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06:30 PM Online Workshop – Marketing Your Child Care Business
Online Workshop – Marketing Your Child Care Business
Description: This workshop will teach you the basics of marketing as well as using the Internet and social media to help you maximize enrolment and income for your business. As child care providers, the notion of marketing ourselves or our child care often makes us feel uncomfortable. Somehow advertising seems out of step with the work we do. The fact is, however, that the ability to market our child care service in tasteful and effective ways is one indicator of a professional child care provider. This workshop teaches providers how to identify, articulate, and sell the benefits of their child care program to potential clients using both traditional strategies and technology. Parents are using the Internet to find child care providers. This workshop is for a person that wants to understand how to fit all the pieces together. Presenter: Vicki Lepper NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Address: Online via Zoom Platform
Start Time: 06:30 PM
Start Date: 03/29/2021
End Time: 08:30 PM
End Date: 03/29/2021
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12:00 PM Online Workshop – Learning As We Go: Literacy Strategies to Support Young Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Online Workshop – Learning As We Go: Literacy Strategies to Support Young Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Description: This workshop offers the opportunity to discuss early literacy resources, tools and strategies that can be used to support the continued learning of children from birth to six years during challenging times. Topics covered include: an environmental scan of the current early years landscape, possible long term repercussions of physical distancing on pre-school development, the importance of relationships in a socially distant world, and practical strategies that can be employed to enhance healthy child development during these times. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Nancy Tovell NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Time: 12:00 PM
Start Date: 03/30/2021
End Time: 12:00 PM
End Date: 03/30/2021
06:30 PM Online Community of Practice: From Teaching to Thinking: Reflecting on Our Practice
Online Community of Practice: From Teaching to Thinking: Reflecting on Our Practice
Description: 15 hours of Professional Development (10 hours in class & 5 hours of reading) Cost: $100.00 (includes Ann Pelo and Margie Carter’s book “From Teaching to Thinking…” and a copy of the revised BC Early Learning Framework) 5 sessions: Thursdays: April 1, May 6, June 3, July 8 & August 12 Do you love to challenge your thinking? Do you reflect on your current practice? This Community of Practice (CoP) is for those who guide, nurture, and inspire children in child care settings. Spend time exploring, discussing, and digging deeply into Ann Pelo and Margie Carter’s book “From Teaching to Thinking- a pedagogy for reimagining our work” with two facilitators and a network of other educators on the same journey. We invite you to register with a thinking partner and join us to share and engage in dialogue to look for deeper meaning in our work. In between sessions, you and your thinking partner will connect to put the conversations into practice and support each other within this work. We hope participants will take time to consider their current practices with an open mind to help deepen their understanding of the concepts within their own context. *Please note, thinking partners are not required to be working in the same centre. Facilitated by: Jacqueline Ewonus and Jennifer Vanderberg NOTES: – This Community of Practice will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you the day before each session. Please click the link ten minutes before the session begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – A certificate of attendance will be issued at the last class for full attendance
Start Date: 04/01/2021
End Date: 08/12/2021
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Reaching and Teaching Children in Challenging Times
Online Workshop – Reaching and Teaching Children in Challenging Times
Description: Right now, our children are experiencing great stresses and some may be experiencing anxiety or even some trauma. We may be seeing some new behaviours and wonder what it all means. Let’s talk about how the brain is wired for safety and how it responds to stress. We will look at how we can help ourselves and our children feel safe, learn and grow. We will also see how this might affect some of our neurodivergent thinkers – those children who think differently (ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder). SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Pam Collins NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
End Date: 04/01/2021
Good Friday
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Large And In Charge – NEW DATE!
Online Workshop – Large And In Charge – NEW DATE!
