September Professional Development Sessions

August Professional Development Sessions

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Wednesday

SEPT. 8

6 PM - 9 PM

Capitalizing on Staff Skills and Competencies

All early childhood professionals must be competent in the needed skills to care for young children. Everyone has abilities that stand out as strengths. Throughout this 3-hour workshop, teachers and administrators will uncover their strengths and utilize them in optimum ways among a team and progress the program.

Saturday

SEPT. 11

9 AM - 12 PM

Developing Professional Relationships with Parents

This 3-hour training was created to help leaders, teachers, and staff members assess and develop professional relationships with families of children in their centers or schools. We understand that community and parental support is essential when attempting to provide the most appropriate and effective settings for children’s developmental process. Together we will examine our current professional processes and procedures while creating goals and action steps where growth is needed developing Professional Relationships with Parents.

Tuesday

SEPT. 14

6 PM - 9:30 PM

Valuing the Voices of Children

Children need to be confident when speaking and sharing their ideas with others. When adults listen to children with the intent to understand, we foster their cognitive development as well as their emotional development. This interactive 3.5-hour workshop will dive into valuing children’s voices through active listening, how the classroom environment can be used to develop relationships with children, and encourage children to participate in daily activities, and how supporting children’s language development can enhance more than children’s vocabulary skills.

Saturday

SEPT. 18

9 AM - 12 PM

Cultivating a Culturally Responsive Program

Early Childhood Education has a culture all its own. How can early childhood professionals stay culturally responsive while maintaining the traditions of ECE? In this 3 hour workshop, we will unpack what it means to be culturally responsive. Participants will discover the 5 principles for Culturally Responsive Programs. During this workshop teachers and administrators will explore how to promote culturally responsive thinking and activities across the early childhood program.

Tuesday

SEPT. 21

6 PM - 9 PM

Developing Meaningful Lesson Plans

This 3-hour workshop is designed for preschool teachers and administrators to explore the study planning process in depth. Without the use of scripted materials, participants will discover what is included in developing an investigative study of their own. With the completion of this workshop, participants will have an understanding of curriculum mapping and planning.

Wednesday

SEPT. 29

6 PM - 8 PM

The Teacher’s Role During Free Choice Time

The teachers in a classroom are essential in facilitating children's learning even during free-choice time. This 2-hour training provides teachers with a deeper understanding of why teacher presence is important and how to intentionally navigate the free choice portion of the day to promote learning outcomes for children.

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Capitalizing on Staff Skills and Competencies

Developing Professional Relationships with Parents

The Teacher’s Role During Free Choice Time