Head Start of Lane County

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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PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-07 08:30 - 11:30 | 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.

PBIS Module 2: Social Emotional Teaching Strategies
2022-01-06 15:00 - 18:00 | 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.

Intentional Preschool Environments Set the Stage for Young Children
2022-01-05 11:00 - 12:30 | 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.
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Cascade Training for All Staff
2022-01-03 10:30 - 11:30 | 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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Your Early Childhood Career Journey: Making the Most of Your Time as a Teacher and Planning Beyond
2021-12-15 11:00 - 12:30 | 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.

How Infants Think and Feel: What Research Tells Us
2021-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | 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.

Indigenous Wisdom for Listening to Children and Families
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | 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!

Strategies to Promote Cognitive Self-regulation
2021-12-08 12:00 - 13:00 | 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.

Teaching Racial-Cultural Empathy and Challenging Discrimination in Early Childhood
2021-12-08 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

Prioritizing Staff Wellness in Unprecedented Times
2021-12-02 12:30 - 13:30 | 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.

Supporting Preschoolers' Cognitive Self-Regulation
2021-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Webinar
Supporting Preschoolers’ Cognitive Self-Regulation
December 02, 2021 | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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Cognitive self-regulation skills are often referred to as executive functioning. These skills include preschoolers’ ability to maintain focus during interactions with adults and other children and control impulsive behaviors. Cognitive self-regulation helps children show persistence when working toward a goal or solving a problem, use memory to recount past experiences, and demonstrate the ability to learn in more than one way. Join this webinar to explore the importance of cognitive self-regulation for preschoolers and learn ways to support their development.
This webinar will be captioned in English and Spanish.

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.

Educational Advocacy for Children in Foster Care
2021-11-18 10:00 - 11:30 | 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.

Using the Pyramid Model to Prevent and Respond to Challenging Behavior
2021-11-18 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

Coaching to Support Children's Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
2021-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 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 5Rs to Promote Self-regulation Skills in Young Children
2021-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 | 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.

The Keys to Effective Practice-Based Coaching: A Framework for Early Childhood Leaders
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:30 | 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.

Reclaiming the Narrative for Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging in Schools
2021-11-10 11:00 - 12:15 | 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.

Introduction to Trauma Informed Services
2021-11-05 08:30 - 11:30 | 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
2021-11-04 15:00 - 18:00 | 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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Supporting Infants' and Toddlers' Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 | 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.

The School Wellness Wheel: Enhancing Student Growth Through Healing and Resilience-Centered Education
2021-11-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Webinar
The School Wellness Wheel: Enhancing Student Growth Through Healing and Resilience-Centered Education
Monday, November 1, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
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Join the authors of the telling and timely book, The School Wellness Wheel, to explore the complex interplay between mastery, culture, and trauma in an innovative framework that has the potential to completely transform the narrative of traditional education. In this edWebinar, attendees will learn how to shift the perspective away from time-based, curriculum-centered schools to creating resilience-centered educational models that can help take students and teachers to higher levels of learning for all.
This edWebinar will be of interest to teachers and school and district leaders of preK through high school levels. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

About the Presenter
Mike Ruyle, Ed.D. has served as a classroom teacher, athletic coach, school principal, alternative program director, university professor, and educational presenter for over 30 years. He led the creation and implementation of personalized, competency-based schools in Montana and California and is a recognized authority in the areas of assessment practice, mindfulness in classrooms, social justice, culturally responsive pedagogy, and healing-centered schooling. Dr. Ruyle’s leadership experience and dynamic presentation style have made him a sought-after national and international speaker for numerous schools, districts, state agencies, and conferences.
Dr. Ruyle is the author of the book, Leading the Evolution: How to Make Personalized Competency-Based Education a Reality, as well as a coauthor of The New Art and Science of Classroom Assessment and Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in history and English from the University of San Francisco, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in educational leadership from Montana State University.

To participate in the live edWebinar, log in with current version of Google Chrome or install the meeting app prior to the edWebinar on your computer, your Apple device, or Android device. If you have a firewall in your location, you can participate on your mobile device using your cellular data (not your local network).
The edWebinar recording will be posted to this page the day after the presentation. Closed captioning will be added to the recording within 2 weeks of the live presentation.

Understanding Behavioral Challenges through a Trauma and Resilience Lens: From Deficit to Adaptive Strength
2021-10-21 10:00 - 11:30 | Webinar
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Understanding Behavioral Challenges through a Trauma and Resilience Lens: From Deficit to Adaptive Strength
This training will provide greater understanding about how a young person’s history and context informs current behaviors. The training will aim to shift one’s lens from thinking about behaviors such as lying, hoarding food, and tantrums as deficits to understanding them as adaptive strengths that have enabled a child to survive in very difficult circumstances.

