Each day, children and adults rely upon strong social-emotional skills as we navigate various life experiences. Learn strategies to support the resilience and social-emotional well-being of children and adults in this reflective webinar presented by Dr. Nefertiti B. Poyner. We will unpack key elements for creating early childhood environments that promote strong social-emotional development and how to build the protective factors both adults and children need to be resilient.

This training provides an overview of what implicit bias is and how it can get in the way in our daily lives and work. Additionally, this training explores the significance of understanding and accounting for implicit bias and strategies to identify, reflect, and disrupt biases.

Over the years, the meaning of “high-quality” in early care and education programs has become murky and subjective. So much so, that many of us have lost a clear understanding of what high-quality actually looks like. But when we instill a culture dedicated to being thorough, there’s no ambiguity in our actions. It’s about being complete, precise, and aware of our actions and interactions. In this webinar, presented by Christy Jones-Hudson, you will learn that high-performing teachers aren’t perfect, and they don’t always get it right the first time. But their motivation and passion go hand-in-hand as they sharpen their skills. They exude confidence and handle uncomfortable situations with ease and professionalism.

Component preservice training for staff of Region 9: Early Head Start.

Component preservice training for staff of Region 7: Full Day.

Children communicate competency, ideas and emotions through block building and other three-dimensional work. In this energizing webinar, nature learning and universal design experts, Tina Reeble and Kirsten Haugen will share research, classroom stories and practical suggestions to support engineering play with natural and human-made materials for building. Join us to strengthen your capacity to identify opportunities for natural engineering play indoors and out.