| Date | Location | Topic | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | Online | Mindfulness Matters: Introduced in 2023! Now more than ever, it is important to incorporate mindfulness activities throughout the day in an early childhood classroom. During this training, we will discuss the “why” and “how” mindfulness activities in children’s learning and development. You will receive key takeaways that you can implement in your program right away. (All-Age Focused) (PW #3 Guidance & Behavior Management) | 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 4 | Online | Summer Game Changer: New Class Topic in 2024! Jumpstart your summer by learning more tools and information valuable to your program. Topics may include supervision, communication strategies, and program activities. (School Age Focused) | 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. | $0 |
| May 7 | Online | Daytime: Got the Miscommunication Blues: | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | $0 |
| May 7 | Watertown | Make It, Take It- Preschool Sensory Bins: New Class Topic in 2024! In this class, you will learn how sensory input supports preschool learning and development. Different sensory activities will be explored, and you will be able to create a sensory bin to take back to your program. (PW #12 Age-Appropriate Planning) | 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 8 | Online | Introduction to Pyramid Model Series: New Class Topic in 2024! Presents an introduction to the Pyramid Model framework and why continuing to focus on social development and emotional development is critical to positive child outcomes. This class provides an overview of the Pyramid Model framework and how it applies to the children we interact with from various backgrounds and experiences. (All-Age Focused) (PW #3 Guidance & Behavior Management) | 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 9 | Brookings | Certified CPR AED: This American Heart Association certified course teaches Heartsaver basic Adult, Child, and Infant CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and basic AED use. (PW #16 CPR/First Aid) | 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | $0* |
| May 14 | Brookings | Certified CPR AED: This American Heart Association certified course teaches Heartsaver basic Adult, Child, and Infant CPR skills such as performing a head tilt-chin lift, giving compressions and breaths, and basic AED use. (PW #16 CPR/First Aid) | 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | $0* |
| May 14 | Huron | Make It, Take It –Preschool Sensory Bins: New Class Topic in 2024! In this class, you will learn how sensory input supports preschool learning and development. Different sensory activities will be explored, and you will be able to create a sensory bin to take back to your program. (PW #12 Age-Appropriate Planning) | 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 16 | Online | Director Lunch and Learn: Humor: Seriously Important Children’s humor is unique, and their laughter is contagious. What makes them laugh and how we respond to it depends on the cognitive abilities and social understanding of the child. Exploring children’s humor could also lead to increasing the humor, laughter, and joy in our lives. (PW #8 Program Management & Regulation) | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 16 | Online | Virtual Resiliency Workshop: New Class Topic in 2024! Learn simple skills to strengthen your mental wellness, regulate your nervous system, and apply to your daily life in this fun, interactive 2-hour Community Resiliency Model workshop! (All-Age Focused) (PW #3 Guidance & Behavior Management) | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | $0 |
| May 22 | Brookings | Community Resiliency Model (CRM): The Community Resiliency Model trains community members to not only help themselves but to help others within their wider social network. The primary focus of CRM is to educate individuals about the biology and neurophysiology of trauma, stress, and resilience as well as teach simple biologically based wellness skills, which can help re-set and stabilize the nervous system. Through CRM, individuals learn to read sensations connected to their well-being, which TRI calls the “Resilient Zone”. CRM’s goal is to help create “trauma-informed” and “resiliency-informed and -focused” communities that share a common understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on the nervous system and how resiliency can be restored or increased using this skills-based approach. (All-Age Focused) (PW #3 Guidance & Behavior Management) | 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | $0 |
| May 23 | Online | All Children Come with Grown-ups Attached: Promoting Family Resilience Presented by Nefertiti B. Poyner, Ed.D. New Class Topic in 2024! The relationship between families and programs are essential to the well-being of children. When all goes well the partnership can be life changing for a child. During this workshop, participants will learn how to support family partnerships by (1) honoring family’s values, cultures and emotions; (2) creating a mutual goal of supporting resilience in the child; and (3) promoting the resilience of adults within the family system as a pathway to family partnerships. Sometimes values, culture and emotions collide and create a strained relationship. With a focus on resilience and protective factors, this webinar will help participants better understand how to give one of the best gifts we can give children - a positive partnership between home and school. Register | 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | $0 |
| May 29 | Online | Daytime: Building Your Bounce: When we do not take the time to Build Our Bounce, caring for children may be difficult. In this training you will explore what resilience means to you, how it plays a role in your well-being, and tips for bouncing back from change and challenges. (All-Age Focused) (PW #9 Interpersonal Communication & Relationships) | 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | $0 |
*CPR is $50 unless working in a registered or licensed childcare program