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Join the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on November 9 for their workshop, “Make it Glow: Bringing Blacklight into Your Classroom.” This workshop is suitable for K-12 educators. Act 48 and PQAS hours available.
To register, visit the event webpage.
For more information, contact the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at 412.471.6070.
For assistance selecting accessible seating or for more information about accessibility for a person with a disability, contact 412.456.6666.
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Join the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust on October 12 for their workshop, “Learning Through Play; the Multiple Intelligence Way.” This workshop is suitable for early childhood educators. Act 48 and PQAS hours available.
To register, visit the event webpage.
For more information, contact the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust at 412.471.6070.
For assistance selecting accessible seating or for more information about accessibility for a person with a disability, contact 412.456.6666.
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On Saturday, October 19, Trying Together will host UnConference: The Business Side of Child Care to explore the fundamentals of running a successful child care business.
Child care centers play a vital role in the success of families and their young children. For parents and caregivers, access to care is necessary to remain or renter the workforce, an effort often needed to ensure financial security. For children, access to care means access to a world of social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth opportunities. However, even with invaluable benefits, it can be expensive to establish, manage, and maintain a family, center-based, or relative child care facility.
That’s why Trying Together is hosting UnConference: The Business of Child Care. From marketing and human resources to day-to-day accountability and business planning, this UnConference will dive deep into the business fundamentals of running a successful child care business. Participants will hear from Keynote Speaker Rona Nesbit, CFO of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, participate in hands-on workshops, enjoy panel discussions with audience Q&A sessions, and more. The event will also feature presenters from Trying Together, PNC Financial Services, Shared Source PA, and more.
UnConference: The Business of Child Care
Saturday, October 19, 2019
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
475 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120
By attending the UnConference, professionals will:
Registrations to attend must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Friday, October 11, 2019. For individuals or groups with less than six people, please register using the form below. For groups of more than six people, contact Yu-Ling at conference@tryingtogether.org to learn more about receiving a 10% discount.
When workshops are finalized, participants will receive an email from Yu-Ling to select their preferred workshops. Due to limited space in each workshop, Trying Together recommends registering early as placement is dependent on the date of your registration. UnConference staff will do their best to match participants with their requested workshops, but placement is not guaranteed.
For more information, visit Trying Together’s UnConference webpage.
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In this online professional development course, participants will discuss early education content and pedagogy, based upon an understanding of how young children grow and learn. Topics such as interculturalism, family engagement, inclusion, and the importance of play will be highlighted.
Three PQAS and Act 48 hours will be awarded.
This course will be available online from October 28 through November 15, 2019.
For more information, contact Jasmine Davis at 412.567.3933 or jasmine@tryingtogether.org.
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To participate in this course, complete the registration process below.
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In this online course, participants will engage in an interactive professional development session to build and strengthen knowledge in working with diverse children ages birth to five and families. To support early childhood practitioners serving this population, this session will focus on current research strategies when teaching dual language learners, and techniques to engage families.
Three PQAS and Act 48 hours will be awarded.
This course will be available online from September 16 through October 4, 2019.
For more information, contact Jasmine Davis at 412.567.3933 or jasmine@tryingtogether.org.
To participate in this course, complete the registration process below.
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Join the Allegheny Land Trust at the Frick Environmental Center on June 28 for a hands-on course that explores opportunities to incorporate nature-themed books in your early childhood classroom.
This hands-on course provides early childhood educators with the knowledge and skills needed to incorporate nature-themed books into their classrooms. Games, dramatic play, songs, craft, and lesson themes will all be explored! PQAS hours are available and ACT 48 hours are available for an additional $5 fee.
To register, visit the event website.
For questions, contact the Allegheny Land Trust at 412.741.2750 or info@alleghenylandtrust.org.
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Join Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School-Time (APOST) on June 14 for their Summer Conference for Out-of-School Time. PQAS/Act 48 credit available upon request.
The APOST Summer Conference for Out-of-School Time is a professional development conference that shares best practices in youth development. This conference is open to youth practitioners who desire to increase their skills in working with youth in out-of-school time programs or in mentoring relationships. This year’s event will feature Keynote Speaker Timothy Jones, an expert in youth development and hip-hop culture/pedagogy who has developed, implemented, and evaluated out-of-school time programs inside and outside of schools for over 20 years.
Limited free parking is available, but carpooling is recommended.
To learn more and register, visit APOST’s Eventbrite page.
For questions, contact APOST via phone at 412.456.6876.
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Do you need to learn about the PA Early Learning Standards for Early Childhood? Would you like to explore ways in which curriculum and assessment are linked to these Standards?
Join Trying Together at The Homewood Early Learning Hub for two three-hour professional growth sessions that meet Keystone STARS Core Series requirements. Six hours of PQAS / Act 48 credits will be awarded to participants who attend both sessions.
To register, visit the event webpages:
For more information, contact Theresa Hetler at 412.421.3889 or theresa@tryingtogether.org.
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In partnership with Carlow University and Avonworth Primary Center, join us Saturday, March 30, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Avonworth Primary Center for a day of professional development and explore how we, as early childhood educators, after-school providers, and families can harness the good that comes from the advances made in media and technology for young children. The day features Jennifer Ehehalt, Pittsburgh Regional Manager at Common Sense Media, highlighting the findings in their research report The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight, along with a panel discussion and audience Q&A. Then, attendees will participate in a hands-on workshop and an open session to interact with various displays, technology and media. After you register, we will email you for your workshop preferences.
Registration for UnConference: Young Learner’s Guide to Tech is now closed.
