Thursday, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Capturing Moments: Planning For and Conducting Classroom Observations ELRC Region 5 is offering a professional development opportunity for your team of early learning educators. Capturing Moments: Planning For and Conducting Classroom Observations will introduce early education professionals to the importance and value of purposeful observation. Through whole and small group discussions and activities, students will understand what observation is and identify various types of […]
Friday, 10:30 am to 11:00 am Carnegie Library: Little Artists The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will hold an event to help children learn and grow through art at its Lawrenceville branch in January. Learn More Little Artists is a sensory experience for young children and their caregivers. It will enable them to explore colors, shapes, textures, and materials. The program encourages open experimentation and self-expression […]
Wednesday, 8:00 am to 9:30 am Recurring Theiss Training Center: Becoming Trauma Aware, Informed and Proficient The University of Pittsburgh's Theiss Training Center will host a series titled Becoming Trauma Aware, Informed, and Proficient from January to March and from May to June. Learn More The center's online course on trauma is designed for professionals working with young children and their families in early childhood settings. The series will be offered […]
Monday, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm FLIP IT The ELRC Region 5 is offering the following professional development opportunity for your team of early learning educators. FLIP IT FLIP IT® is a strategy that offers a simple, kind, strength-based, commonsense, and effective four-step process to help caregivers understand what children are trying to communicate with their day-to-day behaviors. The four steps embodied in the FLIP […]
Monday, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Introduction to ASQ-3 In “Introduction to ASQ-3,” participants will learn how to use the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ®–3) as a screening tool for children ages three months to five years. The session provides information on why a developmental screening tool is administered in early childhood programs, how to administer and score the screener, strategies for sharing results […]