Greetings!
Early Learning Update Week of October 17th
Items Covered:
· Registration for November Professional Development: FLIP IT! Saturday’s, November 5th and 12th from 9:00am – 12:00pm
· ALERT from Washington Federation of Independent Schools: Registered sex offender making visits to preschools
· Task Force for Early Learning Professional Development Day
· Submit Questions for next Butterfly Pediatrics Meeting on Friday, October 21st
· Early Learning Conferences
· Licensed ONLY: Licensed Program Webinar: Thursday, October 20th from 4:15pm – 4:45pm – New additions to Facility Tab and Monitoring Visit Resources
1.) Registration for November Professional Development: FLIP IT! Saturday’s, November 5th and 12th from 9:00am – 12:00pm
Our monthly Professional Development opportunity will be presented by Tracy Collins from ESD 112. She has joined us at our Professional Development Day the last two years. November’s Training will be held virtually on two consecutive Saturday’s November 5th and 12th from 9:00am – 12:00pm (must attend both sessions). Please see below for training title, description and link to register. There are unlimited spots for this training. For those in Licensed Programs this training will give you 6 STARS hours.
FLIP IT!:
FLIP IT! is a four-step supportive strategy to help young children learn about their feelings, gain self-control, and reduce challenging behavior. Flip It teaches adults how to respond positively to everyday challenges and challenging behaviors in children ages 3 to 8.
2.) ALERT from Washington Federation of Independent Schools: Registered sex offender making visits to preschools in our area
Seattle Police and Lake Stevens Police departments have open cases regarding a registered sex offender who enters church buildings and asks to see the preschool or education area, even if it is not open. They present themselves as interested in having their student attend - and ask to take photographs of the space. They have been to a variety of churches in these regions. It is unclear what their intent is, but all are encouraged to give no visitor access to areas where children might be - even if the children are not present at the time. The police departments have requested to immediately call 911 if such persons come onto campus. Please review the Lake Stevens alert HERE which includes images of the vehicle and suspect.
Do NOT post this on social media as the investigation is ongoing.
While hospitality to the stranger is what we are called to do, this serves as a reminder to train staff and volunteers to also be mindful and vigilant as we protect those who are vulnerable in our communities.
3.) Task Force for Early Learning Professional Development Day
We are just a few months away from our third annual Virtual Early Learning Professional Development Day on Friday, February 10th from 8:30am – 3:30pm. I look forward to putting together a great list of sessions and trainers that will be focusing on Early Learning topics. Please let me know if you would like to be on the Task Force that will put together the sessions for the day. The time commitment would be a one hour long meeting in November and a one hour long meeting in December. I look forward in upcoming weeks and months to send you more details about sessions and registration information. Looking forward to a great day of learning!
4.) Submit Questions for next Butterfly Pediatrics Meeting on Friday, October 21st
Mark your Calendars! On Friday, October 21st from 11:30am – 12:30pm we will be joined by Butterfly Pediatrics for their second of monthly conversations with us this school year to discuss student behavior. Experts from Butterfly Pediatrics will join us virtually to answer your questions and give resources/ideas about situations your programs are dealing with.
To make the most of our hour can you please email me at
david.mayer@seattlearch.org by Wednesday, October 19
th any situation/example you are dealing with that you would like the experts from Butterfly Pediatrics to discuss during the virtual meeting. I will be sending these case studies in advance to the Butterfly team so they can be prepared to give you as much information as possible during our time together. Even if you are not able to join the meeting, you can still submit situations and we will record the conversations and send a recording link to all.
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5.) Early Learning Conferences
We have a couple of schools that are seeking a conversation with a school that has done Preschool Conferences to get insight on their process. If your program does conferences and you are willing to spend 20-30 minutes on the phone talking to another Early Learning Leader about your process please let me know. Thanks!
6.) Licensed ONLY: Licensed Program Webinar: Thursday, October 20th from 4:15pm – 4:45pm – New additions to Facility Tab and Monitoring Visit Resources
Please join us for the next Licensed Program Webinar on Thursday, October 20th from 4:15pm – 4:45pm. We will be discussing new additions to the Facility Tab and Monitoring Visit Resources. We will record this session for those that are unable to join. Looking forward to the conversation.
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Have a great week!
