October 29, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Early Learning Series Do you enjoy or dread the task of ordering materials for the classrooms in your program? Do you have a process for ensuring the books, manipulatives, digital resources, and other durable materials support your program’s objectives and the standards to which you must adhere? Do you simply take requests from staff members, or[...] Full Description
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- Teaching Practices
October 22, 2014
This session is sponsored by BigToys, PlayCore and The InvestiGator Club by Robert-Leslie Publishing. Outdoor play environments are the ideal place to reinforce learning in new and exciting ways. Explore ways to help children develop skills through hands-on learning experiences outdoors. The evidence is quite clear that play equals learning across developmental domains. Learning occurs in many places besides the classroom and well-designed outdoor[...] Full Description
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- Classroom Environment, Nature, Play, Teaching Practices
October 8, 2014
Do you want to streamline the process you use to manage your program? Would you like to use technology to work smarter, not harder? Join Giovanni Arroyo in this webinar to learn about the latest technology tools and systems that can reduce costs and decrease your workload. Giovanni will share over a decade’s worth of experience by providing you a tour of tools[...] Full Description
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- Business, Management, Management Technology
October 1, 2014
This powerfull webinar, presented by Judy Jablon, will focus on the powerful impact teachers can have when they intentionally and respectfully interact with children to extend their learning. Although research has shown that high-quality teacher-child interactions have a significant impact on children’s emotional, social, and cognitive development, many teachers grapple with this important part of teaching young children. Too often classroom[...] Full Description
September 17, 2014
In the last thirty years there’s been a revolution in our scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that’s also transformed our understanding of human nature itself. In this webinar, Dr.Gopnik will outline some of the new discoveries and their implications for the way we think about young children and ourselves. Human beings have a longer childhood than any[...] Full Description
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- Relationships, Teacher Interactions, Teaching Practices
September 10, 2014
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A WEBINAR SO IMPORTANT AND POPULAR, WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN! This webinar sponsored by: THIS WEBINAR IS A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION PACKED SESSION OFFERED ON AUGUST 6, 2014. Disasters can strike anywhere at any time, and when they do children are the most vulnerable victims. Each work day 68 million children are in child care or school, where[...] Full Description
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- Emergency Preparedness, Management, Safety
September 3, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series We know from research that language is key to both literacy and social-emotional development, and that children who develop robust vocabularies and communicative confidence are primed for ongoing success. New measures of quality focus on rich language and responsive communication. Using strength-based coaching to share research-informed language-building strategies, directors can build upon the assets[...] Full Description
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- Language Development, Literacy, Teaching Practices
August 27, 2014
Join Debi Mathias, from the BUILD initiative, in this powerful webinar to learn more about effective processes for managing and implementing QRIS, licensing, and accreditation. Debi will help you explore ideas about how to use regulations to create a culture of continuous quality improvement (CQI) and reflective practice within your program. You will learn strategies that will help you: leverage lessons learned[...] Full Description
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- Accreditation, Management, Program Quality, QRIS
August 20, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series Emergent Curriculum is steeped in a strong theoretical background, is inquiry and play-based, and responds to the questions that arise from both children and teachers. Based on the work of Vygotsky, Dewey, and modern theorists such as Elizabeth Jones, Emergent Curriculum allows educators to respond to our observations of children, build upon their[...] Full Description
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- Emergent Curriculum, Teaching Practices
August 6, 2014
This webinar sponsored by: Disasters can strike anywhere at any time, and when they do children are the most vulnerable victims. Each work day 68 million children are in child care or school, where parents assume they are safe, yet the 28 states and DC lack minimum standards for protecting children in these facilities. What’s more, less than half of American families have an[...] Full Description
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- Emergency Preparedness, Management, Safety
