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Business of Child Care Training

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Join us for a comprehensive business curriculum for family childcare owners, child care center directors and administrators. The Business of Child Care curriculum covers business plans, business leadership, marketing, and finance. It delivers activities and tools to …

Working the Muscles of the Mind

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Description This training will introduce early learning educators to strategies to help promote children\’s thinking, build vocabulary, and provide feedback to support children’s engagement. Learning Objectives Participants will: identify 3 …

Successful Transitions with School-Aged Children

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Description This training presents recommended strategies and practices for easing different types of transitions in the school-age care environment. This includes transitions from one setting or activity to another as …

Families Thrive: Concrete Support in Times of Need

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Description Through this 2-hour session, participants will learn about concrete support in times of need and how helping systems can get in the way if people seeking services. Participants will …

Building an Anti-Racist Workplace

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Description This session focuses on creating and sustaining an anti-racist workplace by diving deep into racial equity and anti-biases topics that can better inform our anti racist practices. Topics range …

Families Thrive: Cognitive and Social-Emotional Competence

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Description Through this 2-hour session, participants will review cognitive and social-emotional competence and learn about the impact these competencies have on children and adolescents. Participants will explore strategies for supporting …

EHS: Coping with Ambiguous Loss and Displacement

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Description Through this 2-hour session participants will learn about the impacts refugee and immigrant children and families experience and will learn strategies for supporting communities experiencing displacement and ambiguous loss. …

An Introduction to the ELDGs (مقدمة إلى ELDGs)

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Description This is an introduction for the ELDGs led in Arabic for Arabic speaking providers. Learning Objectives Identify the purpose of the guidelines. Recognize how the guidelines are related to …

The Art Experience Part 2 of 2

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(Must attend both sessions for credit) Description In this 2 part class \”The Art Experience\” we are exploring Art for Early Learning Environments, discussing Process vs. Product art, art safety …

Classroom Management

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Description During this session, ECE providers will plan out a unique and comprehensive classroom management plan, including positively-worded rules, procedures, investment strategies, and behavior management plan. Learning Objectives Providers Will …

The Art Experience Part 1 of 2

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(Must attend both sessions for credit) Description In this 2 part class \”The Art Experience\” we are exploring Art for Early Learning Environments, discussing Process vs. Product art, art safety …

Families Thrive: Social Connections

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Description Through this 2-hour session participants will increase awareness of the importance of relationships in supporting developmental needs and will learn the stages of relationships and strategies for building genuine …