Put future ECE leaders to work in your program: Making the most of college students in early childhood settings
Future Leaders in Early Childhood Rock! So who are our future leaders in the field of Early Childhood Education? College and university students, ECE clubs and organizations, faculty sponsors and advisers have been building collaborative, cooperative relationships with the affiliates of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Just this past year over 100 colleges and universities were represented by students and faulty[…] Full Description
Challenging Behavior is Everyone’s Challenge! How to support ECE staff who work with children with challenging behaviors
A child care center director/administrator is an advocate for the children, the staff and the center. When there is a child with challenging behavior at the center, this becomes an even more difficult task. Learn strategies that will help you support your staff through what can be a very difficult time. Help your staff to understand how their own attitudes and beliefs about children’s behavior[…] Full Description
Build Waiting Lists for Your ECE Program with ideas from the Fortune 500
BB Discover how surprisingly small changes in your marketing practices can lead to having parents lined up around the block to enroll their children in your center. In this session, Jeff Holden and Ben Morris will offer tips to simplify your enrollment management including: Setting up a simple process to follow up with families and drive enrollment Email marketing – from simple to sophisticated using[…] Full Description
Family, Culture, Program Administration, and Social-Emotional Development- A Lens for ECE Administrators
This session is sponsored by the National Black Child Development Institute. It’s a fact that strong early social-emotional development underlies future academic success, but how often do you, as the administrator, examine the impact family culture has on your program’s social-emotional ecosystem? Join this free webinar to learn more about the relationship between culture, program administration and social-emotional development. The session, presented by Felicia DeHaney, Chief[…] Full Description
Emotionally Healthy Children, Families, Early Childhood Programs and Communities
One of the biggest challenges early childhood educators face is how to help children develop social-emotional skills and resiliency. This unique session will show teachers and administrators how to combine common sense and systematic methods to create a community environment where children, parents, teachers and administrators thrive. It will provide an action strategy, including simple planning tools, that helps families, teachers and administrators become engaged,[…] Full Description
Using ECE Technology DAP-Style! Top Questions Answered – A TEC Track Session
The presenters for this session, Karen Nemeth, Ed.M., and Fran Simon, M.Ed, will walk you through many of the signature guidelines presented in the new technology position statement by NAEYC and The Fred Rogers Center, as well as the recommendations Karen and Fran make in their soon-to-be-released book on technology in early childhood classrooms.
Mentoring for ECE Staff – The Goldmine of Self-Sustaining Mentoring Practices
Exposure to role models and mentors is correlated with higher confidence, success rates, and ascension in organizations. Of course, this all sounds great, until it becomes another thing on your to do list! Guerrilla Mentoring, a proprietary process adapted by the award winning Hot Mommas Project (a global leadership venture), helps overcome this concern. Guerrilla Mentoring learning tools can increase confidence and key success factors[…] Full Description
Teaching with Technology: Guidance from the NAEYC + Fred Rogers Center Joint Position Statement
Chip Donohue and Roberta Schomburg, Senior Fellows at the Fred Rogers Center, will discuss the revision process and their approach to the NAEYC and Fred Rogers Center Joint Position Statement on Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8.
Guiding Teachers to Use Teachable Moments in Early Childhood Settings
This session is sponsored by Hatch Early Learning Our focus with Teachable Moments in Early Childhood will enable leaders and administrators to build teacher awareness in regards to the endless teachable moments that occur throughout each day in your early childhood program. Jenne Parks, Content Specialist for Hatch Early Childhood, will lead a discussion on the subject of recognizing and taking advantage of the teachable moments that[…] Full Description
5 Simple Steps for Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood Programs
Progress monitoring can be made simple and straightforward and have a big impact on improving outcomes for the children in your early childhood program. In this session you will learn the basics of progress monitoring and 5 simple steps to implement a progress monitoring approach that is easy to do, time efficient, and effective.
