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January 9, 2019

Getting the Most Bang from Your Board (Of Directors): Leading Your Program’s Board Room, by Amanda Lopez

Sponsored by McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. The leadership of an organization sets the vision for the future and the direction for the rest of the team. Program leaders must know how to develop, manage, and collaborate with their board of directors to ensure the leadership is in sync with the needs of the organization as a whole. This empowering webinar, presented by Amanda[...] Full Description

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Amanda Lopez

Topics :
Board Development, Leadership, Management

December 5, 2018

“Systems Mindsets” as Business Solutions for ECE Program Leaders, by Lauren Small, MBA

This session is sponsored by HiMama. Do you have a “Systems Mindset” for running your program? Making systems and processes a priority for almost everything aspect of your program helps you and your staff avoid burnout, understand expectations and processes, and operate efficiently. When you have processes in place for everything, you mitigate risk and create a healthier business. As a director or owner of[...] Full Description

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Lauren Small

Topics :
Business, Growth Mindset, Leadership, Management, Supervision

November 28, 2018

Building Key Relationships in Early Education is Fundamental to Quality Practices, by Luis Hernandez

This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education. What are some basic ingredients in any relationship? We’ll begin this conversation with a foundational sauce of respect and trust. Each requires time, exploration, blending and the stirring of consistent work. In every relationship, especially in early education settings, the adults must work hard to recognize the uniqueness and cultural context[...] Full Description

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Luis Hernandez

Topics :
Program Quality, Relationships, Teaching Practices

November 8, 2018

Award Winning Toys, Games, Music and Books That Bridge the Classroom to the Playroom, by Claire Green of Parents’ Choice Awards®

Sponsored by Parents’ Choice Foundation® Join us as the Parents’ Choice Foundation®, the perennial standard-bearer for best-in-class play-based products, will present a current selection of the President’s favorites from Parents’ Choice Award® winning children’s toys and media. Claire Green, President of Parents’ Choice® will showcase selected favorite winners, including manipulatives, games, books, and music for kids aged 0 – 5. Along the way, you will[...] Full Description

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Claire Green

Topics :
Books, Teaching Practices

November 7, 2018

Social-emotional Screening of Young Children: Early Identification is Essential to Healthy SEL, by Erin Barton, PhD and Elizabeth Steed, PhD

Sponsored by Brookes Publishing In this webinar, assessment and intervention experts, Erin Barton, PhD and Elizabeth Steed, PhD, will describe the purpose of social-emotional screening of young children in the context of promoting social-emotional development and identifying children at risk for social-emotional difficulties. This webinar will provide an overview of specific social-emotional screening tools and how one might pick a tool for their program’s[...] Full Description

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Erin Barton

Elizabeth Steed

Topics :
Assessment, Screening, Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices

October 31, 2018

Coaching for Early Childhood Educators: Research Findings and Practical Considerations, by Bonnie O’Keefe

This session is sponsored by HiMama. More ECE programs than ever are implementing coaching programs for their teachers, but not all coaching programs achieve their goals. How should ECE program leaders design a coaching approach that will be successful and sustainable? Coaching is supported by a growing body of research and required by the Head Start Performance Standards and many states’ policies. It can[...] Full Description

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Bonnie O'Keefe

Topics :
Coaching, Teaching Practices

October 25, 2018

Tuition Pricing Versus Labor Costs: The Approaching Tsunami, by Kathy Ligon and Kathe Petchel

Sponsored by HINGE Brokers. This webinar is on THURSDAY, October 25th. In a low unemployment environment, the impact on hiring quality staff is tremendous— especially in the childcare business where 55-percent of revenue is spent on staff and staff- related costs. Pricing strategies must be improved to strengthen an early learning business’ hiring ability. Wise spending means building effective strategies for hiring, onboarding and[...] Full Description

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Kathy Ligon

Kathe Petchel

Topics :
Business, Finance, Leadership, Management, Supervision

October 24, 2018

Story-times and Transitions with Heart: Lessons for Early Educators from youth librarians, by Amadee Ricketts

Sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. Story times and circle time are important parts of the day in most early childhood classrooms. While they are central to the early education experience, these parts of the day can come to feel routine or uninspiring for educators and children alike. Participants in this webinar will learn simple ways to make whole group experiences more lively and inclusive by[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Amadee Ricketts

Topics :
Literacy, Reading Aloud, Storytime, Teaching Practices, Transitions

October 17, 2018

Trauma-Informed Care in ECE: Key Strategies for Healing and Behavioral Change, by Dr. Barbara Sorrels

This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education. Children with a history of trauma often “act out” their distress through behaviors that are challenging for adults to understand. This session, presented by Barbara Sorrels, Ed.D., author and child development expert, will focus on understanding the message of challenging behavior and strategies to help children heal. First hand experiences[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Barbara Sorrels

Topics :
Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices, Trauma-Informed Care

October 11, 2018

Young Children, Curious Explorers: How you can support inquiry and curiosity in your ECE program, by Susan Stacey

This session is sponsored by The InvestiGator Club. This webinar is on THURSDAY, October 11th. Children are inquiring from the time of their birth…how does the world work? Their inquiring minds want to know! In this webinar, by author and early learning expert, Susan Stacey, we will explore what their inquiry looks like in action, how it affects our daily practices, and how we can[...] Full Description

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Susan Stacey

Topics :
Creativity, Inquiry, Teaching Practices

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