Upcoming Training for Child Care Providers
All the Hats: Administrative Processes in Child Care—On-line Presentation/Discussion
Hosts: Child Care Resource and Referral
Date: Monday, June 29 Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm
Cost: free 1 hour Pro-D certificates issued.
We will send out a Zoom link and a reminder prior to the meeting.
Let’s talk about all things administrative! Child care providers do so much above and beyond working with children – you wear so many hats. Waitlists, grant applications, budgeting, Board relations, staff management and so much paperwork. Tamara will share some of her experiences and insights from managing large staff teams over multiple sites and programs as well as making time for providers to share with each other their successes and challenges.
NEW ! Sunshine Coast Community of Practice for Child Care Providers
Hosts: Child Care Resource and Referral
On-line presentation – Monthly topics TBA
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2020 (continuing forward on the last Thursday of each month)
Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm
Cost: free 1 hour Pro-D certificates issued.
We will send out a Zoom link and a reminder prior to the meeting.
A successful and enriching Community of Practice includes effective communication and collaboration. The diverse range of experiences, expertise and perspectives can provide opportunities that reveal what you value and can inspire your practice as professionals. Here is what it takes to build our Professional Community of Practice here on the Sunshine Coast:
An interest in professional development and enhancing understanding.
Willingness to reflect on your own professional practice.
Challenge and question beliefs and practices.
Support colleagues by listening, being open, positive, respectful.
Sharing in discussions honestly, openly and courageously.
Maintain confidentiality.
We recognize the passion and love you bring to your ECCE practice and we honour and respect your commitment to living inspired and serving children, families and your community. Please join us. We are stronger, wiser, healthier and happier together.
Educating Citizens Through Play—On-Line Presentation
A rebroadcast of the 2020 ECEBC conference, “Discover the Possibilities…Standing Strong Together” keynote address.
Presenter: Teacher Tom
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020 Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Cost: CCRR members and subscribers: free Non-members: $10.00
To register contact CCRR: 604-885-5657 or email: coastccrr@sccss.ca. 1.5 hour Pro-D certificates issued.
Teacher Tom speaks about how children’s play brings the habits and principles of democracy into ‘early years’ classrooms. He will begin by discussing the purpose of education in democratic societies and how and why we have managed to veer so far from the original intent, which is to educate citizens capable of contributing to the grand experiment of self-governance. In this full-throated support for play-based education, he details through his illustrative classroom stories and examples exactly how his curriculum works. Participants will learn the benefits of introducing these playful principles to their own students, the hallmarks of what makes a good citizen both in a classroom as well as a democracy, the traits and habits required for self-governance, and practical tips on how to implement these ideas in their own classrooms. It is an inspiring, often touching, often hilarious, and always eye-opening and empowering presentation
Tom "Teacher Tom" Hobson is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, artist, and author. He is best known, however, for his namesake blog "Teacher Tom's Blog," http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/, where he has posted daily for nearly a decade, chronicling the life and times of his little preschool in the rain soaked Pacific Northwest corner of the US.
Learning in the Forest—On-Line Presentation
Presenter: Tricia Edgar
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2020, Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
Fee: CCRR members and subscribers: free non-members: $10.00 2 hour ProD certificates issued.
You don't need to wonder Where the Wild Things Are, because sometimes they're in your classroom! In this workshop, learn how stories about animals, plants and wild places can act as a portal to outdoor learning. Use literature to bring your group of wild things outdoors to explore! Whether you're new to outdoor learning or a seasoned outdoors person, get ideas for creating connections between books, songs, oral stories and outdoor activities
Tricia has worked with children in the temperate rainforest of Vancouver for more than 25 years. She is the education Coordinator for the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre and is the co-founder of Fresh Air Learning, a nonprofit, play-based forest program for young children.
Engaging with the Early Learning Framework
Hosts: Child Care Resource and Referral Program
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2020 Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
CCRR members and subscribers: free non-members: $10.00 2 hour ProD certificates issued.
Let’s work together as we begin to understand the dynamic and exploratory early learning practices (pedagogies) that encompass the Revised Early Learning Framework. Through connecting and collaboration, we can recognize what we value and feel safe expressing ourselves. We can transform ideas and create invitations to hear, see and embrace multiple perspectives and possibilities. The Early Learning Framework is a dynamic and living document that has the power to create a community of caring learners.
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Other online training resources:
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre: www.wstcoast.org
Food Safety BC: https://www.openschool.bc.ca/
Workshops on Early Learning: www.Workshopsonearlylearning.com
The Perpetual Preschool: http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/onlineworkshopscybersale.htm
HighScope: http://www.highscope.org/
The Care Courses School Inc.: www.carecourses.com
Circle of Ideas ECE Workshops: www.circleofideas.net
