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January 27, 2016

Leading for ECE Program Quality: Using Self-Awareness and Intention to Effect Positive Change, by Judy Jablon

This session is sponsored by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. In this webinar, Judy Jablon will help you explore how you can use self-awareness and intentionality to enhance program quality. As the primary leader in your program, how you are and what you say and do each day influences what happens in your program: how people relate to one another and their openness to continuous[...] Full Description

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Judy Jablon

Topics :
Leadership, Management, Quality Improvement

January 20, 2016

Managing Legal Risks in Early Childhood Programs, by Tom Copeland

This session is sponsored by Rasmussen College. Managing Legal Risks in Early Childhood Programs: How child care centers and family child care homes can deal with custody issues, parents showing up drunk or without a car seat, lawsuits, illegal discrimination, privacy, and defending your program from attacks on the Internet. All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor. 2:oo[...] Full Description

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Tom Copeland

Topics :
Contracts, Family Child Care, Legal, Management

December 16, 2015

Social-Emotional Learning & ECE Program Culture: How to facilitate resilience and inclusive culture, By Dr. Maurice Elias

This webinar is sponsored by Bright Horizons Family Solutions. This presentation will focus on how early childhood education programs can systematically build social-emotional learning/emotional intelligence skills in young children and enhance program culture and climate. While many nations, and states in the U.S., include social-emotional skills among their standards, there has been less emphasis on how to build those skills in sustained ways. That includes[...] Full Description

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Maurice Elias

Topics :
Inclusion, Program Culture, Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices

December 9, 2015

Managing Mild Autism in Early Childhood Classrooms: Top Teaching Strategies Children with Mild, by Mike A. Assel and Libby Hall

This session is sponsored by Robert-Leslie Publishing, the publisher of The InvestiGator Club Pre-Kindergarten system. Your program is proud to be an inclusive environment. Children of all abilities are welcome, and your teachers work hard to facilitate learning that meets every child’s needs, but they are frequently challenged when it comes to engaging children who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Without specialized[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Libby Hall

Michael Assel

Topics :
Neurodiversity, Teaching Practices

December 2, 2015

Come on In! How Directors and Teachers Can Use Rituals and Traditions to Create Community! by Jacky Howell and Kimberly Reinhard

This session is sponsored by Kodo Kids The co-authors of the new book Rituals and Traditions: Fostering a Sense of Community in Preschool, will look at ways that administrators and lead teachers can create community and develop relationships with children, families and staff by rituals and traditions. Tangible ideas on how to start creating rituals and traditions that are daily, monthly, annual events, special days[...] Full Description

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Kimberly Reinhard

Jacky Howell

Topics :
Community Building, Diversity, Teaching Practices

November 11, 2015

The Great Disconnect: What We Know vs. What We Do in Early Education, by Michael Gramling

This session is sponsored by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. Why has publicly funded early childhood education failed so miserably in its efforts to prepare children for school? Why does the achievement gap not only persist but continue to grow wider? It’s not a mystery really. We continue to act as if what separates children from low income families from their more affluent peers is[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Michael Gramling

Topics :
Child Care Policy, Leadership

November 4, 2015

Engaging Families of Children with Disabilities: Systematically Planning to Create Positive Experiences and Meet Expectations, Amanda Schwartz and Anne Zeigler

Sponsored by MyChild Family Engagement. Inclusion means more than providing high quality services to children with disabilities. It involves building strong partnerships with families. Each family member learns about and confronts the disability of their child in different ways. All families are complex, but these complexities grow with the added stressors of accommodating unexpected challenges that come with disability. High quality early care and[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Anne Zeigler

Amanda Schwartz

Topics :
Early Intervention, Family Engagement, Special Needs, Teaching Practices

October 21, 2015

Engaging Hispanic Families: Overcoming challenges to enrich lives, by Yvette Sanchez Fuentes

This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education Offering responsive programs to all children and their families can be challenging but very rewarding. If your program is especially culturally and economically diverse, understanding and respecting the various cultural differences is critical to meeting the need of the families. This webinar will zoom in on the specific needs of Hispanic[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes

Topics :
Diversity, Family Engagement, Teaching Practices

October 14, 2015

Grant Seeking for Early Care and Education Organizations: Where to Find Funding for Your Non-Profit Program, by Kiersten Marek

This session is sponsored by MyChild Daily Reports, Hot Topics for ECE Administrators Series. With projections of federal funding shortfalls, and national trends in funding that follow other educational sectors, finding grant funding has become an art and a science. It requires that grant seekers stay on top of the latest trends and abreast of the current interests of funding organizations that are[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Kiersten Marek

Topics :
Finance, Grantseeking, Grantwriting, Management

October 7, 2015

Using Video to Coach Teachers for Powerful Interactions in Early Childhood Classrooms, by Judy Jablon and Shaun Johnsen

They say a photo is worth a thousand words. Imagine how compelling videos could be when providing teachers with feedback about their interactions with children. Videos can highlight best practices and serve as powerful tools for professional development by identifying strengths, stretching wings, and identifying areas for growth. Join Judy Jablon and Shaun Johnsen, the authors of Coaching with Powerful Interactions, to learn the energizing and strengths-based[...] Full Description

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Shaun Johnsen

Judy Jablon

Topics :
Coaching, Management, Supervision

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