Head Start of Lane County

MyPeers Orientation for Family Services Staff
2022-10-17 13:00 - 13:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
MyPeers Orientation for Family Services Staff
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Join this webinar for a 45-minute introduction to MyPeers for family services staff! MyPeers is a community of practice forum for Head Start programs, staff, and partners. MyPeers is a virtual space for brainstorming, exchanging ideas, and sharing resources. Local program staff across the country are connecting with and lending support to fellow colleagues around family engagement goals, parent involvement, economic well-being, community partnerships, and more.

New Teacher Training
2022-10-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Grand Cafeteria, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United States
This New Teacher training session will focus on Family Partnerships & Goal Setting. This is required for new teachers, and any interested staff member is welcome to attend. Facilitated by Kerry Holmes and Karla Snell.

Connecting the Science of Learning and Belonging
2022-10-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Connecting the Science of Learning and Belonging
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Learn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording, earning your CE certificate, and using our new accessibility features.
Every day, every student will bring their developing brain and their developing identity to school. As teachers and school leaders, we can implement research from the Science of Learning and diversity, equity, and belonging to benefit all students. This edWebinar will explore how principles from these two fields intersect to support teaching, learning, and the student experience. The presenters will share and use a tool for reflection on teaching practice and creating a culture of belonging in our school communities.
Are we teaching, interacting, and designing with the insight that emotion and cognition are interlinked? How can we support academic growth, identity development, and identity validation? What do we take into consideration when developing policies and practices in our schools? Attendees will identify areas of strength and opportunities for growth within their sphere of influence.
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, librarians, and school and district leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Loving the Skin You Are In: Facts on Race & Disability in Early Childhood Programs
2022-10-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Loving the Skin You Are In: Facts on Race & Disability in Early Childhood Programs
Black and Brown children. In this paradigm-shifting webinar Dr. Iheoma Iruka will help you examine the historical and contemporary impact of racism on early intervention and special education access, services, and outcomes. You will learn to incorporate an intersectionality lens that examines equity through a race and ability equity lens to dismantle racism and other systemic barriers and ensure equitable opportunities.
Advancing equity means using an intersectionality lens that simultaneously considers multiple marginalized identities.
Join us to:

Understand racial disparities in early intervention identification/special education and support
Examine the importance of intersectionality when examining issues of race, poverty, and ability
Identify approaches to address disparities in early intervention/special education

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Addressing Child Incidents Through a Culture of Safety
2022-10-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
Addressing Child Incidents Through a Culture of Safety
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Join Office of Head Start leadership in using monitoring data to explore patterns of child health and safety incidents across Head Start programs. Get a better understanding of the role of Head Start programs in reporting health and safety incidents, the federal staff to whom programs must report, and the reporting time frame. Find out about the trainings and resources you can use to appropriately train and support your staff to build a culture of safety and wellness in your program.

Reflections on Authentic Leadership: From fitting in to finding your voice
2022-10-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Reflections on Authentic Leadership: From fitting in to finding your voice
with Shauna Tominey
October 13, 2022
10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific
Free
Too often, we hear that a leader should look, dress, and act a certain way. Leadership resources often focus on how to show up, lean in, and fit in by acting the part. These types of recommendations can leave leaders with feelings of inadequacy and imposter syndrome, while encouraging them to strive toward goals that don’t reflect their identities, lived experiences, or strengths. Join a conversation with Shauna Tominey and members of the OPEC team to reflect on what it means to be a leader, the ups and downs of the leadership journey, and to discuss concrete strategies to live your values as an authentic, compassionate leader in everyday ways.
Register Here: https://oregonstate.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b29a392c703d363fc5bd424b8&id=c346abcea0&e=f6fb9ecda7

Head Cook Meeting
2022-10-12 13:00 - 14:00 | OR
For Head Cooks. Facilitated by Caroline Weber.

Creating Home Learning Environments Where Children Thrive
2022-10-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Creating Home Learning Environments Where Children Thrive
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Building positive learning environments can feel challenging for families. Home visitors have a unique opportunity to partner with them to create safe, responsive, and nurturing environments. In this webinar, we’re exploring strategies and resources focused on creating home environments that encourage growth, learning, and exploration and promote positive behaviors.
This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning.

