Saturday

January 8, 2022

9:00AM

This 3-hour Ohio-approved training is designed for preschool teachers and administrators who are seeking to explore their classroom environment. Together, participants will discover the importance of each interest area in their classroom and the impact it has on a child’s development. We will discuss ways content areas are embedded throughout interest areas and practical ways to enhance each area to meet objectives for development and learning.

Saturday

January 15, 2022

9:00 AM

It’s important for children to feel confident when sharing their ideas with others. When adults listen to children with intent to understand we foster their cognitive development as well as their emotional development. This interactive 4-hour training 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 with daily activities, and how supporting children’s language development can enhance more than children’s vocabulary skills.

Tuesday

January 18, 2022

6:00 PM

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 Ohio approved training, teachers and administrators will uncover their strengths and how to utilize them in optimum ways among a team and to progress the program.

Tuesday

January 18 & 20, 2022

6:00 PM

Cincinnati State Auditorium

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Phonemic awareness is a foundation of reading along with print awareness. It is the understanding that spoken words are made up of individual sounds called phonemes. It is an auditory training process not phonics! This basis for learning to read is used in most kindergarten classrooms to associate the sound to a letter. "Research consistently demonstrates that the more children know about language and literacy before they begin formal schooling, the better equipped they are to succeed in reading." Burns, Griffin and Snow 1999 Many curriculums are out there to teach phonemic awareness. Participants will get to see some of them and practice using them. Instructors will come out to locations to give supports and the group will come back together to create supports for the curriculum!

*indicates in-person sessions

Thursday

January 20, 2022

6:00 PM

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 training 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.

Thursday

January 27, 2022

6:00 PM

Merriam-Webster defines temperament as the characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response. We will define and distinguish between temperament and personality. During this 3-hour Ohio-approved training, we will unpack temperament; discuss its importance in planning for young children and its impact on child’s behavior and learning styles.