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  Busy Bodies: Active Teaching and Learning for Active Kiddos

  $60.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

  Online Wednesdays 6-8PM Mtn, May 7th – May 28th, 2025 (8 Hours)

  Facilitated by Shannon Greeley, MA, this workshop investigates the processing of our eight senses (yes, eight!) and their role in early learning and development.  When fully understood, teachers can assemble a variety of sensory processing activities as a toolbox to reach all learners, especially those that need to move constantly.  Teachers can adjust current curriculum and teaching strategies to include more physical activities, even when space and time is limited.  See below for more details

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  Dare to Lead Book Club

  $12.00 – $99.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

  Using Brene Brown’s book, Dare to Lead, as our guide, we dive into the world of leading with whole hearts in the ECE world.  Topics include rumbling with vulnerability, living into our values, braving trust, and learning to rise.  Resources from the DTL Hub will be used in addition to unique exercises and discussions related to ECE.

  Sessions are on Mondays (sometimes Tuesdays) to establish a positive start and set up attainable goals for the week:

  1. Tuesday, Jan 16^th Introduction: The heart of daring leadership
  2. Jan 22^nd Rumbling with Vulnerability – Vulnerability – Armor and Shame
  3. Jan 29^th Rumbling with Vulnerability – The Rumble – Curiosity and Grounded Confidence
  4. Feb 5^th Living Into Values – Defining your professional values
  5. Feb 13^th Living Into Values – From BS to Behavior
  6. Tuesday, Feb 20^th Braving Trust – BRAVING Inventory
  7. Feb 26^th Braving Trust – BRAVING in Practice
  8. Mar 4^th Learning to Rise – The Stories We Tell
  9. Mar 11^th Learning to Rise – Reckoning with Emotion
  10. Mar 18^th Reflective Practice and Next Steps
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  Exploring Behavior through the Eyes of a Child, Inspired by Reggio

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  Implementing the Project Approach for Preschool and School-agers PLC

  $120.00 Original price was: $120.00.$96.00Current price is: $96.00. Add to cart

  Based on the book, The Project Approach: Engaging Children’s Minds by Lillian Katz, participants will explore project-based teaching strategies that support individual children’s needs/interests, promote extended learning opportunities, and integrate authentic, culturally-relevant documentation while creating an outline of a project for the classroom.

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  Nurturing Our New Generation of ECE Teachers

  $45.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

  Designed for ECE lead teachers and directors, this 3-part workshop dives into generational attitudes and shifting ideology in the ECE workforce today.  We will analyze mounting research on Gen Z and apply what we know to current childcare center cultures. Using reflection and deep discussion, we unpack our current toolbox to identify unproductive biases and attitudes that thwart our efforts to keep good teachers.  We will re-pack our management toolbox full of specific strategies related to new research and work habits, that will motivate entire teams and cultivate a culture of inquiry, compassion, and kindness.

  You must register for each session individually.

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  Ramps and Pathways as a Tool to Reach All Learners

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  Ramps and Pathways as a Tool to Reach All Learners – 6 Hours – Online or In-person

  Working with diverse loose parts like ramps (and all the fun accessories), gives children of all ages and abilities an intriguing and rewarding experience; motivating children to work together while communicating ideas, wants, and needs in order to achieve a desired goal.

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  SEL for Grown-Ups in Childcare – Online

  $48.00 – $840.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

  Emotional Intelligence for Grown-Ups in ECE. 6-Hour Online Series for ECE teachers and administrators to work on building trust between ECE educators and foster a growth mindset for all staff within a program.

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  SOS Monthly Director Community of Practice

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  Current Monthly Series: Nurturing Our New Generation of ECE Teachers

  You’re invited to contribute to the pool of knowledge, unpack biases and identify outdated policies that likely need some attention.  Take away lots of tools and strategies to help manage your Gen Z workforce with understanding and empathy. Handouts and certificates provided.

  • Tuesday, April 15th – 12:30 – 2PM. Gen Z ECE Workforce Trends and Attitudes – Analyze new research on the big shift in attitudes, needs, and work habits of Gen Z.  Dive into what motivates and turns off Gen Z employees, particularly teachers.  Thoughtfully identify your biases and barriers to connecting with younger teachers with a goal of identifying outdated policies and practices that thwart recruitment and retention efforts.
  •  Tuesday, May 20^th 12:30 – 2PM. Aligning our Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes –  Unpack your current workforce  values, beliefs, and attitudes that are embedded in your program culture that may be outdated or ineffective.  Dive into recruitment and retention practices and policies, and brainstorm new ideas and approaches that better align with Gen Z’s needs.
  •  Tuesday, June 17^th 12:30 – 2PM  Making the Shift – Make a plan to implement small changes in outdated or misaligned management practices and center policies at your program.  Create new expectations and strategies that support the needs of Gen Z. And most importantly, strive to shift your personal and managerial mindset to accommodate and welcome our new generation of teachers.

  Competency: 1.5 Hrs Professional Practice per session

  Facilitated by Shannon Greeley, MA – ECE Trainer, Consultant, and Coach

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  Toilet Training Best Practices – 2hrs Online, May 12th 1-3pm

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  This workshop focuses on best practices of toilet training for children ages 1 ½ to 4 years in an ECE classroom setting.  Important day-to-day classroom strategies, rewards, and encouragement are all discussed. Learn how to use simple toilet dtraining plans and communication to ensure success with families, co-teachers, and most importantly, the child.   We explore guiding behaviors that are unique to toilet training and practice using specialized tools including books, forms, classroom visuals, and other curricula that are simple and effective.

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  Toilet Training Best Practices for Toddler Teachers – Online

  $60.00 – $1,050.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

  Designed for toddler teachers, this 2-part online workshop focuses on best practices of potty training for children ages 1 ½ to 3 years.  Important day-to-day strategies, rewards and encouragement are all discussed, and teachers will complete a classroom toilet training protocol and action plan to support implementation.