of texts, helps children make connections, stimulates participation, and encourages sharing of children’s thoughts. Attend this session to learn ways to introduce and build vocabulary, and what to do before, during, and after a read aloud. As you will see, it’s beneficial to have a read-aloud strategy for effective learning.
This is HSOLC: Beyond Onboarding
Grand Room 7 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United StatesSession 1. This training series is for all staff new to HSOLC. Facilitated by Mary Margaret Reynolds.
Using Brain Science to Engage Across Generational and Age Differences
See detailsIt’s important to be able to attract and keep a workforce from multiple generations. Explore what NEUROSCIENCE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY tell us about improving our effectiveness, both personally and professionally. Learn to; Understand age similarities/differences, how brains function at different ages, and how this impacts your work effectiveness. Experience how working through these differences can create an engaged, thriving workplace.
October Teacher Training
Grand Street 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United StatesWhat interests you? Pick your own PD for Oct 21, with sessions in education, family services, and health. Also featuring Coffee with HR and a Staff Vaccination clinic.
CATCH
Grand Gym 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United StatesCome and have fun exploring CATCH, our movement and nutrition curriculum. We will be moving our bodies and may be outside so please dress in clothing you will be comfortable in.
Family Matters! Navigating the Child Welfare System
VirtualFamily representatives have a vital role to play as members of advisory boards, committees, and councils and it is important to feel confident and well-resourced in this work. This training will provide information, tools, strategies, and support for family members, caregivers, and peers who are serving as advocates in elevating the family voice.
Staff Café: A More Perfect Union
Grand Cafeteria 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United StatesLimit 24; register in advance. A More Perfect Union Café-Where Parenting and Social Justice Combine. We have been talking a lot about brave conversations with children this year, let's get the ball rolling with a safe space to have some brave conversations with each other! There will also be an opportunity to sign-up for some practice based coaching around the Parent Café curriculum. No parenting experience required, just a desire to make the world a more just place for children and ourselves. We'd love to have you join us! This training will be mostly in English with opportunities for small group work in Spanish and English.
Handwriting without Tears
Grand Room 7 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United StatesLimit 25; register in advance. Introduction to the “Handwriting without Tears” curriculum and materials.