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Alphabet Soup! Making Sense of Child Care Environment Rating Scales (FCCERS, ITERS, SACERS, Etc.)
Presenter: Ms. Grace Aiton & Ms. Melissa Thorson
Making sense of the different environmental rating scales can be a challenge! Learn what the scales measure, how they are scored, and how to use the results of an “environmental rating scale” to improve the quality of care you provide.
An Overview of Creative Curriculum
Presenter: Ms. Nancy Murphy
Learn what the creative curriculum is, and its application to how children develop and learn. Gain knowledge of ways the creative curriculum process can be adapted and utilized in your home, center, or classroom to create a high-quality learning environment for all children in your care.
Assessment of Physical Activity in Young Children
Presenter: Dr. Kevin Finn
Obesity in young children is a growing epidemic in the U.S. Learn the relationship between physical inactivity and overweight children, assessment techniques to determine if kids in your care are moving enough, and become familiar with Project PLAY.
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Strategies for Supporting These Students
Presenter: Ms. Lisa Bergeson
Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders are becoming more prevalent. Learn how to understand the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorders and how visual schedules, pragmatic social tales, cue cards and pictures can help children with ASD be more successful in your program.
Climbing the Professional Development Ladder for Success
Presenter: Ms. Stacie Steveson
Professional development is a key component for building a highly-trained, effective workforce but climbing the ladder can be a challenge experience for adult learners. TEACH can help! Identify where you are now and where you want to go with your personal professional development, and how scholarships and financial support from TEACH can help you meet your goals.
Community Circle of Care: Wrap Around Mental Health Services for Children
Presenter: Ms. Gloria Klinefelter, Ms. Vickie Miene, & Ms. Jill Kluesner
Community Circle of Care is a family guided philosophy as it applies to services for children with behavioral or emotional challenges. Learn 10 principles of wrap around care that may help you help the families you serve.
Concerns & Delays in the Area of Speech & Language
Presenter: Ms. Lisa Bergeson
Enjoy a stimulating overview of the developmental language milestones and ways to identify language or speech concerns in young children. Learn when to refer families for evaluation, and ways to support students and families who have identified speech-language delays.
Creating Wonder in the Environment
Presenter: Ms. Kelly Matthews
Have you considered how you “invite” children into activities—and how that invitation may make a big difference in the willingness of children to participate? Learn ways to create “wonder” in the child care environment that can help you create meaningful and lasting positive play experiences with children of all types.
In part two of this session, providers build on the principles learned in part I. Practically applying those principles to exploring “wonder-filled” environment, exploring play from the child’s perspective, and taking a hands-on approach to creating engaging learning spaces.
De-Stress and Humor
Presenter: Ms. Joann Fiske & Ms. Delores Chapin
We’ve all heard that we should “not sweat the small stuff,” but sometimes it’s just hard! In this fun-filled class, learn ways to identify stress and how humor helps us release and avoid stress-building situations when providing care or working with children.
Early warning Signs -- Where do you go, Who do you Call?
Presenter: Ms. Rachel Scott
Communication, confidentiality, and information are key elements to effectively address early childhood warning signs in children. Participants in this exciting course will gain understanding of typical child development, and how children who are not typically developing can be included so you may create a loving, nurturing, high-quality child care environment for children of all ability levels. Learn the "appropriate" terms and "person first" language that creates an environment of openness and techniques to communicate effectively with staff and parents about early warning signs you or your staff observe.
Eat Your Colors
Presenter: Ms. Patricia Steiner
Learn background research of the importance of fruits and vegetables in children’s diets and ways to teach and practice exploration of healthy foods in early childhood settings. Learn games and other resources you can use to encourage healthy eating habits to last a lifetime.
Implementing the New Staff Orientation Program: How to Get it All Done [Center Directors Only]
Presenter: Jen VanRyswyk & Michele Kostelecky
Orienting new staff to the child care field, center policies, and DHS rules & regulations can be a challenge for center directors everywhere. Join other directors to share implementation success stories, discuss challenges of orienting new staff, and receive clarification of Better Kid Care and Iowa QRS guidelines for new staff orientation.
