Head Start of Lane County

Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Supporting Infants’ and Toddlers’ Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
November 04, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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An important part of becoming a successful learner is developing the ability to regulate emotions and behaviors. Infants and toddlers learn to self-regulate within the context of consistent, responsive relationships with familiar adults. Join this webinar to explore the importance of emotional and behavioral self-regulation for infants and toddlers. Learn ways teachers and family child care providers support self-regulation though responsive and consistent teaching practices.
This webinar will be captioned in English and Spanish.

Introduction to Trauma Informed Services
2021-11-04 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Introduction to Trauma Informed Services
This New Teacher training is designed for ALL STAFF to gain an introduction to Trauma Informed Services. There are two opportunities to attend this training, as it will be offered on Thursday evening and on Friday morning.
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Introduction to Trauma Informed Services
2021-11-05 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Introduction to Trauma Informed Services
This New Teacher training is designed for ALL STAFF to gain an introduction to Trauma Informed Services. There are two opportunities to attend this training, as it will be offered on Thursday evening and on Friday morning.
Join on Teams

Reclaiming the Narrative for Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging in Schools
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Reclaiming the Narrative for Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging in Schools
Wed, November 10, 2021 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM PST
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Over the past two decades, many school districts across the United States have engaged in some form of ‘equity work’ in an effort to change persistent racialized patterns in student experience and achievement. Communities have engaged in a wide range of efforts to increase opportunity and expand educational excellence and equity. While the impacts of these efforts vary, much has been learned about (and brain/neuroscience supports) the benefits of creating student centered and culturally sustaining approaches to teaching and learning.
Yet, today diversity, equity, and inclusion work is under increased scrutiny and controversy in many school districts. While framed as a debate about “critical race theory”, the programs and initiatives under attack more often include research-based efforts intended to increase opportunity and fairness in our schools, classrooms, and curriculum.
How might we use this moment of contention to inspire, engage, and activate our communities to protect educational approaches that ensure every young person has access to the resources, opportunities, and relationships they need to learn, develop, and thrive?
LaShawn Routé Chatmon, Kathleen Osta, and Stephen Chang of the National Equity Project will host this interactive webinar exploring how we can effectively communicate about and take collective leadership for the schools and educational environments that our young people are demanding and deserve. Join other committed educators, students, parents, advocates, and community members to learn, strategize, dream, and take action to create equitable and just schools in which every young person is seen, valued, cared for and thrives.

Interactive Webinar Overview & Accessibility
This webinar will be delivered in a live, 75 minute interactive learning session conducted online in Zoom. The session will be recorded and live transcription and close captions will be enabled.
This is intended to be an inspiring, joyful, and inclusive learning space – abusive, hurtful or hateful language will result in removal from the webinar.

Registration
You will receive a password-protected Zoom link the day of the event via email. Be sure to check your spam and allow email from Eventbrite to ensure receipt.
Note: Registration closes Tuesday, November 9 at 2pm Pacific.

The Keys to Effective Practice-Based Coaching: A Framework for Early Childhood Leaders
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
The Keys to Effective Practice-Based Coaching: A Framework for Early Childhood Leaders
November 10, 2021 11:00 AM
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As an early childhood program leader, you know coaching is the most powerful element of continuous quality improvement. Developing your coaching skills is critical to help your staff engage children nurture their development. Join this free eye-opening webinar to learn about a coaching framework for supporting early childhood practitioners’ use of evidence-informed teaching practices. In this session, the editors of Essentials of Practice-Based Coaching will share highlights of their new book about practice-based coaching and essentials for successful implementation. Together, we will explore three key elements of the framework: Shared goals and action planning, focused observation, and reflection and feedback. You will also hear about examples of implementation resources and hear an overview of how to:

Develop collaborative partnerships with teachers
Create effective goals and action plans
Conduct practice-focused strengths and needs assessments
Observe teachers’ practices and collect data about coaching effects
Give supportive and constructive feedback
Employ web-based platforms and coaching apps to support PBC

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
11:oo AM – 12:30 PM
To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add customercare@gotowebinar.com to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system.
Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.
Only 3,000 people at one time can attend our webinars, but registration often tops 4,000. Only the first 3,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to get in. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.
Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.
You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma
See the schedule of upcoming webinars.

