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September 26, 2017

Working with Consultants: Tips for Maximizing Your Program’s Use of External Experts, by Fran Simon

Sponsored by Early Childhood Investigations Consultants Directory As a program leader or administrator, you often have to find people to fill knowledge and skill gaps in your program. You may find yourself looking for professional development trainers, financial experts, grant specialists, organizational development professionals, board advisors, and many other pros. But, do you have a process for working with consultants? For example, you may[...] Full Description

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Fran Simon

Topics :
Consulting, Management, Staffing

September 13, 2017

Trauma-Informed Early Education Classroom Design: Designing Child and Family-Friendly Spaces for Recovery from Trauma, by Ileen Henderson

This webinar is sponsored by Second Step, an initiative of Committee for Children. NEW DATE! Even the youngest children are all too often exposed to trauma and stressful information, including violence, hatred, and disastrous events. We can do our part to combat the negative impact of these events. This webinar, part of the Trauma Solutions in Early Childhood Series, will be presented by trauma expert,[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Ileen Henderson

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

September 6, 2017

Guided Play and Development in Early Education Settings: Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek on Sparking Positive Outcomes in All Domains

Sponsored by Connect4Learning (C4L) What more can early educators do to leverage play to achieve positive outcomes in all domains? Join Professor, Author, Researcher, and renowned “Playful Learning” Advocate, Dr. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek in an inspiring webinar about the power of Guided Play. Using a backdrop of compelling research, Dr. Hirsh-Pasek will share strategies early educators can use to support curricular goals by presenting a learning goal,[...] Full Description

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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

Topics :
Cognitive Development, Play, Teaching Practices

August 17, 2017

PLAYful Musical Environments That Foster Learning: Listening, Making, and Moving to Music in Early Education Settings, by Eric Rasmussen, Ph.D.

Sponsored by Kindermusik as part of the Setting the Stage for a Lifetime of Learning Webinar Series Music holds an exceptionally fascinating place in our development as human beings. Music is a part of EVERY culture no matter how remote. Children unlock their music potential best with playful and structured guidance of an early childhood music specialist, but because most early learning programs don’t[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Eric Rasmussen

Topics :
Movement, Music, Physical Development, Play, Teaching Practices

August 16, 2017

Fostering Friendships to Support Social-Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Programs, by Lindsay Giroux, M.Ed.

Sponsored by Connect4Learning (C4L) “You can’t come to my birthday party!” “He’s not my friend anymore.” These are popular refrains in preschool classrooms, and encouraging friendships in the classroom can be a big task! This eye-opening webinar, presented by social emotional development expert Lindsay Giroux, will provide early childhood administrators and teachers with strategies for planning thoughtful social skills instruction. You will leave this webinar[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Lindsay Giroux

Topics :
Friendships, Relationships, Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices

August 2, 2017

Social-Emotional Learning from the Top Down: Administrative Practices that Support Children’s Emotional Development, Kay Montgomery Albrecht

Sponsored by Child Care Information Exchange. Early childhood educators typically recognize the importance of emotional and social development on children’s educational and life futures. Recent neuroscience research reveals how critical administrative support of teachers is in the quest to help children become resilient, well-adjusted, and socially and emotionally competent. Administrators must help teachers build core capabilities to support children’s emotional and social development. However, the[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Kay Albrecht

Topics :
Management, Social-Emotional Development

July 14, 2017

Marketing Basics for Consultants Serving Early Education, by Fran Simon NO CERTIFICATES

Please be advised that this is webinar is for consultants, not a professional development experience. Certificates of Attendance and CEUs will not be offered in this session. If you are a consultant, you are busy doing what you do best: Providing services to clients! But do you ever end an engagement with an organization only to find you don’t have the next project or assignment?[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Fran Simon

Topics :
Consulting, Marketing

June 22, 2017

The World of Book Publishing for Aspiring and Established Early Childhood Authors, by Kathy Charner and David Heath NO CERTIFICATES

Sponsored by Early Childhood Investigations Consulting Directory, Consultants’ Essentials Webinar Series. Please be advised that this webinar is for aspiring and established early childhood authors. Certificates of Attendance and CEUs will not be offered in this session. This webinar is on THURSDAY, June 22nd. You are invited to explore the world of publishing in early childhood education with the top publishers of resources for early[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Kathy Charner

David Heath

Topics :
Authoring, Consulting, Leadership, Publishing

June 21, 2017

Using Story-time to Grow Executive Function and Self-Regulation in ECE: Setting the Stage for Success, by Mary Kuehner and Laurie Anne Armstrong

This webinar is sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. We know that sharing books with young children helps them gain valuable early literacy skills like vocabulary, print awareness, and letter knowledge. However, it also helps them develop skills that experts say are a better predictor of success: executive function skills. Executive function, or “soft” skills, include social-emotional skills like self-regulation and taking on different perspectives, as[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Mary Kuehner

Laurie Ann Armstrong

Topics :
Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices

June 7, 2017

Using Movement for Optimal Development and Early Learning: How Smart Steps Can Make Big Strides, by Gill Connell, Wendy Pirie and Cheryl McCarthy

This webinar is sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. Back for their second Early Childhood Investigations webinar, movement authority Gill Connell and her co-author Cheryl McCarthy discuss the every day opportunities, real-world practicalities, and proven techniques for infusing movement into any early learning environment. As discussed in their first Free Spirit Publishing webinar, A Moving Child Is a Learning Child, movement is the untold story of[...] Full Description

Topics :
Child Development, Movement, Teaching Practices

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