Introduction to Creative Curriculum
Presenter: Ms. Nancy Murphy
Learn what the creative curriculum is, and its application to how children develop and learn. Gain knowledge of ways the creative curriculum process can be adapted and utilized in your home, center, or classroom to create a high-quality learning environment for all children in your care.
Play with Clay! Using All Natural Clay to Create Inclusive, Cooperative, Enriching Activities in the Classroom, Center, or Home
Presenter: Ms. C.J. Burroughs
Experience the difference between all-natural clay and other types of “clay” products and learn the benefits of incorporating all-natural clay into language, literacy, science, math, and dramatic play experiences of children of all ability levels and ages.
Playground Safety
Presenter: TBA
Center directors and home providers alike—learn the basics of playground safety and important ideas for increasing the safety of children in your care as they play on and in outdoor play environments.
Policies and More: Creating a Parent Handbook
Presenter: Ms. Patricia Dischler
Show parents the philosophy and goals that drive your business by creating a Parent Handbook that includes school information, policies and procedures, and contract information. Learn how this tool can aid in discussing tough topics with parents and when conducting interviews.
Positive Behavior Supports: Building Relationships and Creating Supportive Environments
Presenter: Ms. Beverly Berna & Ms. Donna Andrusuk
In this two-part session, participants will gain an understanding of how and room layout, schedules, routines, and transitions all play an important role in creating an environment that fosters successful experiences for all children. Identify strategies that can be used to build positive relationships with parents, children, and colleagues. Part two of the PBS Relationships and Environments class.
Positive Behavior Supports: Challenging Behaviors: Developing Intensive Individualized Strategies
Presenters: Dr. Rosa Milagros Santos & Ms. LaShorage Shaffer
Each child is different—as are the challenges each child has; but what is a “challenging behavior and what can we do about them?” Learn how to use PBS to assess a child’s behavior in relation to her current social, emotional, and physical development. Discover ways PBS supports providers in creating developmentally appropriate, individualized, strategies for working with a child who has “behavior challenges.”
Positive Behavior Supports: Socio-Emotional Development
Presenter: Ms. Beverly Berna & Ms. Donna Andrusuk
In this two part session, PBS: Socio-Emotional Development introduces the importance of intentionally teaching social and emotional skills, helps participants identify strategies for supporting the development of friendships between children, defines emotional literacy and identifies activities to build “feeling vocabularies”. In part two of a two-part session, providers learn the importance of providing opportunities for children to begin to understand their own emotions, the emotions of others and ways they can help children learn to control anger, identify strategies for anger management, and problem solve in a positive way.
Ramps & Pathways: A Constructivist Approach to Physical Science
Presenter: Dr. Betty Zan
Join Dr. Betty Zan in a two-part session, as she introduces participants to the “inquiry-based” approach to science, and how it is the best way to support children’s learning. Find out how experimenting, analyzing, space, atmosphere, and scientific questioning can be integrated into other domains to create learning-rich experience. In part two, providers take a hands-on approach and build on the principles learned in part I. Practically applying those principles to building ramps and pathways while exploring physical science.
Story Dramatization: A Kinesthetic Approach to Literacy
Presenter: Ms. Amy Ressler
Dramatic play is different from creative drama and formal theatre. In this session you will learn how adding movement to story-time will enhance the experience of children and allow them to have a more meaningful and vibrant experience.
Team Building in the Work Place
Presenter: Ms. Peggy Gaul
Directors know that creating effective teams can be tough! In this exciting hands-on presentation, Peggy Gaul, of Making Strides, will help you learn how to build effective teams in their workplace through fun team-building experiences, laughter, and struggles!
The Parent’s Can’t Hear Me!
Presenter: Ms. Patricia Dischler
Learn general principles for successful communication with parents and specific techniques to reach all the parents as well as guidelines for conducting interviews and conferences.
Writing Workshop
Presenter: Ms. Barb Olson
