March 9, 2016
This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education Developing an early secure attachment to the special persons who care for a child from birth during the early years is critical. Secure attachment between the little one and the special adult(s) lays the foundation for developing a person who can trust the self AND trust others and can be compassionate[...] Full Description
February 17, 2016
This session is sponsored by the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership. In this powerful and innovative webinar, Richard Sheridan, Author of Joy Inc., will help you learn to create an intentional team culture focused on the business value of joy and unleash the human energy and the results you always knew were possible. The webinar will explore what an intentionally joyful culture must choose as[...] Full Description
- Topics :
- Leadership, Management, Staffing
February 10, 2016
This session is sponsored by Nemours Bright Start! We’ve done it! We’ve raised awareness about the importance of high quality early care and education. But, there is continued discussion regarding who should be implementing programs for children from birth through 3rd grade. Who is an early childhood professional? What entity should decide individual and institutional certification? Who owns the profession? This session, presented by[...] Full Description
- Topics :
- Child Care Policy, Leadership, Management
January 27, 2016
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
- Topics :
- Leadership, Management, Quality Improvement
January 20, 2016
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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- Contracts, Family Child Care, Legal, Management
January 13, 2016
Sponsored by Pearson Higher Education Punishment is a quick fix, but what is the child learning? What are the other children learning? When teachers know the child, understand the function of the behavior, and teach the child skills to meet their needs appropriately they can make a real difference in a child’s life. This webinar explores alternatives to time out and the effects of punishment.[...] Full Description
December 16, 2015
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
December 9, 2015
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
- Topics :
- Neurodiversity, Teaching Practices
December 2, 2015
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
- Topics :
- Community Building, Diversity, Teaching Practices
November 11, 2015
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
- Topics :
- Child Care Policy, Leadership