Using the 5Rs to Promote Self-regulation Skills in Young Children
2021-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Using the 5Rs to Promote Self-regulation Skills in Young Children
November 16, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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The first five years of life are foundational in building the emotional and behavioral self-regulation skills that every child needs. Join this webinar to discuss how early learning leaders can provide education staff with the resources and guidance necessary to foster these skills in children. Explore the strategic use of data to inform and focus professional development to maximize impact and improve outcomes for children.
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Coaching to Support Children's Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
2021-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Coaching to Support Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
Wedesday, November 17, 2021, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
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In this Coaching Corner webinar, explore ways to help staff boost children’s emotional and behavioral self-regulation skills. Walk away with resources you can share with coachees—or use yourself!
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Using the Pyramid Model to Prevent and Respond to Challenging Behavior
2021-11-18 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Using the Pyramid Model to Prevent and Respond to Challenging Behavior
Nov 18, 2021, 11:00 am
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Pyramid Model practices help staff prevent and respond to children’s challenging behavior. Hear a brief overview of the Pyramid Model and hear from Head Start and Early Head Start programs that have successfully adopted its practices. Explore systems for establishing an effective workforce, maintaining nurturing and responsive relationships, and creating high-quality supportive environments. This webinar will be offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Educational Advocacy for Children in Foster Care
2021-11-18 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
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Educational Advocacy for Children in Foster Care
This training will increase understanding and provide practical advice about how resource parents and providers can best understand and advocate for the educational needs of children and young people in care.

November Teacher Trainings
2021-11-19 | Microsoft Teams
November Teacher Trainings

The following trainings are offered on Friday, November 19th. Although it is a Teacher Training Day, these sessions are available to ANY interested staff member. Please note that some sessions had a participant limit; for those sessions, preregistration was required. You should have been invited to the Microsoft Teams training sessions for which you registered. If not, you may join by clicking the links below.

9:00 – 10:30am
Introduction to Creating Connections for Beginners
Presented by Angel Nichol & Sarah Rose
Introduction to the Creating Connections curriculum. Will introduce the All the Time strategies and Brain Train Activities. This session is for teachers who are new to Creating Connections. There is no participant limit.
9:00 – 10:30am
Creating Connections Tune-Up: A Deeper Dive
Presented by Stephenie Kearney and a panel of HSOLC teachers
This session is for teachers who have received a basics training, but are in need of additional opportunities to problem solve implementing parts or all of the Creating Connections curriculum. This will be an opportunity to see what other teachers in the agency are doing with this curriculum right now. We will spend our time together talking about barriers that may exist, providing some additional resources, and an opportunity to brain storm and problem solve in the moment with a panel of peer mentors. There is no participant limit; session will not be recorded.
8:30-10:00am
Engineering in the Classroom
Presented by Kerry Holmes IN PERSON AT WHITEAKER
Will give an overview of the engineering design process and ideas for how to support it in the classroom. In person at Whiteaker, limit 20 participants, pre-registration required. (Session is full)
10:00am-12:30pm
Exploring Technology with Young Children
Presented by Kerry Holmes
Overview and discussion of various types of technology (media, devices, tools, & coding) and how they could be explored in the classroom. Limit of 30 participants, pre-registration required. You will be invited to the meeting on Microsoft Teams after registration. (Session is full)
11:00am-2:00pm
Becoming Poverty Informed: Print vs. Oral Culture
Presented by Karla Snell, Chava Kronen, Al McGillivray, Becca Bruce
Join us for the next layer of our journey to become poverty informed in our services. The way in which people give and receive information impacts their worldviews and values, as well as their communication and learning styles. Come explore understanding and communicating via Oral and Print Culture, along with five powerful communication strategies. Download the Handout: Communication Quiz
2:30pm-4:30pm
Reflecting on Anti-Bias Education in Action: The Early Years
Presented by Al McGillivray, Heidi Johnson
Movie screening and discussion. By taking viewers into diverse early childhood classrooms, the film seeks to demonstrate the importance of teacher reflection on identity, context, and practice in anti-bias education. As a group we will watch the documentary with break out group discussions.