Description: ometimes things get turned upside down and you find children telling you what to do and how to do it. In other words, being bossy, demanding, prescriptive, and generally large and in charge! There is a reason this is happening with increasing frequency for our children. Contrary to popular culture, this reason is not that children need a firmer, stricter hand. The true reason for why children are adopting the large and in charge stance is much more complex. This workshop will focus on understanding how things get flipped upside down in today’s culture, and will provide ideas for taking steps toward turning it right side up! SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Dr. Vanessa Lapointe NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Date: 04/08/2021
End Date: 04/08/2021
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Rethinking Space and Sensory in the New Normal
Online Workshop – Rethinking Space and Sensory in the New Normal
Description: During this workshop we will examine the effects of spatial design on pedagogical practices and generate different ways of designing educational ‘circumstances’ that facilitate relational ways of being and at the same time reflect current health restrictions and newly established protocols. Objectives: Relational pedagogy and the meaning of ‘curriculum in the absence of curriculum’. Voluntary simplicity and the use of materials. Developing physical flow based on the understanding of white (negative) space, and the effects on individual experiences and group dynamics. Designing educational ‘circumstances’ that facilitate relational ways of being and correspond to new policies and procedures. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Ana Vojnovic NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Finding Freedom in Routines
Online Workshop – Finding Freedom in Routines
Description: In this workshop, we will look through how the daily events in the classroom contribute to the educator’s ability to manage and the children’s capacity for independence and leadership. We will discuss about flexibility in routines and encouraging freedom within limits as we provide opportunities for children to lead and take initiative. We also will review the value of routines, how to put them together and the power they have to transform the every day. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Monique Leonardo Carlos NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Date: 04/12/2021
End Date: 04/12/2021
07:00 PM Online Parent Education Session – Rest, Play, Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish
Online Parent Education Session – Rest, Play, Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish
Description: Online Parent Education Session – Rest, Play, Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish No one is more susceptible to being misunderstood than the preschooler. Precocious, brazen, obsessive, endearing, hysterical, impulsive, anxious, delightful, unreflective, dogmatic, generous, unstable, aggressive, resistant, compulsive, and anything but consistent – the preschooler could qualify for any number of personality and behaviour disorders. Unlike infants and toddlers, preschoolers actually bear a resemblance to grown-ups and therefore fool us into thinking that they are much more like us than they really are. Projecting our psychology onto them is a typical mistake. This presentation will address commonly misunderstood preschooler behaviour including resistance, frustration, attachment, the need for play, and impulsiveness Presenter: Dr. Deborah MacNamara The first 50 registrants will receive Dr. Deborah MacNamara’s book “Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one).” Please call our office at 604 572-8032 to register and to make an appointment to pick up the book. NOTES:NOTES: – This session will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the session. Please click the link ten minutes before the session begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – Certificates of attendance will not be given for this parent education event.
Start Time: 07:00 PM
Start Date: 04/15/2021
End Time: 09:00 PM
End Date: 04/15/2021
10:00 AM Online Workshop – Putting Your Values into Action
Online Workshop – Putting Your Values into Action
Description: An exploration of how to hold onto our beliefs about how children learn, while using the many protocols involved with Covid-19. How to protect what we believe in, and have been working toward, while in the midst of a pandemic. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenters: Susan Stacey NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 10:15 am, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Time: 10:00 AM
Start Date: 04/17/2021
End Time: 11:30 AM
End Date: 04/17/2021
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Risky Play – Adventure Play – Rough and Tumble Play – What The Terms Mean and What They Look Like in Early Learning Programs?
Online Workshop – Risky Play – Adventure Play – Rough and Tumble Play – What The Terms Mean and What They Look Like in Early Learning Programs?
Description: 2 sessions: April 19 & 26 Children require environments that allow them to engage in play that is adventurous, challenging, and even risky. Risky play supports children in learning about their world; test what is and is not possible; learn about making mistakes; and discovering new things about their space, place and environment. This interactive workshop outlines some of the barriers that adults impose on children and strategies that support adults in advancing children’s opportunities to engage in active play that is stimulating, challenging, and fulfilling to them. The workshop introduces participants to the process of conducting and documenting a risk benefit analysis. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Dr. Beverlie Dietze NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Date: 04/19/2021
End Time: 08:00 PM
End Date: 04/26/2021
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Exploring Professionalism, Advocacy and Qualities of Professional Educators
Online Workshop – Exploring Professionalism, Advocacy and Qualities of Professional Educators
Description: In this workshop participants get to explore what their image of the educator is and what it means to be a professional in the field. We are constantly saying we are not babysitters. We do important work and we are the backbone of the economy. Let us think about ways in which we can support each other from a strength-based and solution-based perspective to think about ways to advocate for the children, families and the profession we love so much. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Ana Valle Rivera NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Date: 04/22/2021
End Date: 04/22/2021
06:00 PM Good Beginnings Professional Development for Child Care Providers Course – April 2021
Good Beginnings Professional Development for Child Care Providers Course – April 2021
Description: • 30 hours • Cost: $275.00 includes textbook This course addresses the essential elements required for operating a quality home-based child care. It covers everything from child development, guidance, health and safety, to managing the business. You will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course and parent package. Facilitator Deep Mann • 6 weeks, every Monday and Thursday: April 26, 29, May 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 27, 31 at 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm & Saturday, May 15 at 10:00 am – 3:30 pm NOTES: – This course cannot be registered online. For information or to register for this course please speak with Deep at 604-572-8032. – Please bring a 2” binder to the first class.
Address: #100-6846 King George Blvd
Start Time: 06:00 PM
Start Date: 04/26/2021
End Date: 05/31/2021
06:30 PM Networking Session: An Evening of Learning, Connection and Fun – Let’s Eat, Chat and Play!
Networking Session: An Evening of Learning, Connection and Fun – Let’s Eat, Chat and Play!
Description: Enjoy a tea party with us in our new renovated space! Bring your favorite mug, sit back, chat and explore our new space. Join us to gather new ideas that you can implement in your child care space, while connecting with other child care providers and the CCRR outreach team! This networking session is for family child care providers operating a RLNR, LFCC or IHMA facility in Delta, Surrey or White Rock. Facilitators: Child Care Options CCRR Outreach Consultants NOTE: – Please call our office at 604 572-8032 to register. – Light refreshments will be provided.
