Greetings!
Early Learning Update Week of March 6th, 2023

Items Covered:
·      Fulcrum Early Childhood Education Grant is open – closes tonight at 11:59pm
·      Registration for two FREE March Professional Development Opportunities:
- Wednesday, March 8th - 6:15pm – 8:15pm: 2nd Language Learners
- Thursday, March 23rd - 6:00pm – 8:00pm: Every Conversation is a Math Conversation
·      Early Learning Roundtable: Thursday, March 9th at 4:00pm: Topic: How do you know if a child is ready for kindergarten?
·      Monthly Butterfly Pediatric Session: Friday, March 17th at 11:30am
·      Licensed Only:  Licensed Program Webinar: Thursday, March 16th at 4:15pm. Topic: Open Mic


Please see this week’s professional development opportunities and news.
 
1.)   Fulcrum Early Childhood Education Grant is open – closes tonight at 11:59pm
The application link, details and additional resources for the Fulcrum Early Childhood Education Fund Grant is now open. The Application will be open for one month and will close tonight at 11:59pm. At our January Early Learning Roundtable I presented an overview of the grant. Please click on the link below for that video. I have also included the link to all the application materials that I sent to you previously.  
 
Link to Recording: https://vimeo.com/788849197

 

2.)   Registration for two FREE March Professional Development Opportunities:
- Wednesday, March 8th - 6:15pm – 8:15pm: 2nd Language Learners
 -Thursday, March 23rd - 6:00pm – 8:00pm: Every Conversation is a Math Conversation
This month we have two FREE Professional Development Opportunities brought to us by two of the trainers that joined us at our Virtual Development Day. You can sign up for one OR both trainings. Please pass this opportunity and registration information to the rest of the early learning staff on your team. Tracy Collins will be presenting 2nd Language Learners on Wednesday, March 8th from 6:15pm – 8:15pm. Molly Daley will continue her math series and present Every Conversation is a Math Conversation on Thursday, March 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. The math session is a different session than what she presented on Professional Development Day so good for those that participated with her session on February 10th AND for those that are new to her trainings. All of these trainings will be eligible for 2 STARS hours.  




3.)   Early Learning Roundtable: Thursday, March 9th at 4:00pm: Topic: How do you know if a child is ready for kindergarten?
I am looking forward to our next Monthly Early Learning Roundtable on Thursday, March 9th at 4:00pm. Please join to share your own experiences and hear from others about “How you know if a child is ready for kindergarten”. Please join at the zoom link below:

 
 
4.)   Monthly Butterfly Pediatric Session: Friday, March 17th at 11:30am
Mark your Calendars! On Friday, March 17th from 11:30am – 12:30pm we will be joined by Butterfly Pediatrics for their 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, March 15th 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.)   Licensed Only:  Licensed Program Webinar: Thursday, March 16th at 4:15pm. Topic: Open Mic
This month’s topic will be OPEN MIC. Come to the meeting with any questions you have about License Program Administration and Operation and I will answer your questions. If you have the question, my guess is that others do as well! If you are unable to attend the meeting please email me a question and I will address it in the meeting for the recording. Please see below for the Zoom link for the Webinar. Looking forward to a great conversation!

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Have a great week!

Dave Mayer | Director of Early Childhood Education
Office for Catholic Schools | Archdiocese of Seattle
O: 206-264-2080 | C: 206-512-4336           
W: mycatholicschool.org
710 Ninth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104