Prioritizing Staff Wellness in Unprecedented Times
2021-12-02 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Prioritizing Staff Wellness in Unprecedented Times
December 02, 2021 | 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
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Join this webinar to discuss strategies to support staff wellness during these unprecedented times. Hear from Head Start directors who have emphasized staff well-being while facing new and changing challenges in program operations. The webinar will also highlight information from ACF-IM-HS-21-05 Supporting the Wellness of All Staff in the Head Start Workforce.
The webinar will be offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Teaching Racial-Cultural Empathy and Challenging Discrimination in Early Childhood
2021-12-08 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Teaching Racial-Cultural Empathy and Challenging Discrimination in Early Childhood
Wed, Dec 8, 2021 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
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Synopsis:
Children as young as preschool age show racial preferences and prejudice. Early childhood educators have the unique opportunity to cultivate racial-cultural empathy and challenge discrimination before and during this prime age. We highly recommend attendees watch our previous webinar, “Healing from Racial and Cultural Discrimination,” which focuses on the impact of trauma from racial-cultural discrimination during early childhood, and relational strategies to promote healing. In this webinar we will delve deeper into teaching racial-cultural empathy and inclusive practices for early childhood programs.

Objectives:
– Understand the importance of promoting racial-cultural empathy and challenging discrimination during early childhood to promote racial and cultural awareness among young children.
– Become familiar with the components of teaching racial-cultural empathy in early childhood education programs, including knowledge of inter-group differences, awareness of biases, and social-emotional skills to overcome prejudice and practice solidarity.
– Identify program-wide inclusive policies and family engagement practices that challenge discrimination and propel the development of racial-cultural empathy.

Strategies to Promote Cognitive Self-regulation
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Strategies to Promote Cognitive Self-regulation
December 08, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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Young children need their families’ support to build cognitive self-regulation — or executive function — skills like focusing, maintaining attention, and controlling impulses. In this Home Visiting Series webinar, explore research, home visiting strategies, and resources that support home visitors as they partner with families to promote cognitive self-regulation in young children.
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Indigenous Wisdom for Listening to Children and Families
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Indigenous Wisdom for Listening to Children and Families
Wednesday, December 8 @ 12 PM
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Dr. Hinemoa Elder, MNZM, a Māori child and adolescent psychiatrist of Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, and Ngāpuhi nui tonu descent, is an advocate for Te Reo Māori — the Māori language — and the cultural knowledge the language embodies. She will join us for this third Fall 2021 Learning to Listen conversation to share her reflections on Indigenous wisdom that can broaden our focus and foster family well-being.
Registration is free and includes live Spanish translation. Certificates of attendance are available!

How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
December 09, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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This webinar begins a three-part series that explores development from the child’s perspective as it changes across the first three years of life. Tune in to the first webinar to learn what research has uncovered about the remarkable ways infants think and feel during their first year of life. Discover strategies adults can use to deepen relationships and learning during the first and earliest stage of development. Join Dawson Nichols, Ph.D. and Beth Zack, Ph.D., from the National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning for this webinar in the BabyTalks series.
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Your Early Childhood Career Journey: Making the Most of Your Time as a Teacher and Planning Beyond
2021-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Your Early Childhood Career Journey: Making the Most of Your Time as a Teacher and Planning Beyond
December 15, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
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If you are considering becoming an early childhood teacher or if you already are working as one, you may not have ever thought about what job you might hold in ten years or more. Many people start working as teachers or assistant teachers because they like children. No matter how you ended up working in the profession, teaching is the place to start, and it might be the job you want to hold for your entire career (and thank goodness for people like you!) But there are other routes you can take once you have spent some time zooming around your busy classroom and have a strong track record in the starting gate. So just how can you shine in your role as a teacher so you can be ready for the next steps in your journey, and what are those next steps? What types of opportunities are out there for ECE professionals?
The presenter of this inspirational webinar, Rachel Robertson, Vice President, Education and Development at Bright Horizons, has herself explored the early childhood journey of a lifetime. From Camp Counselor to Center Director, with detours through positions in advocacy organizations and consulting, Rachel has had an inspiring career built from the ground up. In this webinar she will provide you with insights about how to make the most out of your important teaching experiences and be ready to explore the world beyond the classroom. You will learn about the world of opportunities you might never have realized exist in the early care and education profession.
Join us to discover how to excel now and where to go next. You will learn:

What you can do right now to excel in your job and position yourself for the future.
Some of the types of organizations that have histories of hiring early educators and building career lattices for them.
Some roles or positions that may be possible for you in the future, but you never realized were out there.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add customercare@gotowebinar.com to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system.
Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.
Regardless of when you register, only 3,000 people at one time can attend our webinars. Only the first 3,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to join. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.
Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.
You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma
See the schedule of upcoming webinars.