Books and Babies: Selecting the Best Books and Related Activities for Infants and Toddlers
2022-10-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Books and Babies: Selecting the Best Books and Related Activities for Infants and Toddlers
The foundation for literacy starts at birth! From babies’ first smiles to toddlers’ first steps, literacy development is intertwined with language, cognitive, social-emotional and motor growth. Join literacy experts Stefanie Paige Wieder, M.S.Ed., and Dr. Paula L. Jackson to discover the building blocks for scaffolding early literacy skills in pre-mobile infants through talking toddlers and come away with practical tips and activities for the children in your care.
In this exciting webinar, you will learn…

What research tells us about how babies and toddlers acquire language and literacy skills
How to select the best books for each stage of infant toddler development
Easy-to-implement literacy activities for the infants and toddlers in your care
How to use books to create meaningful connections with your children’s families

All sessions are 1.5 hours long and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.

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Fall GroMoreGood Gardening Webinar
2022-10-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Fall GroMoreGood Gardening Webinar
Discover the many ways gardening activities can be used to promote the health and wellness of young children and their families.
KidsGardening will offer garden inspiration, instruction and expertise and share additional resources to help programs prepare their applications and begin their garden planning. Past grantees will provide first-hand experiences with the application process and managing the grant.
Gardening activities can be used to promote the health and wellness of young children and their families. Focusing on gardens in the early childhood setting, speakers present on a wide variety of tips for best practices for planning, planting, and sustaining a food garden along with important safety procedures to consider when preparing and consuming your harvest. You will also hear first-hand stories from successful programs about garden-based nutrition education program.
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An Introduction to Health Literacy
2022-10-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
An Introduction to Health Literacy
October is Health Literacy Month! Incorporating best practices for health literacy will improve communication and understanding for children, families, and staff in Head Start programs. Healthy People 2030 introduces an updated definition of health literacy as being two-pronged: personal and organizational. In this webinar, we explore this revised definition, demonstrate how health communication is a process, and explain the importance of incorporating health-literate practices into service delivery.
This webinar is offered with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.
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CPR Skills Check Day
2022-10-12, 2022-09-14 | Grand Street, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Do you need to do your CPR Skills Check? Choose the session best for your schedule. AM Session is 8:30-9:00; PM Session is 3:00-3:30.
Face coverings will be required during skills checks – a box of disposable masks will be available and offered to staff who forget.

Bilingual Family Literacy: Strategies to Support Dual Language Learners
2022-10-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Webinar
Bilingual Family Literacy: Strategies to Support Dual Language Learners
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In this edWebinar, attendees will explore the importance of at-home materials for bilingual families and strategies for using literacy-based discussion prompts to strengthen participation. Literacy experts will review why it is important to collaborate with families, both in person and digitally, and strategies observed from the field for doing so. Dr. Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Clinical Associate Professor at Erikson Institute in Chicago, will discuss her home ecology research. Attendees will:

Discover tools and activities for literacy-focused family engagement both remote and in person
Explore specific discussion prompts for families to use and why specific tasks with each book can promote increased home reading time
Explore three types of family prompts to use: literacy specific, SEL, and play based, and how to place digital books and activities in homes

Every attendee will have access to Worldreader’s digital library/family discussion prompts. We will start with a high-level conversation about empowering families to support reading development, then drill down into specific activities for families to do, including short, bite-sized home conversations using story characters to explore social-emotional learning.
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-5 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, education technology leaders, community leaders, ELL educators, Title I coordinators, and non-profit leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom
2022-10-10 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom
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Learn more about viewing the live presentation and the recording, earning your CE certificate, and using our new accessibility features.
Join Vicki Saylor, Senior Manager of Education and Community Partnerships at Common Sense Media, for a very special conversation with international award-winning author and bilingual educator Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, the co-creator of Miguel and the Amazing Alebrijes, the companion book to the Academy Award-winning movie Coco. Also joining the conversation is Laura Ordoñez, Head of Podcast Ratings and Reviews for Common Sense Media.
During this interactive edWebinar, we will share ideas on how to celebrate diversity in the classroom and beyond by using books and podcasts to help educators connect with students and families in authentic ways, helping to preserve cultural awareness and build bridges of communication. We will provide you with Common Sense’s “best of” lists for powerful podcasts and multicultural books that break barriers as we come together to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month.
This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

The 2Generation Classroom: Family Engagement and Empowerment in Early Care and Education
2022-10-08 08:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
The 2Generation Classroom: Family Engagement and Empowerment in Early Care and Education
with Felicity Elworthy
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A two-day SOU ECD Saturday workshop hosted on Zoom
10/8 & 10/15 (Both Saturdays Required) 8:30-12:30 on Zoom
Two-generation approaches draw from findings that a child’s social-emotional, academic, physical and economic well-being is grounded in the well-being of their parents. At the same time, parents’ ability to succeed in life is affected by how well their children are doing. Teachers and early care providers play a profound role in creating opportunities for families and children to grow and learn together. Explore how to close the opportunity gap, support families’ financial wellbeing, and become partners with parents in growing great kids.
Choose Between Set Two training hours or 1 credit of ED 207/399 through SOU.
Core Knowledge Categories: DIV & FCS
Workshop Fees
Training Hours: *FREE* to attend
Optional SOU College Credit: $60.00 tuition
To Register, contact Kayla Rapet: rapetk1@sou.edu

