Dr. Liz Brooke and Dr. Suzanne Carreker will talk about the steps to improve educational equity and will highlight the difference between an achievement gap and an opportunity gap, how the pandemic is widening equity gaps, the implications of a new equity-focused U.S. Secretary of Education, and what leaders can do to start leading with an equity agenda.

Learn what research says about using playful learning to engage children in big body play, as well as play that develops fine and gross motor skills. Explore scaffolding strategies and techniques for managing physical play.

New Teacher Training with Kerry Holmes. This training gives an introduction to Attachment Theory and what children need from their caregivers as a secure base and safe haven.  We will go over how this might look in a classroom and will also provide an introduction to Emotion Coaching as a way of helping children with their feelings.  This training is appropriate for both HS & EHS staff.

In this webinar, explore research, strategies, and resources that support social and emotional learning through intentional parent-child interactions.

While remote teaching presents a number of challenges, one that needs particular attention is educational equity. How can educators ensure that all students are set up for success? Join José Viana, Senior Advisor of Educational Partnership at Lexia Learning, as he gives you strategies to help you better address the needs of emergent bilingual students during this time.

Instead of a general teacher training for February, we are offering new teachers (& other interested staff) an introduction to Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS).  This training gives an overview of the PBIS pyramid model, building relationships with children, families, and staff, creating engaging environments, schedules & routines, classroom rules, and ongoing monitoring.  This training will be preschool focused.  A separate training can be planned for Infant/Toddler PBIS if there is a need and interest.

Join this webinar to learn about simple and fun ways Head Start staff and families can promote children’s oral health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Explore the impact of sharing the reason behind practices, knowledge, and policies that support and enhance children’s development. Discover how sharing the reason behind strategies that promote children’s social and emotional development, especially during a time of physical distancing, can motivate education staff to remain committed to effective interactions with children and families.

Join us to explore how to use elements from I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) to create in-person and virtual learning experiences that lay a foundation for healthy nutrition and school success.

Learn practical strategies to help children readjust to attending early childhood programs due to COVID-19. In this strategy packed webinar, experienced play therapist and child psychologist, Christian Bellissimo will share the importance of structured daily routines to smooth transitions. Christian will also provide some ideas for play-based interaction skills that can empower children with a perceived loss of control that children often experience during major life changes.

Join us for the next installment in an ongoing webinar series on distance learning. During this 90-minute webinar, you will learn about practical approaches to preparing for distance learning sessions, including taking the elements of an effective in-person classroom and adapting them for virtual learning.

Each webinar in this series will include an ongoing discussion of family and child engagement, instruction, and assessment. And, if you join us live, you’ll be able to use the in-webinar chat feature to communicate with educators from across the country and around the world!

Presented by Val Haynes, Kerry Holmes and Leslie Cooper-Parsons

Mandatory training for bus drivers, bus monitors, and supervisors of bussed sites. Presented by Jim Barrowcliff

This training will focus on NCECDTL’s 5Rs of Early Learning Leaders (Responsive Relationships, Reason, Resources, Reflective Dialogue, and Recognition). These 5Rs describe the functions of effective learning leaders, and the practices they put into action to promote quality teaching and learning. In this training, we will give a background on the discovery of the 5Rs, and ways to apply the 5Rs in your work as you support education staff to ultimately benefit child and family success.

For all Tier 1 direct service teams. Facilitated by Jodi DePaoli, Cascade Health.

Facilitated by Kerry Holmes. All staff welcome to attend.