On May 18, 2011, we were honored and delighted to have Dr. Barbara Sorrels, present a motivational and engaging webinar, Connect, Inspire & Empower Teachers Through Personal “Sticky Notes Storytelling”. She shared a dynamic presentation that demonstrated how creating an authentic connection with staff members helps facilitate growth, and empower staff members to become the best they can be in their important roles in early care and education. Dr. Sorrels also outlined her techniques and...
On May 11, 2011 Debra Pierce presented The CDA Credentialing Process & The Role of ECE Directors. She explained the steps involved in the CDA process, why your center must meet the minimum standards, and how to support your staff and keep the process on track. Many of our session participants were about to begin the CDA process with their staff, and had a lot of questions. We were not able to get to every question during the...
On April 27, 2011, we were fortunate to have Karen Nemeth present Building a Multicultural Multilingual Community in Your Early Childhood Program. She shared strategies for supporting teachers, resources to equip diverse classrooms, and ideas for engaging families. The session participants were very enthusiastic and shared amazing ideas on how to build a classroom community based on diversity. Take a look at some of the questions our participants suggest you ask families in order to get to know more about the family's culture...
On April 6, 2011, we were delighted to have Wendy Young, present an engaging and thought-provoking webinar “Time-Out for Exclusionary Tactics in ECE Settings: Leading with Heads and Hearts“. She shared amazing insight about the misuse of exclusionary tactics and tips about how to use proactive practices to replace the need for time-out. The participants asked great questions, but we were not able to get to every question. Wendy has kindly answered those questions in writing, and we’ve posted them here on our blog....
Our presenter in the webinar "Time-Out for Exclusionary Tactics in ECE Settings: Leading with Heads and Hearts", Wendy Young, is a wizard when it comes to helping early childhood educators build emotional intelligence with children. Her session was engaging and enlightening. She shared amazing insight about misuse of exclusionary tactics and tips about how to use proactive practices to replace the need for time-out. The "backchannel" comments and ideas from the participants was also exciting....
Yesterday, we were fortunate to be graced with an amazing webinar by Dr. Becky Bailey, the renowned, down to earth, "get it done" founder of Loving Guidance, and author of the groundbreaking social-emotional program, Conscious Discipline. Dr. Bailey spent an hour and a half with over 1,000 of our closest friends, explaining the principles in her new book, Creating the School Family: Bully-proofing Schools Through Emotional Intelligence . Dr. Bailey made the profound (yet seemingly...
How often do you think carefully about outdoor play in your program? Do you have a philosophy for outdoor play? How about policies and guidelines? Is your play space safe, inclusive, and inspiring? Do you spend the same amount of time developing outdoor play intentionally as you do for your classroom learning? These are a few of the questions outdoor play expert Vicki Ehlers posed to inspire thinking in her session The Early Childhood Administrator's...
On March 9, 2011, we were fortunate to have Ana Lomba present an engaging webinar that included practical advice, ideas, and great resources to infuse early childhood programs with language learning. The participants asked great questions, but we were not able to get to every question. Ana kindly offered to answer the questions in writing. We’ve posted them here on our blog. ——————— Note from Ana: If you opt-in to my contact list before March...
On February 9, 2011, we were honored to host an engaging and information-packed webinar by Dr. Timothy Shanahan that reviewed the results and highlighted key implications in the report of the National Early Literacy Panel. There were so many great questions, we could not answer them all in the allotted 1.5 hours, so Dr. Shanahan kindly responded to the questions in writing.
Learn more about the changes to the Head Start Outcomes Framework In early January, Head Start grantees across the country received a revised outcomes framework, now called the Child Development and Early Learning Framework: Promoting Positive Outcomes in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children 3-5 Years Old with an introduction from Head Start director, Yvette Sanchez Fuentes. http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/ecdh/eecd/Assessment/Child%20Outcomes/revised-child-outcomes.html The Child Development and Early Learning Framework builds on the respected сертификаты earlier version (The Head Start Outcomes...
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