The Essential Elements of Teaching Dual Language Children and Supporting Their Families in the Learning Process
2022-10-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Webinar
The Essential Elements of Teaching Dual Language Children and Supporting Their Families in the Learning Process

Wed, Oct 5, 2022 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Educators must understand how children learn language, find ways to honor home languages, and promote the learning of second languages to properly support dual language learners (DLLs). They also must support families’ goals and collaborate with them. During this webinar, we’ll explore ideas for supporting the development of children’s first and second languages. The presenter will share ideas from her book Dual-Language Learners: Strategies for Teaching English (Birth to Grade 3).

Objectives:
– Understand the development of first and second languages in young children so you can provide a stimulating linguistic environment that supports DLLs’ language development.
– Discover techniques for using language in the classroom to support DLLs’ language acquisition.
– Acquire strategies for supporting families of DLLs to help their children become bilingual.

Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7789997425531515918

How to Alleviate Anxiety
2022-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
How to Alleviate Anxiety (flyer)
On average, 19 percent of Americans have dealt with an anxiety disorder in the past year. This very common problem can be a minor inconvenience, or a completely debilitating condition.
Join Cascade Health Counseling & EAP manager Jodi DePaoli, L.P.C., for a virtual lunch hour wellness class to learn more about anxiety and how to manage it. Jodi will discuss:
• What is happening in our brain that causes the physical symptoms of anxiety.
• How to better manage and control your thoughts.
• How to calm your body and brain.
• How to deal with panic attacks.
This program is free to employees and household members of EAP client businesses.
To receive a Zoom link, email:
cascadehealthEAP@cascadehealth.org

Culture and Children’s Challenging Behavior
2022-09-29 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Culture and Children’s Challenging Behavior
Like the children in our care, every teacher is different. We come from different contexts and cultures, and everything we think, say, and do is processed through the filter of our own culture. Culture influences our values, beliefs, gender roles, family structures, language, and even our teaching styles. The ability to understand and celebrate differences is more important now than ever. Join our go-to social emotional development and learning expert, Barbara Kaiser to explore the dynamics of culture in shaping teachers’ expectation and children’s behavior.
This webinar will raise questions that will help you to:

Become aware of how culture shapes our identity and provides us with ground rules for interpreting and acting in the world.
Understand how even unconscious attitudes guide our interactions with children, our expectations, and our appreciation of children’s skills, abilities, and behavior,
Explore the importance of cross-cultural competence.

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1374550486735706384

Mental Health 101: Paving Way to Better Self Care for Head Start Staff
2022-09-27 12:30 - 13:30 | Webinar
Mental Health 101: Paving Way to Better Self Care for Head Start Staff
According to recent studies, 86% of ECEs reported feeling depressed with 10% reporting being severely depressed. It is higher than any other professions within education, and yet more than 60% do not seek help.
Join this interactive 45-min webinar session to demystify mental health and overcome feelings of self-doubt, isolation, and fear to pave the way to better self-care.
In the webinar, you will learn:
– The Key to Mental Health: Self-awareness
– Demystifying Mental Health: Common Myths
– Warning Signs: Anxiety and Depression
– Hero Stories: Taking Control of My Life Again
Register Here: https://nhsa.org/event/mental-health-101/

Re-framing Resilience
2022-09-27 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
Re-framing Resilience
In this workshop, join Dr. Amy to discuss the difference between stress and overwhelm and how to effectively focus on needs to support yourself and the families you serve. We will talk about resilience and how to focus on early relationships and support as a way to build resilience with children and families. Learn about the importance of early relational health and compassionate models, and discovers some tangible tools to connect with families.
Create an account and register here: https://oregonstate.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b29a392c703d363fc5bd424b8&id=b4ef8ab90b&e=f6fb9ecda7

See CATCH: Adults Role Model Healthy Behaviors
2022-09-27 09:00 - 10:00 | Webinar
See CATCH: Adults Role Model Healthy Behaviors

This year, the CATCH team will be hosting quarterly “Champion Webinars” designed to build a community of support and inspiration for members of our Educators Club. With the CATCH Coordinated Approach, the first quarter of the school year is called See CATCH. The main focus is establishing what it means to be an MVP and encouraging school staff to role model healthy behaviors.
A CATCH MVP does these things everyday:
1. Moves and Stays Active
2. Values Healthy Eating & Mindsets
3. Practices Healthy Behaviors and Social Emotional Wellness
On September 27, Join CATCH trainers and our guest Wellness Champion Scott Power from Katy ISD for inspiration and concrete ideas to help you engage your colleagues in wellness practices that bring joy and energy to everyone in your school or organization!

