Are you a current or aspiring child care director? Join Marnie Forestieri, Founder and CEO of Young Innovators, on May 13 for her webinar, “The Basics of Starting a Child Care Business.”
About
This webinar is ideal for current and aspiring child care directors and entrepreneurs, featuring practical and approachable guidance through all facets of starting a child care center. Participants will learn how to:
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- decode the economics of the child care business;
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- write a comprehensive business plan;
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- conduct a market analysis;
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- prepare a thorough financial plan;
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- plan the company’s organization, strategy, and implementation; and
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This webinar will be of particular interest to pre-k teachers, directors, and aspiring child care entrepreneurs. Time for questions will be provided.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
The Allegheny Partners for Out-of-School Time (APOST) will be hosting a Virtual Summer Conference for Out-of-School Time from Tuesday, May 26 through Friday, June 5, 2020. At this time, APOST is accepting workshop submissions from education leaders. Continue reading below to learn more.
About
The Virtual Summer Conference for Out-of-School Time will target youth workers in out-of-school time and summer settings. This includes frontline staff, program managers, executive directors, mentors, and more. In regard to workshop submissions, APOST is looking for depth of experience and expertise rather than breadth.
With this, they strongly encourage workshops focused on the following themes:
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- social-emotional learning;
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- community trauma and trauma-informed care;
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- health and wellness in out-of-school time;
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- creating inclusive spaces in out-of-school time;
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- engaging children and parents during COVID-19;
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- how to speak to youth about COVID-19; and
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- ways to successfully implement virtual programming.
Workshop sizes will most likely not be capped as this event will be virtual, but facilitation preference will be left up to the presenters.
Submit Your Proposal
To learn more or submit a proposal, please complete APOST’s online form. All submissions must be received by Tuesday, May 5. Event hosts send out their final decision on Friday, May 8.
More Information
For questions or more information, contact APOST at 412.456.6876 or apost@uwac.org.
Join HiMama on April 30 for their HiMama Helps webinar, “How to Run Virtual Circle Time.”
About
In this webinar, presenters will discuss how to start or improve a virtual circle time to engage families while distance learning. Topics will include the following:
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- what equipment you can use for virtual circle time;
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- how to engage families while distance learning; and
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- a question and answer session.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
“Play acts as a mechanism into courageous, creative, and rigorous thinking in adulthood.” (T. Bruce,., 2013)
The benefits of children’s play can be life-lasting, as long as the experiences are developmentally appropriate, positive, and engaging. This free online course focuses on children’s play and the role of play in early education settings. Participants will take part in varied individual and group activities that pertain to the definitions, developmental mechanics, and functions of play as well as new strategies for encouraging play within children’s earliest classrooms.
Course Information
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- Timeline: May 1 – 22, 2020
- Trainers: Rachelle Duffy and Jasmine Davis
- CKC: K2.14.C1
- Keystone STARS Alignment: EC.3.4.1
- CDA Subject Area: Advancing children’s physical and intellectual development.
- Three PQAS and Act 48 hours available.
Registration
To register for this course, please visit the event registration page. All registrations must be submitted by April 29 at 5 p.m. Limited spaces are available.
More Information
For more information, contact Jasmine Davis at 412.567.3933 or jasmine@tryingtogether.org.
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The outside world shapes children’s development through everyday, hands-on experiences. In this free online session, participants will explore ways to facilitate sensory experiences in outdoor play including natural materials in the outdoor environment, reusable loose parts, and classroom materials. Participants will discover the benefits of learning through the five senses and explore meaningful ways to encourage sensory learning with young children.
Course Information
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- Timeline: May 4 – 24, 2020
- Trainer: Katie Gullone
- CKC: K2.4C2
- Keystone STARS Alignment: SQ. 3.4.9
- CDA Subject Area: Planning a safe and healthy learning environment.
- Three PQAS and Act 48 hours available.
Registration
To register for this course, please visit the event registration page. All registrations must be submitted by May 1, 2020 at 5 p.m. Limited spots are available.
More Information
For more information, contact Jasmine Davis at 412.567.3933 or jasmine@tryingtogether.org.
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From the Inside Out: The Power of Reflection and Self-Awareness brings to participants the quest for professional contentment and success. Beginning with an inner quest to discover who we are–our passions, values, talents, personal resources, and even those foibles and annoying habits we might prefer not to acknowledge. Having a better understanding and reflection of our self-awareness is the first step toward achieving a better relationship with others.
