Events for January 17, 2025 - January 17, 2025

Join international early childhood natural program expert Dr Claire Warden to learn out how to embrace and support emergent curriculum with responsive planning, documentation, and family engagement. This exciting session will include how to overcome some of the barriers and challenges program leaders often encounter when leading nature-based programs.

A seven part series teaching supervisory and leadership skills to integrate behaviors that build engagement, help reduce defensive responses when holding staff accountable, and build trust among work groups. The goal of this series is to help leaders and supervisors prevent employee relations problems and support resolution of job performance issues. This series is designed for supervisors or managers, but anyone interested in the topic is welcome.

Accessing ChildPlus for Bus Drivers and Food Service Workers.  Facilitated by Mary Groesbeck.

Because secure attachment predicts healthy outcomes in numerous developmental domains and aspects of living, keeping attachment as the structural center of your work with children and their families can make it easier to meet the full spectrum of their needs. Join this seminal webinar by Ruth Anne Hammond, M.A. author of Respecting Babies: A Guide to Educaring for Parents and Professionals, to learn more about how weaving relationships into every learning domain can make desired results a no-brainer.

This New Teacher training session will focus on Curriculum Planning & Individualizing.  This is required for new teachers, and any interested staff member is welcome to attend.  Facilitated by Kerry Holmes and Karla Snell.

What does it mean to be an MVP and encouraging school staff to role model healthy behaviors? A CATCH MVP does these things everyday: 1. Moves and Stays Active, 2. Values Healthy Eating & Mindsets, 3. Practices Healthy Behaviors and Social Emotional Wellness.

Discuss the difference between stress and overwhelm and how to effectively focus on needs to support yourself and the families you serve. We will talk about resilience and how to focus on early relationships and support as a way to build resilience with children and families. Learn about the importance of early relational health and compassionate models, and discovers some tangible tools to connect with families.

Join this interactive 45-min webinar session to demystify mental health and overcome feelings of self-doubt, isolation, and fear to pave the way to better self-care.

Culture influences our values, beliefs, gender roles, family structures, language, and even our teaching styles. The ability to understand and celebrate differences is more important now than ever. Join our go-to social emotional development and learning expert, Barbara Kaiser to explore the dynamics of culture in shaping teachers’ expectation and children’s behavior.