Think Outside the Toybox: Secrets to Finding Talent During the ECE Staffing Crisis
2021-10-20 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
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Think Outside the Toybox: Secrets to Finding Talent During the ECE Staffing Crisis
Have crippling staff shortages forced you out of the director’s office and back into the classroom? Are you struggling to recruit and train employees? Does your existing staff complain about burnout? Perhaps you’ve even turned away potential enrollments due to being short-staffed. As overwhelmed
directors must ask more and more of their loyal workers—who often play multiple essential roles, from food prep to administrative tasks—they risk losing the staff they already have.
This very timely webinar will reveal untapped sources of talent you might not have considered—from targeting certain groups for recruitment, to finding hidden potential in your current staff.
You’ll learn:

Creative ideas to find talented employees from inside and outside the ECE industry
Recruitment must-haves for the busy director
Ways to improve and streamline your hiring process
How to keep your finger on the pulse of your center’s work climate
Methods of bringing out the best in your employees
Easy-to-implement retention strategies that work

October Teacher Training: Dual Language Learning
2021-10-15 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Join us as we welcome guest trainer, Dr. Lillian Duran.
Lillian Durán has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota and her research is focused on improving instructional and assessment practices with preschool-aged dual language learners (DLLs). She teaches graduate coursework in early literacy and early childhood special education at the University of Oregon.
This training will focus on dual language learning and how to best support dual language learners at Head Start of Lane County.
This training is on ZOOM — not on Teams.
ZOOM Link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95600473323?pwd=[REDACTED]

How Optimistic Leaders Can Create Equity in Early Learning Programs
2021-10-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
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How Optimistic Leaders Can Create Equity in Early Learning Programs
To create the next generation of critical thinkers and leaders, we must ensure that every child has a sense of agency — that they are problem solvers and decision makers! For this to happen, educators make a difference. Children must learn in equitable settings where power is shared and all the adults define themselves as Optimistic Leaders. This interactive webinar will examine how Optimistic Leaders think impact, cultivate self-awareness, nurture relationships, refine communication, and activate curiosity to enhance their work and ensure children’s success as learners.
Objectives:

Understand their role as Optimistic Leaders for Children
Apply the five commitments of Optimistic Leadership to be more effective in their role
Use strategies to ensure increased equity and shared power in their settings

Big Questions, Worries, and Fears: How to have hard conversations with little children
2021-10-13 11:00 - 12:30 | Webinar
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Big Questions, Worries, and Fears: How to have hard conversations with little children, by Dr. Lauren Starnes
Join Dr. Lauren Starnes in this webinar to address the big adult questions young children often ask that often cause us to pause, silence the child, or deflect the response. This session will guide you to answer difficult question respectfully and developmentally appropriately with even the youngest children. The webinar will explore big topics as miscarriage, domestic terror events, gender fluidity, death of a classmate, and other equally emotional and unsettling topics.
In this session we will :

Investigate the tendency to silence adult topic questions from children
Discuss to the appropriate way for classroom teachers to address the unexpected questions
Contrast this approach with how families may choose to address unexpected questions
Authentically practice how to structure the conversation with a young child
Model this approach with authentic questions and responses young children may pose

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor.
2:oo PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time.
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.

Fall All Staff
2021-10-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Microsoft Teams
Our Fall All Staff event will be on
Friday, October 8th from 10:30-12:00
Join on Microsoft Teams: Click here to join the meeting

Pushing Past Bias and Challenging Classroom Behaviors: Changing Children’s Behavior Starts With Changing Ourselves
2021-09-22 11:00 - 12:30
Pushing Past Bias and Challenging Classroom Behaviors: Changing Children’s Behavior Starts With Changing Ourselves, by Dr. Angela Searcy
When children exhibit behaviors that are not compliant, early educators often label them “challenging.” But are they really? Teachers and administrators often jump to conclusions about the child or their family and community. However, behavior is complex so there is seldom one reason children don’t or cannot comply with our expectations. Research shows order to gain a meaningful understanding of children’s behavior there must be a meaningful understanding of adult bias and the context in which these behaviors occurs. This webinar will help you look beyond the child to the implicit bias, contextual elements, interactions, and classroom variables that might contribute to labeling behavior as challenging.
Join this paradigm-shifting webinar presented by author Dr. Angela Searcy to:

examine examples of implicit bias
explore contextual elements, classroom variables, and potential bias within your programs and your practice.
learn about tools to help you identify implicit bias

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.
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