Saturday, February 1st 7.30 am - 3.30 pm
Join ELC Broward and fellow early educators in a day of learning.
Attend engaging workshops based on best practices in early childhood education, network with colleagues and learn new and fun activities for the classroom!
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Effective inclusive environments support one of the most basic needs of human beings, our sense of belonging and membership. Positive social relations between children with disabilities and those developing neuro-typically can thrust all students forward. This can only be achieved through the...
Register ›In this session, we will discuss the components of the WeFEEL Emotional Intelligence Approach currently being piloted in the classroom. The curriculum focuses on enhancing emotional intelligence through a systematic approach comprised of four main components: (1) The WeFEEL framework, (2) Thinking &...
Register ›This instructor-led course is appropriate for administrative staff, directors and teachers of 3, 4, and 5 year old children. Participants will learn Book Embedded Vocabulary Instruction as a strategy that facilitates vocabulary teaching and learning, allows children to learn new vocabulary words...
Register ›Making Art enables young children to develop awareness about themselves and express their ideas, feelings and connection to the world around them. This practical workshop experience enables teachers, directors and owners to understand more about the creative process and how they can nurture it in...
Register ›The toddler and preschool years are a critical time for development in children. Students turn to their teachers for praise, recognition, clarification, and so much more. As educators, we strive to encourage and affirm our students each and every day. How many times do we catch ourselves simply...
Register ›Each child learns and develops in their own unique way. This is especially true for children with autism and related disorders, sensory processing challenges, ADHD, and other learning differences. There is nothing ‘cookie cutter’ about young children and the same should hold true for intervention...
Register ›In this workshop, William Karp will review the basic safety guidelines that should be implemented in your schools. From transporting children to transitioning children, William will lead you in the safest direction.
Register ›Children come to school with a wide range of exposure and language experiences. One way to close the language gap is through language nutrition. Language nutrition refers to language rich interactions that facilitate language development. Participants will learn how to develop a plan to utilize...
Register ›You make a difference every day in the lives of children. Every interaction is an opportunity to challenge children to think deeply about concepts and ideas. Interactions between adults and children is the key to children gaining higher order thinking skills.In this workshop, we will explore how to...
Register ›What is advocacy? Anyone can do it and yes you can make a difference in the classroom and in all aspects of life. We will help you learn how to be passionate about what you do and go beyond your 4 walls. You will be able to connect in letter writing, phone calls and face to face. You will get a...
Register ›We will explore developmentally appropriate math talk that can be used throughout the curriculum and learning environment. As we go through a daily schedule, we will consider strategies for centers, small groups, and transitions. Among other areas, we will look at matching, classifying, patterning,...
Register ›Children come to school with a wide range of exposure and language experiences. One way to close the language gap is through language nutrition. Language nutrition refers to language rich interactions that facilitate language development. Participants will learn how to develop a plan to utilize...
Register ›Miss Penny will take you on a field trip through the KidVisionPreK.org website. You will understand how to earn CEUs and how to implement virtual field trips into your existing curriculum to strengthen standards achievement. You will go on a KidVision PreK virtual field trip with the group,...
Register ›This presentation will demonstrate the benefits that Mindfulness meditation has on students, staff and your school as a whole. - Participants will learn what exactly what Mindfulness meditation is and how to do 5 min excerises for classroom management. - Participants will learn recent scientific...
Register ›Drowning is the number 1 cause of death for children 1 to 4 years of age. Florida has the one of the highest drowning incidents rates within the Country and Broward tops the charts for counties in the State of Florida. We need your help! We live in a county covered by water, we need to work...
Register ›Tantrums, aggression, and non compliance are the challenging behaviors most talked about when young children are expelled from preschools and childcare programs. These challenging behaviors make caregivers and early childhood professionals feel unprepared and unequipped to manage their classrooms....
Register ›Long after a storm has passed, children may face health problems linked to poor living conditions or the stress of their experience. Come learn about these issues and access resources relating to home damage and emotional trauma. Learn elements of the Community Resiliency Model® to share with the...
Register ›Long after a storm has passed, children may face health problems linked to poor living conditions or the stress of their experience. Come learn about these issues and access resources relating to home damage and emotional trauma. Learn elements of the Community Resiliency Model® to share with the...
Register ›Community building in the VPK classroom creates a strong foundation for learning. A positive classroom culture sets the tone for children to develop warm, respectful, supportive relationships with their classmates, teachers and the school at large. The presenters will provide VPK Teachers with...
Register ›Spanish Session: The teachers will understand the importance and the purpose of circle time in the classroom. They will get to know the different appropriate adaptations to integrate children displaying challenging behavior. The teachers will learn the meaning of the word Inclusion. Both children...
Register ›The ability to subitize helps children develop a solid understanding of number sense and empowers them to develop more elaborate counting skills that will help them solve and advance to higher levels of addition and subtraction. In this workshop, educators will be provided with the principles and...
Register ›The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Scholarship Program and Early Childhood Educator INCENTIVE$ Program links training, compensation, and commitment to improving the quality of early care and education experiences for young children. This presentation will provide participants with an overview of both...
Register ›Participants will understand the importance of observation and curriculum implementation and how the observations help in the process of developmentally appropriate explorations and daily routines in the preschool environment. Teachers will learn specific strategies to analyze and store documents...
Register ›Childhood trauma is a public health threat that impacts health, social-emotional, and cognitive development in young children. According to the National Traumatic Stress Network (2008), it is estimated that 26% of young children will witness or experience a traumatic event before they turn 4-years...
Register ›This workshop will help Directors and Administrators of early learning centers guide staff within the organization to explore professional development opportunities that will support their professional goals. Participants will find out why professional growth is important and discover how to access...
Register ›This session provides professionals with research-based education on gender, diverse families, children's early learning environment, and curriculum. Participants will engage in authentic, interactive dialogue driven by their questions, examples, and reflections. Participants will examine the impact...
Register ›What are challenging behaviors? In this interactive workshop, participants will discuss and define challenging behaviors and the caregivers role in addressing them. Caregivers will explore and develop strategies to increase desired behaviors with Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers and examine their own...
Register ›Have you gone to the mall, doctor’s office, or store and noticed that people are in front of electronic devices “glued” to the screens? Screen time exposure is a trend that is increasing among children, adolescences, and young adults. This presentation will identify what screen time is and provide...
Register ›The purpose of this presentation is to increase your awareness of the threats and risks that are part of using any computer system. You will learn to identify best practices with regard to privacy and how to follow guidelines to protect yourself and your business. The computing world is the world of...
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The youngest person to pilot a plane around the world solo, a feat he accomplished in 2007. He founded Experience Aviation, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering minority youth to pursue careers in aviation. His airplane, the "Inspiration", has been registered to Experience Aviation since 2006.