Cascade Training for All Staff
2022-01-03 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Training for All Staff from Cascade Health
Facilitated by Jodi dePaoli
January 3, 2022 10:30-11:30am
Topics include: maintaining mindfulness, resilience, regaining equilibrium when stressed, staying focused in uncertain times, being joyful in your work.
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Intentional Preschool Environments Set the Stage for Young Children
2022-01-05 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Intentional Preschool Environments Set the Stage for Young Children
January 5, 2022 11:00 AM
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Every early childhood program’s physical environment, both indoor and outdoor, sets the stage for learning and engagement. The physical environment sends strong messages to children and adults about what is valued, who is valued, and what learning can occur within the spaces. It is up to family child care providers, directors, and teachers to carefully design their environments with absolute intention.
Making modifications to your environment to reflect and support the children you currently serve can take place any time of year. In fact, observing the design in action can reveal opportunities for improvement.
Join this reflective webinar presented by early care and education expert, Laura Delgado to learn to design your space in a way that offers children the opportunity to feel comfortable owning the space. This session will provide practical ideas and processes for intentional design of indoor and outdoor environments for children birth through 5 years old. You will learn:

Planning insights to enable you to set up your environment with intention.
How to set the stage for learning, and use the environment as the 3rd teacher.
How to use different types of materials, and collect age-appropriate materials including commercial, natural and repurposed.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
11:oo AM – 12:30 PM
To ensure you receive confirmation and reminder emails, add customercare@gotowebinar.com to your contacts list. If you do not receive your email confirmation, check your Spam or Junk mail folders in your email system.
Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen.
Regardless of when you register, only 3,000 people at one time can attend our webinars. Only the first 3,000 people to click the link to attend the webinar will be able to join. We start the webinars 30 minutes in advance of the start time. Arrive early to make sure you get in.
Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session.
You can earn .2 CEUs for each webinar. The cost is $15 paid to University of Oklahoma online when you apply. Learn more here: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from University of Oklahoma
See the schedule of upcoming webinars.
REGISTER NOW

PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-06 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
Thursday, January 6th, 3:00 – 6:00 pm (the same session is offered on Friday morning)
The January New Teacher Training will focus on PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies, facilitated by Kerry Holmes. All new teachers are to attend; teachers that wish to have a refresher are welcome to attend; all staff welcome to attend.
The same content is also offered on Friday morning.

PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-07 08:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
Friday, January 7th, 8:30 – 11:30 am (the same session was offered on Thursday evening)
The January New Teacher Training will focus on PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies, facilitated by Kerry Holmes. All new teachers are to attend; teachers that wish to have a refresher are welcome to attend; all staff welcome to attend.
The same content was also offered on Thursday evening.

Covid-19 Update-- Learning to Ride the Rapids
2022-01-21 09:00 - 09:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Covid-19 Update– Learning to Ride the Rapids
Friday, January 21 from 9:00 – 9:45am
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January Teacher Training
2022-01-21 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
January Teacher Training
Friday, January 21, 12:30-1:00pm
Topics for the January teacher meeting include:

EHS is Amazing​
Everyone’s favorite topic: Policies & Procedures​!
Assessment Support for Spanish speaking students
The CLASS tool: what is it? Why do we care?

Cascade Training for Direct Service Staff
2022-01-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
Training from Cascade Health, facilitated by Jodi dePaoli
Friday, January 21, 2:00-3:00pm
The second Cascade virtual training will take place on the teacher training day, January 21, 2-3 pm. The focus will be for direct service team staff (Teaching staff, FSCs, Interpreters) and ERSEA staff. Topics will include: How do you QTIP, separating work and home, processing feeling threatened/discredited by parents/caregivers. The pandemic is a marathon.

