Do you want Washington to ensure that all children have access to child care? That providers are paid thriving wages? Join BrightSpark’s Advocacy Team to learn about our campaign for universal access to child care and how you can get involved. This class is a part of our virtual Professional Development Institute, where we …
What does anti-bias mean and why is it important to have an anti-bias learning environment is important? We will discuss these questions and identify anti-bias strategies that can be used in your early learning environment. This is a beginner's level class and all are invited (whether you've already created an anti-bias learning environment and want …
Families of all kinds are essential to children’s well-being. When any parents or guardians are discussed, whether they are heterosexual, gay, adoptive, kinship, single, or married, early childhood professionals are simply discussing family. In this training, we will discuss what it means to be an LGBTQ+ supporter and discuss strategies to create a welcoming LGBTQ+ …
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The Business of Child Care is a comprehensive business training that provides participants with crucial business elements necessary to run successful child care programs. This program will help strengthen your business and help you plan for lending opportunities, quality initiatives, facility improvements, social media marketing, financial health, and program effectiveness. This training can help you …
La comunicación abierta con las familias es vital para fomentar y cultivar las relaciones entre la familia y el maestro, ya que cierra la brecha entre el hogar y la escuela. Durante la capacitación analizaremos los términos clave que se utilizan para definir la comunicación efectiva, identificaremos nuestro propio estilo de comunicación y desarrollaremos estrategias …
This training will discuss self-regulation techniques, practices and skills for adults to master in order to better support children in learning self-regulation skills. We will discuss a core collection of skills and how they relate to us as adults as well as how we can use these to support children in developing desired social emotional …
Research shows it is critical that there is equity in early learning for children and families of all racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. And why is this? Why does equity matter? In this beginner's level training, we'll look at the differences between equality and equity and you'll discuss how it will look in action …
Sign up for all 4 sessions and save 40%! Each session is 2.5 hours, Participants who complete all 4 sessions will receive 10 STARS Hours. All sessions will be on zoom at 6-8:30PM. Tuesday, March 25 – Interactions Tuesday, June 3 – Learning Activities Tuesday, September 23 – Routines and Transitions Tuesday, November 4 …