This free online course is an invitation to self-discovery. The Power of Reflection and Self-Awareness will provide thought-provoking discussion forums and engaging activities, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their personal and professional journeys as well as envision new possibilities for decades ahead.
Course Information
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- Timeline: May 18 – June 8, 2020
- Trainer: Mimi Loughead
- CKC: K6.9.C2
- Keystone STARS Alignment: LM.3.4.3
- CDA Subject Area: Maintaining a commitment to professionalism.
- Three PQAS and Act 48 hours available.
Register for From the Inside Out: The Power of Reflection and Self-Awareness
To register for this course, please visit the event registration page. All registrations must be submitted by May 14, 2020 at 5 p.m. Limited spaces are available.
More Information
For more information, contact Jasmine Davis at 412.567.3933 or jasmine@tryingtogether.org.
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The Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), Bureau of Certification, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Key, will be offering weekly webinars on the CDC guidance for operating child care providers. These webinars are intended for currently operating child care providers.
Objectives
The webinars will be facilitated by Amy Requa, MSN, CRNP (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) and Senior Health Manager at the Pennsylvania Key and will:
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- emphasize how the guidance offers practices for keeping people healthy and safe; and
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- answer questions that are submitted by providers.
Questions may be submitted prior to the webinar to hssco@pakeys.org. Questions can also be entered into the chat box during the webinars and will be addressed in future webinars.
Registration
To attend the webinar on April 29, register by clicking on the links below:
Join Karen Nemeth and Kelly Ramsey, authors of “Families & Educators Together: Building Great Relationships that Support Young Children,” on April 30 for a live discussion of strategies and resources that will help you reach out to diverse families of young children and build great relationships that support young children in difficult times. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for viewing this webinar.
Registration
To register and learn more, visit the event webpage.
*Information provided by NAEYC
Are you interested in learning how to support your child’s learning in everyday activities? Join Autism Navigator on April 28 for their webinar, “How-To Guide for Families: Supporting Your Child’s Learning in Everyday Activities.”
About
Autism Navigator is collaborating with the Autism Science Foundation to host a webinar that will review what it takes to learn to talk – the gestures, sounds, and actions; how to support children’s learning in everyday activities; and how Autism Navigator and Baby Navigator online resources can support families. Specifically, this webinar will explore their How-To Guide for Families and ways that families can use this resource to help develop their child’s social communication skills.
In celebration of Autism Awareness Month, the hosts will offer enrollment in their How-To Guide for free to all families of children ages one to six years old who join this webinar.
Registration
To register, visit the event webpage.
Join the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, the Center for Child and Family Well-being at the University of Washington, and the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion for their three-part webinar series, “Mindful Self-Compassion.”
About the Series
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, the Center for Child and Family Well-being at the University of Washington, and the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion have teamed up for a three-part webinar series that will introduce families and family-facing providers to mindful self-compassion (MSC) practices to help them care for themselves and each other.
Available Webinars
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- Heart Skills for Our Families and Ourselves in Challenging Times | April 29, 2020 | 3 p.m.
This first webinar will provide an introduction to MSC, the research that supports it, and a few simple ways we can bring it into our lives during these challenging times. Participants will learn how MSC is being practiced in diverse communities around the world, can build resilience in all kinds of families, reduce caregiver burnout, and strengthen relationships. Participants also will have a chance to experience MSC through a few brief practice exercises during the webinar.
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- Co-Creating Heart Skills with Communities | May 13, 2020 | 3 p.m.
This second webinar will explore how communities can create culturally relevant, trauma-informed mindfulness, and self-compassion programs. Representatives from a team of parent leaders and health care partners in Seattle, Washington, will share their experience developing community-led mindfulness and self-compassion practices to promote the well-being of youth, families, and communities who are marginalized.
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- Co-creating Heart Skills in Early Childhood Programs and Systems | June 24, 2020 | 3 p.m.
This third webinar will explore how early childhood programs and systems use mindfulness and self-compassion to support their providers and the families and communities they serve. Participants will learn about the approaches diverse early childhood organizations are taking to adapt and integrate mindfulness and compassion to deeply inform organizational culture and systems change.
More Information
For more information, visit the Brazelton Touchpoints Center website. For more courses, visit our Course page.
*Information provided by the Brazelton Touchpoints Center
