Presented by the Institute for Childhood Preparedness, the active shooter preparedness training for early childhood professionals is a critical component to keeping child care programs safe and secure. Unfortunately, active shooter events are on the rise. There were 611 mass shootings in 2020, and... (Register)
Saturday May 01 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Presented by the Institute for Childhood Preparedness, the goal of this session is to help early childhood programs prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters and emergencies. The Institute for Childhood Preparedness designs their training course to meet the specific needs... (Register)
Thursday May 06 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
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Get ready to advance your program in Learn & Grow! This Q&A session will provide an overview of Learn & Grow’s complete Level 1-5 framework and roll-out schedule. Learn about the fixed quality activities associated with Levels 1- 5, new points menu for Levels 3-5, thread... (Register)
Thursday May 06 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Strategies to Establish Productive Relationships with Families
This training consists of two sessions and a self-reflection. ALL sessions must be attended, and self-reflection returned, in order to receive full credit. No partial credit will be given. Session 1: 6 - 8 pm, Thursday, May 6, 2021 Session 2: 9 am - 1:30 pm, Saturday, May 8,... (Register)
Monday May 10 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Positive Ways to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development
The Pyramid Model Foundations Training is an evidence based prevention/intervention framework that prevents challenging behaviors and promotes healthy social and emotional development by supporting positive relationships, creating engaging environments, providing concrete teaching strategies, and... (Register)
Monday May 10 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
Are the children in your classroom bored? Do they never play in the library or science center? Do you need to enhance your learning centers? After a review of the basics of Learning Centers in an Early Childhood setting, we will first discuss observing children’s actions and play in the... (Register)
Thursday May 13 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Strategies to Establish Productive Relationships with Families
The purpose of this presentation is to provide information about children with disabilities or developmental delays, laws and procedures that guide their early education, and to support families and caregivers through this process. This training suite fits into the foundation of Early Achievers... (Register)
Thursday May 20 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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Positive Ways to Support Children's Social and Emotional Development
This HARMONY INSPIRE social emotional learning workshop will focus on the SEL components of empathy and critical thinking. - How to develop empathy. - Focusing on positive changes and oneself. - Reduce stereotype thinking. - Become aware of how... (Register)
Thursday May 20 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Get ready to advance your program in Learn & Grow! This Q&A session will provide an overview of Learn & Grow’s complete Level 1-5 framework and roll-out schedule. Learn about the fixed quality activities associated with Levels 1- 5, new points menu for Levels 3-5, thread... (Register)
Tuesday May 25 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Steps to Advance Children's Physical and Intellectual Development
Come and learn some basic Baby Signs that you can start using in your classroom right away! Even preschoolers can benefit from the use of Baby Signs. Effective April 1, 2021, educators must be present and visible on video camera for the entire class time. ... (Register)
Wednesday May 26 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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This training will provide an introduction to Learn & Grow and what this means for you and your program. This session will review the quality standards, how your programs can move through the various levels of quality and what supports are available for you and your program. This training... (Register)
Thursday May 27 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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As an early childhood educator, getting vaccinated is one of the easiest things you can do to stay healthy. Vaccines work with your immune system so it will be ready to fight the virus if you are exposed. At this Thursdays with thread, learn about the State recommendations and benefits... (Register)
