Professional
Development Staff Training and Resources –July 13, 2020
Intended Audience: ALL HEAD START
STAFF
Title: ASAP’s Top 10 Tips for Video Meeting Etiquette
& Burnout Protection – Resource
Date/Time: Anytime
Content: It’s easy to get meeting burnout when so many meetings have gone digital. From muting yourself to making sure your background is appropriate, this download will help you shine in video meetings.
Link for Access / Registration:
https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.asaporg.com/images/da8803ba62dac65178eba111ad97dca9.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT1RJNU9XTTFPREkwTldSbSIsInQiOiJTTklBbGN1UDFURVllaUxSUWVqdk16NnE2VnQxWVdyQWhRN0lrQTVMa3NZTEtlTk1JNjNzM1RPNFd1aWlWN0VHYzU0cGJXSlpXWFwvbFwvTlhWZ29XUUJ4YUVqelBoUEFEcUhnWUlRZFV3WFlFVVQxbmFrdXgxSzExRDhsYm90cDlnIn0%3D
Audience:
Education
Title: Creativity and Play: Fostering Creativity
Title: Creativity and Play: Fostering Creativity
Time/Date: Anytime
Content: This resource discusses that Creativity is the freest form of self-expression.
There is nothing thing more satisfying and fulfilling for children than to be
able to express themselves open and without judgment. The ability to be
creative, to create something from personal feelings and experiences, can
reflect and nurture children's emotional health. The experiences children have
during their first years of life can significantly enhance the development of
their creativity.
Link
for access/Registration: https://www.pbs.org/wholechild/providers/play.html
Audience: Education
Title: Positive Relationships—The Heart of
All Teaching
Presenters:
Kai-leé Berke, Vice Chair of the Board, Former CEO Teaching Strategies
&
Breeyn Mack, Vice President, Educational Content Teaching Strategies
Time/Date: Anytime
Content: A caring classroom environment is one that above all else respects children as individuals and embraces their strengths, needs, and interests. Only when children know that they are safe, respected, and a key part of the classroom community, can teachers then support children to gain the confidence to discover, explore, and learn with joy. Using fidelity measures from The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, this webinar will explore and reflect upon strategies for creating a positive classroom climate, where the messages in your interactions and learning environment convey a solid foundation of trust and mutual respect.
Link for access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kRz6WDgvtI
Intended
Audience: Home School Educators
Title: Structured, Child-Focused Home Visiting
Title: Structured, Child-Focused Home Visiting
Time/Date: Anytime
Content: Adults support learning when they plan experiences and are prepared to support a child's interests and discoveries. You and the family use observations, ongoing assessment, the curriculum, the ELOF, and the child's interests to plan learning opportunities for the visit and during the week. Learning opportunities that are planned and structured are more likely to have an effect. The visits are child-focused. It is inevitable that sometimes family members will want to talk about other events in their lives. That is part of having a relationship. When a parent is distracted by personal concerns or crises, you balance listening to the parent and honoring their choice to share concerns with you. It is important to deal with crisis situations while eventually bringing the focus back to the child. In addition to child development, you work with other program staff and community partners to coordinate such services as health, mental health, and oral health services for the family.
Content: Adults support learning when they plan experiences and are prepared to support a child's interests and discoveries. You and the family use observations, ongoing assessment, the curriculum, the ELOF, and the child's interests to plan learning opportunities for the visit and during the week. Learning opportunities that are planned and structured are more likely to have an effect. The visits are child-focused. It is inevitable that sometimes family members will want to talk about other events in their lives. That is part of having a relationship. When a parent is distracted by personal concerns or crises, you balance listening to the parent and honoring their choice to share concerns with you. It is important to deal with crisis situations while eventually bringing the focus back to the child. In addition to child development, you work with other program staff and community partners to coordinate such services as health, mental health, and oral health services for the family.
Link for registration
access: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/teaching-practices/home-visitors-handbook/structured-child-focused-home-visiting
Intended Audience: Home School
Educators
Title: Promoting Scientific Thinking – Resource
Time/Date: Anytime
Content: Children are naturally curious and love to investigate things; that’s how they learn. Children make these discoveries through observations, forming ideas, and trying them out in new or different situations. This week's resource Promoting Scientific Thinking helps you learn more about supporting your child to be a little scientist.
