Early Childhood Investigations offers free webinars and online training for childcare educators. The series is produced by Playground Child Care Software, and presented by leading authors, experts, and leaders. Now, you can participate in conference-quality professional development without leaving your home, classroom, or office.
Workshop/Webinar
Imagine Institute for Learning (IIFL) offers a two-part train-the-trainer opportunity for program leaders to explore strategies and concepts from the Spark Guide to support their programs and educators.
Training Overview:
The phased approach consists of two sessions:
Inclusive Child Care (ICC) is funded by Alberta Children’s Services and provides resources and supports to licensed Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) programs to successfully include children who have extra support needs.
This resource bank is intended to provide additional resources, strategies, and inspiration to create meaningful opportunities for all children to participate and engage in inclusive ELCC programs.
The ICC program provides a range of short-term, intensive resources and supports to licensed child care programs that include:
Imagine Insitute for Learning (IIFL) offers organizational support workshops for early childhood educators. AECEA professional and student members receive 15% off public sessions and associate members receive 15% off on-site sessions.
Imagine Insitute for Learning (IIFL) offers relationship-based practice workshops for early childhood educators. AECEA professional and student members receive 15% off public sessions and associate members receive 15% off on-site sessions.
Imagine Institute for Learning (IIFL) offers trauma-informed care workshops for early childhood educators and parents. AECEA professional and student members receive 15% off public sessions and associate members receive 15% off on-site sessions.
Imagine Insitute for Learning (IIFL) offers child development workshops for early childhood educators and parents. AECEA professional and student members receive 15% off public sessions and associate members receive 15% off on-site sessions.
Alberta Resource Centre for Quality Enhancement (ARCQE) offers an expanded and improved system of supports for early learning and child care programs interested in implementing the Flight Early Learning and Care Framework.
MindUp for Life! is an evidence-based program that is an easy to implement tool. MindUp helps educators support children to develop the mental fitness to build a happier, healthier and more balanced life. The MindUp Program teaches the strategies and skills you need to find optimism, build resilience and create solutions for life’s challenges.
Alberta Home Visitation Network Association (AHVNA) provides ECEs a MindUp training customized to educators working in Out of School care programs!
This 6-session training introduces you to the Kimochis® tools to support children in exploring and managing their feelings. This training will be valuable for early childhood educators as you support children through those big feelings. The training is free to ECEs that work with children ages 0-6 within licensed dayhomes and daycares in Alberta, who are members of AHVNA.