Time

Sep 27, 2022 9:00 AM

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i68Cto66RRu-fU1VuMOXEA

New Teacher Training
2022-09-22 16:00 - 18:00 | Grand Cafeteria, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, Oregon, United States
This New Teacher training session will focus on Curriculum Planning & Individualizing. This is required for new teachers, and any interested staff member is welcome to attend. Facilitated by Kerry Holmes and Karla Snell.

Centering Attachment: The Key to Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum for 0-3
2022-09-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Centering Attachment: The Key to Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum for 0-3
Oh, BABY! Infants and toddlers’ brains and capacities are on FIRE! Research shows time and time again that their development is exceptionally rapid, which means that as an infant and toddler educator you must carefully prioritize the time you spend together. Because secure attachment predicts healthy outcomes in numerous developmental domains and aspects of living, keeping attachment as the structural center of your work with children and their families can make it easier to meet the full spectrum of their needs. Join this seminal webinar by Ruth Anne Hammond, M.A. author of Respecting Babies: A Guide to Educaring for Parents and Professionals, to learn more about how weaving relationships into every learning domain can make desired results a no-brainer.
Participants will:

Become familiar with the basic neuroscience of attachment, per Regulation Theory and Polyvagal Theory.
Be able to describe how secure attachment supports cognitive, socio-emotional and physical development.
Be ready to create environments where the adults are free to relax and enjoy being with the children, with confidence that the children will learn what they need to, with joy and curiosity that will go with them into the next stage and beyond.

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2486924199078610956

Accessing ChildPlus for Bus Drivers and Food Service Workers
2022-09-16 12:00 - 13:30 | Whiteaker Computer Lab, 21 N Grand Ave, Eugene, OR, 97477, United States
Accessing ChildPlus for Bus Drivers and Food Service Workers. Facilitated by Mary Groesbeck.

September Teacher Training
2022-09-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Grand Gym, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
Monthly Teacher Training for all teaching staff. Facilitated by Kerry Holmes and Karla Snell.
Our topics for this Friday morning are:

Individualizing and Curriculum Planning, Practice talking about these topics

Relationship based competencies
Anti-Bias Education, working with families & conversations with children

This training is LIVE! in the Whiteaker Gym and also available on Teams: Click here to join the meeting
Please contact Mary Groesbeck (mgroesbeck@hsolc.org) if you would like this session to appear on your Teams calendar.

Leadership/Supervision Series
2022-09-15 10:30 - 12:00 | Zoom
Leadership/Supervision Series
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 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.
10:30am to 12:00pm By Zoom invite:
Session 1: September 15th
Session 2: September 22nd
Session 3: September 29th
Session 4: October 6th
Session 5: October 13th
Session 6: October 20th
Session 7: October 27th

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.

Nature Based Programs: Planning, Documentation, and Family Engagement
2022-09-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
Nature Based Programs: Planning, Documentation, and Family Engagement
We love emergent curriculum in nature-based programs. But even emergent approaches require some element of planning. Now is the time to explore ways to plan and document learning that are dynamic and motivating inside, outside and beyond!
Join international early childhood natural program expert Dr Claire Warden to learn out how to embrace and support emergent curriculum with responsive planning, documentation, and family engagement. This exciting session will include how to overcome some of the barriers and challenges program leaders often encounter when leading nature-based programs. Dr. Warden will share the magic of her unique Floorbooks™ approach.
In this webinar, you will discover:

5 key strategies to help children plan your program with you.
10 key things to do to bring the joy back to planning.
Examples of planning with and for children between 2-6 years old.
Create a 3-stage action list of how to engage families in both digital and physical documentation.
An approach to planning an inquiry-based curriculum using the Floorbooks™ approach.

Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8785590909462988556

HR Insurance & Benefits (Administrative Staff)
2022-09-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Grand Room 7, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
HR Insurance & Benefits meeting for staff not associated with a region, facilitated by Sally Pope.

There are several opportunities for the same information:

8/23 Central Board Room @ 12:00 – 1:00pm
8/26 Whiteaker Room 7 @ 10:00-11:00am
8/26 Central Board Room @ 1:00-2:00pm
9/2 Whiteaker Room 7 @ 1:00-2:00pm

Please attend a session that works for your schedule.

Outlook Training, Region 9
2022-09-02 10:00 - 11:00 | Grand Room 7, 21 N Grand St, Eugene, OR, United States
For Region 9. Facilitated by the Technology Department.