Digital Detox: Screen Boundaries for Better Health
2022-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Digital Detox: Screen Boundaries for Better Health
February 8th, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
According to recent studies, smartphone users pick up their phones an average of 96 times per day, and spend between 5 to 6 hours daily on their screen. These convenient devices may make our lives easier and more enjoyable, but they’re also incredibly addictive and can increase depression, anxiety and relationship problems.
Explore new ways to think about the place of your devices in daily life at our Digital Detox workshop February 8, 2022 from 12-1 p.m. on Zoom. Jodi DePaoli, LPC will help you explore what keeps you going back to the screen over and over again, and teach you how to set screen boundaries that actually work.
The Digital Detox workshop is free to employees of Cascade Behavioral Health’s EAP clients (that’s us at HSOLC!!) and just $25 for anyone else who would like to join.
To receive a Zoom link, email:
cascadehealthEAP@cascadehealth.org
View the flyer: EAP Training February 8 2022

Mitigating the Impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Power of Relationships
2022-02-16 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
Mitigating the Impact of Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Power of Relationships
In classrooms across the country, teachers face a host of new challenges stemming from the stressful and even traumatic circumstances experienced by so many children and their families throughout the pandemic. Teachers play a critical role in children’s ability to heal from traumatic experiences—but often have limited guidance on what to look for or how to help. This webinar will support teachers in building trauma-sensitive classrooms by exploring:

the basics of trauma and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their impact on educators and on classroom communities,
the impact of stress-related challenges that the past year has had on so many children and families,
how to recognize and begin to address challenging or dysregulated classroom behaviors that stem from exposure to trauma and ACEs, and
strategies for building relationships with children that act as a buffer against the negative impacts of trauma.

February Teacher Training
2022-02-18 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Microsoft Teams
February Teacher Training
February 18th, 9:00-12:00

Strategies for Promoting Wellness in the Time of Now
2022-02-24 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Region 10 TTA
Strategies for Promoting Wellness in the Time of Now
Cohosted by National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety
February 24th, 10:00 – 11:30
REGISTRATION LINK
Event Description:
Join Region 10 and NCHBHS staff to discuss strategies for supporting wellness (surviving now) in the face of overwhelming pressures to address the trauma and stressors children, families, and staff are facing within the context of a continuously changing landscape of the pandemic, shifting program demands, staffing shortages and other compounding stressors.
Training Objectives:
• Develop a deeper understanding of how our individual stress patterns present throughout the day.
• Share collective wellness practices and ideas to support stress reduction.
• Reflect together on what a culture of wellness might look like through our individual, program, and systems wide approach.
• Set small actionable goals using the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) method to increase intentionality around staff wellness.
Target Audience: Open to all
REGISTRATION is FREE and closes on 02/24/22
Questions: Michelle.HomerAnderson@icf.com

Leadership/Supervision Series
2022-03-03 08:30 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
Leadership/Supervision Series
“I’ve taken a lot of different leadership classes over the past 20 years and this is definitely at the top of the list!”
– An EAP employee
A seven part series teaching supervisory and leadership skills to integrate behaviors that build engagement, help reduce defensive responses when holding staff accountable, and build trust among work groups. The goal of this series is to help leaders and supervisors prevent employee relations problems and support resolution of job performance issues. This series will be offered in the Spring and Fall of 2022 and is designed for supervisors or managers, but anyone interested in the topic is welcome. See below for class descriptions. To register visit our REGISTRATION CALENDAR. Registration opens one month prior to first training date of series.
SPRING SERIES: 8:30am to 10:00am by Zoom invite.
FALL SERIES: 10:30am to 12:00pm By Zoom invite.

SPRING
FALL

SESSION #1
People Smart Management
3.3.22
9.15.22

SESSION #2
What Kind of Leader are You?
3.10.22
9.22.22

SESSION #3
Positive Communication to Build an Engaged Team
3.17.22
9.29..22

SESSION #4
Finding Paths through Conflict
3.24.22
10.6.22

SESSION #5
Coaching and Correcting Job Performance
3.31.22
10.13.22

SESSION #6:
Generations in the Workplace
4.7.22
10.20.22

SESSION #7:
Leadership in Times of Organizational Change and Transition
4.14.22
10.27.22

Session #1 People Smart Management
Covers fundamental skills to give positive and negative feedback to resolve job performance, problem behavior, and conflict while minimizing anger and defensiveness:

Ingredients of Constructive Feedback: the “Breakfast of Champions”
Consider critical variables prior to intervention
The Ladder of Inference: Avoiding conclusions that escalate conflict

