Greetings!
Early Learning Update Week of January 8th, 2024
Items Covered:
· Registration for Virtual Early Learning Professional Development Day on Friday, February 9th will open on Tuesday, January 16th
· January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Empowering Dual Language Learners – Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
· January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Nurturing Creativity: Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process – Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
· Kaymbu Online Screening and Assessment Tool Learning Session – Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm
· Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Cleaning Schedules
1.) Registration for Virtual Early Learning Professional Development Day on Friday, February 9th will open on Tuesday, January 16th
Registration for the 4th Annual Virtual Early Learning Professional Development Day on Friday, February 9th, will open on Tuesday, January 16th. I will send a link for registration directly to each of you when it opens so you can register and share with the rest of your staff teams. There will be three different sessions to choose from throughout the day all focused on Early Learning! Looking forward to a great day of learning!
2.) January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Empowering Dual Language Learners – Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
In January we will have two opportunities for Monthly Early Learning Professional Development. The first will be presented by Yisbely Torres from ESD 112. It takes place on Thursday, January 11th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm and the focus will be Empowering Dual Language Learners.
In this training you will develop an understanding of language acquisition and the benefits of learning more than one language. Additionally, we will review strategies to best support and empower dual language learners in their language development within the context of their culture.
3.) January Monthly Early Learning Professional Development: Nurturing Creativity: Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process – Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
In January we will have two opportunities for Monthly Early Learning Professional Development. The second will be presented by Jesi Sucku from ESD 112. It takes place on Tuesday, January 23rd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm and the focus will be on Embracing Child-Led Art and Celebrating the Process.
Is your goal to encourage children’s creativity through developmentally appropriate art experiences? Join us for a hands-on class that explores the importance of child-led, process art experiences over the standard arts and crafts activities of yesteryear.
4.) Kaymbu Online Screening and Assessment Tool Learning Session: Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm
Last year we developed a relationship with the Kaymbu platform, through Highscope to give you a potential option for your screening and Assessment needs. The cost for this tool is FREE and will be completely funded for your school by the Early Childhood Education fund started by Dick Abrams. It can be a great way to assess and track students, communicate with parents, use in PLC’s with the kindergarten teacher, prepare for conferences, ect. We have multiple schools now using the platform and would like to introduce it to others that are interested. We will be hosting a learning session on Thursday, January 11th at 3:15pm. Please join at the link below!
Join Zoom Meeting
5.) Licensed ONLY - Licensing “WAC” of the week – Cleaning Schedules
A variety of different areas in a licensed program space are required to have Cleaning Schedules. This WAC does a good job of listing the different areas that need schedules and also highlights how often items need to be cleaned. A few of the areas and items you will see listed include Toys, Garbage Cans, Toilets and Sinks, Carpet, Sleep Equipment, Bedding and more. Please see link below for the full WAC. I have also included the Washington State Department of Health document on Disinfecting and Sanitizing with Bleach guidelines. This document shows which items need to be Disinfected Vs. Sanitized and also gives appropriate bleach mixtures. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great week!
