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
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- 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
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- Child Care Policy, Leadership
November 4, 2015
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
October 28, 2015
This event is sponsored by the National Association for Media Literacy (NAMLE) and supported by the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development & Early Learning with Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge funds. In this empowering webinar, media literacy education maven Faith Rogow, will provide an overview of how to reach beyond teaching with technology to also integrate reasoning and reflection in age appropriate ways. We’ll[...] Full Description
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- Digital Literacy, Teaching Practices
October 21, 2015
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
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- Diversity, Family Engagement, Teaching Practices
October 14, 2015
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
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- Finance, Grantseeking, Grantwriting, Management
October 7, 2015
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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- Coaching, Management, Supervision
September 16, 2015
This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education Join this webinar to follow infants and toddlers on an amazing journey as they construct concepts and theories during play. Inspired by teachers in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Mary Jane Maguire-Fong will use photo documentation to observe infants and toddlers at play. In this webinar, you will: reflect on how infants[...] Full Description
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- Cognitive Development, Relationships, Teaching Practices
September 9, 2015
This session is sponsored by MyChild Daily Reports, Hot Topics for ECE Administrators Series. This inspiring webinar is designed to engage new, aspiring and continuing leaders in exploring the knowledge, skills and dispositions required for leadership that is progressive in its thinking and transformational in its actions. If you are a program leader or staff member you may view yourself as an agent for change[...] Full Description
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- Leadership, Management, Supervision
August 19, 2015
This session is sponsored by Nemours Bright Start! Without a doubt, children’s experiences during the preschool years affect their later language and literacy skills and achievement. High-quality early childhood education programs are one way in which we support development during these years, but family interactions and home environments also play a crucial role. In this presentation, Kathryn Roberts and Nell Duke, co-authors with Gail Jordan[...] Full Description
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- Family Engagement, Literacy, Teaching Practices