Session #2: What Kind of Leader Are You?
Are leaders born or made? Join us as we explore the wide range of leadership styles and examine the strengths and challenges of various approaches. Participants will have an opportunity to learn more about their own leadership styles and gain insights into how to develop skills and techniques to enhance their natural abilities.
Session #3: Positive Communication to Build an Engaged Team
No matter where you find yourself in life you must be able to communicate effectively in order to be successful. Everything that happens in the workplace is affected by good or bad communication. This workshop will provide an opportunity to acquire and refine those communication skills that are the keys to any successful leader’s performance.
Building an effective and engaged team involves understanding how to bring individual and organizational needs together in a way that leads to success for all parties. Effective leaders must help to motivate and inspire creativity in others, facilitate a process that will clarify common goals for the team, and involve the team in developing an effective action plan to achieve these goals. This workshop will provide specific strategies for enhancing team effectiveness:

Create a culture that inquires about situational realities in the workplace

Ask strategic questions that strengthen relationships by clarifying facts and avoiding accusations: Open ended and probing questions
Using perception checks to open discussion and reduce anger

Session #4: Finding Paths through Conflict
Leaders know that conflict is inevitable, but many lack the skills necessary to utilize conflicts to strengthen the team rather than derail it. This workshop will provide a framework for understanding how conflict develops, ways in which a supervisor can intervene to resolve issues, and strategies to empower employees to address potential conflicts as they arise. Covers the decision model to select a conflict management strategy while holding people accountable:

Handling Conflict with Style: Different conflicts require different conflict strategies
Universal Job Expectations: Recognizing the importance of technical and interpersonal skills

Session #5: Coaching and Correcting Job Performance
Supervisors have many opportunities to coach their workers to be more skillful. Opportunities arise when an employee needs to learn and practice better job skills or better interpersonal skills and when a worker needs to stop certain actions as well (managing anger, for example). This workshop will focus on helping supervisors define what specific behaviors need to be changed, teach staff how to increase or stop these behaviors, set time tables, and evaluate progress. Specific strategies to encourage and motivate employees will also be discussed.
In addition, we will outline the resources at Cascade Behavioral Health & EAP that are available to assist supervisors in their roles, including supervisory coaching, mandatory employee referrals, and training opportunities. Helping employees to be more skillful is a great gift to individual workers and to the entire workplace!
Session #6: Generations in the Workplace
The 75 million baby boomers who make up 45 percent of the workplace are now starting to retire. Our workplace will change! We may understand and be accustomed to the beliefs and values of the baby boomers, but we now need to be able to understand the characteristics of successive generations. The difference in values and beliefs, views on authority, career goals, and work-life balance can be confusing and we may unintentionally harbor judgments and stereotypes. You will gain an overview of the four generations present in the workplace today and strategies for motivating and working with each one.
Session #7: Leadership in Times of Organizational Change and Transition
Contemporary leaders face challenges that were unimaginable even a few short years ago. The future promises even greater changes and challenges within the workplace and in the world at large. Leaders are in the unique position to find opportunities amidst changes and help others successfully navigate them. This workshop will focus on identifying these future challenges and utilizing tools such as creativity, networking, and empowerment necessary for success in this diverse and ever-changing environment. We will also address “emotional intelligence” in the workplace to improve effectiveness and explore ways to help organizations and individuals build resilience.

Spring All Staff
2022-03-28 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Microsoft Teams
Spring All Staff
March 28, 10am-12pm on Teams
We’re on the final stretch! Let’s get together to have some fun and highlight the amazing things that happened this year.
There will be games, raffles and PRIZES! The day’s agenda includes:

Pictures & Music
Land recognition
Welcome & Update Videos with Annie and Marci
Regional Highlights
Trivia Game
Committee Raffle Prizes
Food for Lane County Project
New Staff & Awards
Parker Learning Garden/CATCH
Operation Department
Scavenger Hunt with Prizes

Exploring Interactive Literacy
2022-04-09 08:30 - 16:30 UTC | Zoom
Exploring Interactive Literacy
Saturday, April 9th 8:30-4:30 on Zoom
Free set 2 hours (or college credits for $60)
6 hours Learning Environments and Curriculum (LEC) and 2 hours Observation and Assessment (OA)
Although the course focuses primarily on grades K-2, the content is incredibly insightful for teachers working with younger children and supportive of various skills across learning domains. It’ll be a day full of heart, energy, and hands-on activities!
Attendance is FREE.
Contact Kayla Rapet at rapetk1@sou.edu to register.
