Self-Paced Professional Development

Getting to know Teleconsultation in Early Childhood

• This four-module course gives coaches and consultants who work in early childhood an introduction to the benefits of adopting teleconsultation by reviewing what teleconsultation is, providing an overview of the rules, regulations, and technical requirements for teleconsultation, as well as exploring how to prepare for and conduct a teleconsultation session. It also covers how to troubleshoot problems, identify common errors, and implement best practices across a variety of teleconsultation scenarios. Finally, viewers will learn what proper follow-up looks like and will have an opportunity to practice.  

How to Use Authentic Child Assessment Data to Achieve Positive Outcomes - Educator Focus

• This course is intended to help school and center administrators use authentic assessment data to achieve positive child outcomes. You will learn about foundational principles of data use; and strategies for using assessment data for common purposes at the administrator level including data analysis, reporting, program improvement, and support and monitoring educators. 

How to Use Authentic Child Assessment Data to Achieve Positive Outcomes - Administrator Focus

• This course is intended to help school and center administrators use authentic assessment data to achieve positive child outcomes. You will learn about foundational principles of data use; and strategies for using assessment data for common purposes at the administrator level including data analysis, reporting, program improvement, and support and monitoring educators. 

Virtual Meeting Facilitation for Early Childhood Professionals

• This course is for anyone facilitating virtual meetings who would like to increase their skills and learn new tools for deepening engagement. This course will help you to feel more confident in making the best use of technology and consider accessibility and inclusion for your participants. This course provides tools, templates, demonstrations, and extra resources to boost engagement and deepen connections between people. This course will apply to various types of early childhood spaces, including training, group facilitation, consultation, coaching, and communities of practice.

Equity-Focused, Trauma-Informed Strategies to Address Exclusionary Practices in Early Childhood Communities - Presented by Resilient Futures

• When trained in equity-focused, trauma-informed strategies, early childhood learning communities are equipped to provide key protective factors that can promote resilience and mitigate the impact of trauma on youth, as well as decrease the use of exclusionary practices, which are often rooted in implicit bias. In this recorded presentation training, participants will gain knowledge and strategies to increase their understanding of student behavior through a trauma-informed lens, while recognizing the role in which bias manifests in discipline, toward the goal of reducing exclusionary practices and student removal in early childhood learning communities. Resources are provided to support your learning.