PBIS, Module 1: Building Relationships and Engaging Environments
Microsoft TeamsInstead of a general teacher training for February, we are offering new teachers (& other interested staff) an introduction to Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS). This training gives an overview of the PBIS pyramid model, building relationships with children, families, and staff, creating engaging environments, schedules & routines, classroom rules, and ongoing monitoring. This training will be preschool focused. A separate training can be planned for Infant/Toddler PBIS if there is a need and interest.
National Home Visiting Virtual Summit
The National Home Visiting Summit brings together systems leaders, practitioners, advocates and decision-makers in a collaborative pursuit to advance the home visiting field and systems of care to increase service quality and improve outcomes.
Promoting Children’s Oral Health
Join this webinar to learn about simple and fun ways Head Start staff and families can promote children’s oral health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
The 5 Rs for Early Learning Leaders: Explaining the Reason for Practices and Policies
Explore the impact of sharing the reason behind practices, knowledge, and policies that support and enhance children’s development. Discover how sharing the reason behind strategies that promote children’s social and emotional development, especially during a time of physical distancing, can motivate education staff to remain committed to effective interactions with children and families.
Nutrition Building Blocks: How I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) Supports Early Learning Success
Join us to explore how to use elements from I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) to create in-person and virtual learning experiences that lay a foundation for healthy nutrition and school success.
Using Routines to Help Children Adjust After COVID Closures and Other Disruptions
Learn practical strategies to help children readjust to attending early childhood programs due to COVID-19. In this strategy packed webinar, experienced play therapist and child psychologist, Christian Bellissimo will share the importance of structured daily routines to smooth transitions. Christian will also provide some ideas for play-based interaction skills that can empower children with a perceived loss of control that children often experience during major life changes.
Making Distance Learning Work: Virtual Classroom Setup as a Teaching Strategy
WebinarJoin us for the next installment in an ongoing webinar series on distance learning. During this 90-minute webinar, you will learn about practical approaches to preparing for distance learning sessions, including taking the elements of an effective in-person classroom and adapting them for virtual learning. Each webinar in this series will include an ongoing discussion of family and child engagement, instruction, and assessment. And, if you join us live, you’ll be able to use the in-webinar chat feature to communicate with educators from across the country and around the world!
Hybrid Services 2.0
Microsoft TeamsPresented by Val Haynes, Kerry Holmes and Leslie Cooper-Parsons
Transportation Training
Microsoft TeamsMandatory training for bus drivers, bus monitors, and supervisors of bussed sites. Presented by Jim Barrowcliff
Tier 1 Food Service Training
Microsoft TeamsMandatory for food service staff in Tier 1