Start Date: 04/29/2021
End Date: 04/29/2021
06:30 PM Online Workshop – Making Sense of the World Through Imagination
Online Workshop – Making Sense of the World Through Imagination
Description: Annabella will share with participants the latest research about the role of imagination in education and will introduce them to the Theory of Imaginative Education SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Dr. Annabella Cant NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
09:30 AM Online Workshop – Indigenous Awareness
Online Workshop – Indigenous Awareness
Description: There is a huge need for indigenous knowledge and practices to be passed along in the child care field. Often child care providers do not feel comfortable regarding this topic and not much is done in their daily activities with children. This workshop will take the participants on a journey to understand pre-contact, contact and today’s realities for Indigenous people. We will focus on residential schools, diseases, the Indian Act, the potlatch ban and Indigenous people living on reserve and off reserve. This journey will allow participants to understand the Indigenous people’s challenges and the pride over resilience. This will be a safe space for educators to discuss, ask questions in an open and respectful manner. Come and ask all the questions you always had regarding Indigenous people. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Jade Brass NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop.. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 9:45 am, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Start Time: 09:30 AM
Start Date: 05/01/2021
End Time: 12:30 PM
End Date: 05/01/2021
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Online Workshop – Precipitation Education: Practical Ideas for Embracing the Rain with Children
Date:
02/06/2021
- 02/06/2021
10:00 AM
- 12:00 PM
N/A
Paid
Wanting to feel more excited about learning and playing outside during the rainy months? Join us for a lighthearted and practical conversation about the opportunities, challenges, and logistics about programming in wet, cold, and soggy situations. We’ll talk about how to shift mindsets about the rain, how to dress to stay warm and dry, play invitations involving puddles, potential inquiry studies that may emerge when being in the rain, and more. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Karen Begley NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. -A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 10:15 am, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Online Workshop – The Leadership Lens – 2 Part Workshop
02/18/2021
- 02/25/2021
06:30 PM
- 08:30 PM
Katelyn sees leadership as a lifestyle not just a set of skills. It is a way of influencing change, creating connections and building community. In the field of early childhood education, leadership is not only what drives systemic change but also what creates healthy classroom dynamics. This workshop will explore leadership in early childhood education specifically from the perspective of servant leadership. We will discuss the work of leadership experts such as Brené Brown and Drew Dudley. We will put theories into practice which develop our ability to see multiple perspectives and navigate through hard interactions and relationships. We will engage with the concepts of values and ethics to be conscious of how these show up in our lives and in others. Further, through learning new skills in this workshop we will develop a new awareness which will support our own personal and professional growth which will support our own wellness. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Katelyn Moon NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
04/15/2021
- 04/15/2021
07:00 PM
- 09:00 PM
Free
Online Parent Education Session – Rest, Play, Grow: Helping Young Children Flourish No one is more susceptible to being misunderstood than the preschooler. Precocious, brazen, obsessive, endearing, hysterical, impulsive, anxious, delightful, unreflective, dogmatic, generous, unstable, aggressive, resistant, compulsive, and anything but consistent – the preschooler could qualify for any number of personality and behaviour disorders. Unlike infants and toddlers, preschoolers actually bear a resemblance to grown-ups and therefore fool us into thinking that they are much more like us than they really are. Projecting our psychology onto them is a typical mistake. This presentation will address commonly misunderstood preschooler behaviour including resistance, frustration, attachment, the need for play, and impulsiveness Presenter: Dr. Deborah MacNamara The first 50 registrants will receive Dr. Deborah MacNamara’s book “Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one).” Please call our office at 604 572-8032 to register and to make an appointment to pick up the book. NOTES:NOTES: – This session will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the session. Please click the link ten minutes before the session begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – Certificates of attendance will not be given for this parent education event.
Online Workshop – Summer Series with Sarah McCarthy – Transitions into Child Care Settings: Supporting Families During the Transition into Child Care
08/23/2021
- 08/23/2021
In this workshop you’ll discover tools and resources that can assist children and families during their transition into child care settings. You’ll learn ideas for setting up and conducting orientations. Share strategies for keeping children and caregivers connected in your program, discover ideas for providing information on what to bring and how to communicate with families regarding the gradual entry process, program philosophies, policies and procedures. SUITABLE FOR ALL EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROFESSIONALS Presenter: Sarah McCarthy NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.
Online Workshop – Building Positive Relationships, Building Healthy Brains
02/11/2021
- 02/11/2021
- 08:00 PM
In this workshop we will look at the connection between positive relationships with young children and strong brain architecture. We will also explore some of the tangible day to day interactions that go into building positive relationships with young children. At the end of this workshop you will feel even better equipped to help grow healthy brains! Presenter: Rebecca Mitchell This workshop is presented in partnership with the Centre for Child Development. NOTES: – This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform. – You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with a camera and audio capabilities to join us. – A link will be emailed to you in the days prior to the workshop. Please click the link ten minutes before the workshop begins to join in. Further instructions will be included in the email. – For safety reasons we will be locking the meeting at 6:45 pm, so please arrive early or on time to ensure you get in.