January 8, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
THE DATE FOR THIS WEBINAR HAS CHANGED TO JANUARY 8, 2025 Sponsored by Early Learning Access Supporting equitable sociocultural interactions for young children in preschool classrooms has become one of the most urgent priorities in early education. However, we are often stymied by our lack of insight into our efforts to achieve classroom equity. Join this enlightening webinar to take important steps to address this[...] Full Description
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January 9, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
For a century, early childhood policy has been premised on a myth. This falsehood―which dictates that child care and education are somehow separate and distinct―not only suboptimizes the most important window into all human development but costs taxpayers an untold fortune. It’s time to think differently. Join Dr. Dan Wuori, one of the field’s most respected non-partisan policy experts, as he makes a case for[...] Full Description
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- Development, Policy
January 15, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Preschool classrooms are microcosms of the world’s cultures. In them, you find educators, children, families, and administrators from every walk of life who bring a rich tapestry of experiences, values, and norms. This convergence of diverse viewpoints has assets and opportunities for cultural conflict, especially when it comes to children’s behavior. It is natural for different people to view behavior through their own lenses and[...] Full Description
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January 22, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, and on the verge of burnout? Discover how to regain control and find stability through self-care, systems, and support. In this free webinar, Presented by early childhood leadership coach and experienced program leader Beth Cannon, you’ll learn how to safeguard yourself and your program from the brink, ensuring long-term success without sacrificing your well-being. If you’re ready for a clear path to[...] Full Description
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January 29, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Early education program leaders around the world are increasingly enthusiastic about nature-based learning. Many leaders want to jump in wholeheartedly but find shifting the culture of their organization incredibly challenging. In this this action-focused webinar designed for program leaders and administrators, experienced early childhood nature-based program leader and author, Dr. Rachel Larimore will share her Trail Map for Leading Change as an approach for inspiring[...] Full Description
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- Nature, Pedagogy, Social-Emotional Development
February 5, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Trust is the foundation of strong teams, yet well-meaning micromanagement and reactive behaviors can subtly undermine it. Join experienced early childhood leadership strategist, Christina Fecio to shed light on how leaders’ behaviors either attract or repel trust. You will explore why micromanagement — while often cloaked in good intentions like “staying informed” or “being invested” — becomes “death by a thousand papercuts” to morale. With[...] Full Description
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February 6, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
In our early childhood programs and communities, often we focus on the skills of kindness and empathy as a way for children to connect with others in a caring, positive way. Yet a skill often overlooked is perspective-taking. “Perspective taking skills” refer to the ability to understand and consider a situation from another person’s point of view, encompassing their thoughts, feelings, and experiences and putting[...] Full Description
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- Social-Emotional Development
February 12, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
If you’ve ever wondered why a program or classroom feels stressed, frenzied, or just not right, chances are that the PITCH is one of the primary causes of that “ick” feeling. There are four types of environments that in early childhood programs: The physical environment, the interpersonal environment, the temporal environment, and the curricular environment. These four: P, I, T, C, can be designed to[...] Full Description
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- Adult Learning, Learning Environments
February 19, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
As someone who cares deeply about the work you do with young children, you might have wrestled with some big questions about how to offer the most impactful experiences, like: Where do you look for high-quality early childhood practices? How do you know when you have found them? Do you rely on assessments on a clipboard or follow protocols in binders and manuals or do[...] Full Description
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February 26, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
One of the most important steps you can take with families is to help them integrate into your program with an intentional, consistent, and complete onboarding process. Planning to prepare a step-by-step onboarding process that you can use every time you enroll new families will ensure you establish open communication, avoid misunderstandings, and establish policies. Your onboarding plan should individual and group meetings, family handbooks,[...] Full Description
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March 5, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Are you ready to increase your preschool program’s impact—and its revenue? If you are a child care program owner or administrator who is looking for ways to increase your program’s reach and scale up strategically, this webinar is for you. Whether you’re looking to open additional locations, diversify your program offerings, or strengthen revenue streams, child care program growth experts, Kate Woodward Young and Carrie[...] Full Description
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March 6, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Managing early childhood classrooms so they are peaceful and productive can sometimes feel overwhelming, leaving teachers and leaders searching for sustainable solutions. This strategy-rich webinar addresses these challenges by providing early care and education leaders with the tools to support staff in creating calmer, more positive learning environments. Join this webinar which is designed specifically for early care and education leaders and supervisors who seek[...] Full Description
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- Adult Learning, Challenging Behavior, Growth Mindset
March 12, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Early childhood educators and other practitioners on the front lines with young children and families often feel great pressure to know “what to do” in a broad variety of challenging situations. Drawing on both developmental science and extensive clinical experience, this webinar, presented by acclaimed author, pediatrician and early relational health expert, Claudia M. Gold, M.D., provides evidence that the exact opposite―a stance of not-knowing―helps[...] Full Description
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- Health, Infants and Toddlers
March 13, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
It is the responsibility of a leader to create a culture where people can flourish. Whether you are the leader of an early care and education program or the leader of a team within one, you hold the tools for cultivating an environment where candor and truth are welcome and the organization and individuals within it are on a path to learning and growth. When[...] Full Description
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March 19, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Some children are naturally predisposed to intense emotional reactions, feeling resistant to new routines and experiences, and have trouble moving on based on their own unique temperamental make up. As a result, these young humans experience emotional outbursts, have difficulty calming, reject new experiences, or resist transitions in group settings. The reality is, certain traits can prove more difficult to work with, depending on the[...] Full Description
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March 26, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
How do young children actually develop literacy? Through child-led play! Play offers countless opportunities for children to build all the developmental skills needed for reading and writing. Furthermore, play doesn’t need to be directly linked to literacy activities to foster these skills. All types of play contribute to the foundations that support reading and writing! This idea- rich session presented by early literacy expert, consultant,[...] Full Description
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April 2, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Play is becoming increasingly valued for its role in how children to learn about, themselves, others, what is in the world, and how it works. Children have an intrinsic desire to play and is most powerful when they can make their own choices about what to play with, and how they will play with it. Young children often get lost in play with open-ended loose[...] Full Description