Link for registration access: https://files.constantcontact.com/1eccf499301/59345d54-d860-4a58-8c09-bbf8a29cda72.pdf
https://files.constantcontact.com/1eccf499301/fccb5099-9131-4344-af3c-1ee456d9f591.pdf
Intended
Audience: Health, Nutrition and Parent,
Family & Community Engagement
Title: Title: Learning to Act Early: Milestone in Action – Resource
Title: Title: Learning to Act Early: Milestone in Action – Resource
Date/Time:
Anytime
Content:
Parents and Caregivers
Click
on an age above to see photo and video examples of important developmental
milestones.
·
Complete an interactive milestone checklist that
features videos and images from this library with CDC’s new Milestone Tracker app.
Professionals
No
permissions are needed to use the photos and images in this library for
educational or awareness-building purposes.
·
Embed and share photos and videos on your website and
within presentations
·
Use Milestones in Action to support
observations and conversations with parents on age-appropriate milestones
·
Share photos and videos on social media to build
community awareness of developmental milestones
Intended Audience: Administrative
Title: The Way We Work is Changing, Are You? Webinar for Administrative Professionals
Date/Time: July 16, 2020 from 10 -11:00 am PT
Content: Remote Work Creating Increased Value and Growth Potential for EAs.
With so many changes since the pandemic started and
more assistants working from home or being furloughed, there is a lot of fear
about the administrative role disappearing or the value of an assistant being
diminished.
That is not how the thought leaders in the
administrative industry see it. Joan Burge, the pioneer of the administrative
training industry, and her colleagues around the world, see this as a prime
opportunity for proving your worth and showing you can be an executive business
partner.
In this thoughtful webinar, Leni Miller, President
of EA Search (located in California), is going to give you the “magic bullet”
for increased value and growth in the administrative role. Leni will touch on
practices to provide great virtual assistance.
Link for access: https://officedynamics.com/the-way-we-work-is-changing-are-you-webinar-for-administrative-professionals/
Intended Audience: ERSEA, Intake & Technology
Title: Technology and Young Children: Preschoolers and Kindergartners - Resources
Date/Time: Anytime
Content: During the preschool years, young children are developing a sense of initiative and creativity. They are curious about the world around them and about learning. They are exploring their ability to create and communicate using a variety of media (crayons, felt-tip markers, paints and other art materials, blocks, dramatic play materials, miniature life figures) and through creative movement, singing, dancing, and using their bodies to represent ideas and experiences. Digital technologies provide one more outlet for them to demonstrate their creativity and learning
Link for access: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/technology-and-media/preschoolers-and-kindergartners
PDF: https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/globally-shared/downloads/PDFs/resources/topics/PS_technology_Examples.pdf
Article: Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8
Link: https://issuu.com/naeyc/docs/ps_technology_issuu_may2012?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222
Intended Audience: Systems and Technology
Title: Ask
the Experts: Online Project Management Series
Date/Time: Anytime
Content: AMA continues
its thought leadership series, ask the Experts, with an exciting exploration of
project management topics, including a special focus on managing projects
virtually. In these free weekly webcasts, PM experts from our AMA faculty will
address crucial skills and strategies to help you manage projects more
effectively and adapt to the new realities of doing business. Link and Learn.
Link for access: https://www.amanet.org/online-project-management-series/
Intended
Audience: Data, Planning, Quality Assurance and Coaching
Title: Using Coaching Data to Inform the Present and Plan for the Future
Date/Time: Anytime
Content: When you have finished up coaching for the year, it's time to reflect on the coaching data you've collected. Data for the year can help you support coaching implementation, identify successes, and plan for the future. In this video, learn about ways to use data to highlight current coaching progress and successes. Find out how data can inform planning and practice-based coaching (PBC) implementation for the upcoming year.
Intended Audience: Leadership
Title: Rebuild Your ECE Program for the New Normal: Part 1
Presenter: Business Practices, by
Lauren Small, M.B.A
Date/Time: Anytime
Content: The COVID-19 crisis is challenging everything we know (or thought we knew) about the business of early care and education programs. The new reality is your program will be forced to reconsider ratios, pricing, and programming to survive. Now is the time for you to reinvent your organization’s business plan and implement strong foundational business practices. Join early education business consultant, Lauren Small, M.B.A for guidance on rebuilding your program and making it sustainable.
In this inspirational webinar which is the first in a two-part series aimed at helping you sharpen your focus on every element of your program’s business, you will learn:
- Strategic planning for practicalities of the “new normal” for your business.
- How changes in the economy will impact how families select care for their children.
- How to modify your business practices to incorporate these changes into your business model.
- Financial management and financial controls that are streamlined and readily available for data-driven decision making.
Link for access: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7284864174707047950
Session Slides: https://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Slides-3-per-page_Rebuild-Your-ECE-Program-for-the-New-Normal_06_18_2020.pdf