Training for Early Educators

Deeper Dive Training: SEEDS of Learning is a training, coaching, and RTL framework used with family childcare providers, community-based organizations, and preschool & elementary teachers to support social, emotional, and equitable academic growth. This framework supports educators to:

1. Increase child confidence and capability through safety and respect
2. Increase equitable outcomes for children using evidence-based interventions in predictive literacy skills
3. Increase educator efficacy through a research-based skill development cycle

Intended Audience:  Center-based early learning programs serving preschool children in San Mateo County.

Dates & Times: Saturdays, September 2022 - March 2023   ◊   9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

How and where to register:  Registration for our Deeper Dive Trainings will be targeted.  ◊  In-Person at SMCOE & Virtual via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: Participants must attend the first session in-person to receive materials. Remaining seven (7) sessions will be held virtually. Simultaneous Spanish translation may be provided. / Traducción simultánea al español talvéz será proporcionado. If you have any questions regarding our Deeper Dive trainings, please contact the ELSS team at elss@smcoe.org.

Deeper Dive Training: PreK and TK educators are invited to join this PD series to discuss key elements that influence dual language learning in the early years with emphasis on classroom strategies that ensure full and effective participation of multilingual learners (MLs). Participants will learn about strategies and practices that support DLL children’s optimal language and literacy learning experiences including Classroom Language Models (CLMs), Planned Language Approach (PLA), and Personalized Oral Language Learning (POLL) strategies with focus on

1. Emotional Wellness,
2. Environmental,
3. Family, &
4. Instructional Supports.

POLL Action Plan templates will be introduced to support implementation of effective ML strategies.

Intended Audience:  Center-based preschool and TK educators in San Mateo County.

Dates & Times: Saturdays, September 2022 - May 2023   ◊   9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

How and where to register:  Targeted training to be offered through Cañada College with Academic Units (2-unit course) at no cost to educators. The units can be applied towards a newly approved 10-unit Multilingual Learner (ML) Certificate of Achievement from Cañada College.

Deeper Dive Training: This 7-part training series on inclusion will cover the following topics:

• Topic I: Walking with Families: Engaging in Difficult Conversations
• Topic II: Map to Early Intervention
• Topic III: Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Creating Environments for All Children
• Topic IV: Show me what to do!
• Topic V: Learning Through Movement
• Topic VI: Planning Sensory Support
• Topic VII: Help Me Learn! Embedded Instruction in Early Childhood

Intended Audience:  Center-based and family child care early learning programs serving preschool children and infant/toddlers in San Mateo County.

Dates & Times: Tuesdays, October 2022 - May 2023   ◊   6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

How and where to register:  Registration for our Deeper Dive Trainings will be targeted.  ◊  In-Person at SMCOE & Virtual via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: Participants must attend the first session in-person to receive materials. Remaining six (6) sessions will be held virtually. Participants must also register in classroom teams, with at least 2 teachers per classroom and 1 administrator per site. Simultaneous Spanish translation may be provided. / Traducción simultánea al español talvez será proporcionado. If you have any questions regarding our Deeper Dive trainings, please contact the ELSS team at elss@smcoe.org.

This two-part training will be offered in English. Part I will provide an overview of how to administer and interpret the results of the ASQ-3 developmental questionnaires. Part II will provide an overview on how to administer and interpret the results of the ASQ:SE 2 social-emotional questionnaires. Part III will provide an opportunity to think together about using these tools to follow-up and connect young children and their families to further assessment/services when there are developmental concerns identified through screening.

Intended Audience:  Center-based and family child care early learning programs serving preschool children and infant-toddlers in San Mateo County.

Date & Time: Saturdays, December 3 & 10, 2022  ◊  9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

How and where to register:  Eventbrite Rgeistration Link  ◊  Virtual via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: An additional session in Spanish to be offered Spring 2023. / Una sesión adicional en español será proporcionada durante la primavera de 2023.

Este taller cubrirá una descripción general de lo que es CLASS 2.0, incluido el vocabulario actualizado y la importancia de las interacciones entre el educador y el niño. Los participantes comprenderán cómo esta herramienta se relaciona con entornos de calidad y recibirán consejos sobre cómo promover entornos de programas positivos.

Público objetivo: Abierto a todos los programas de aprendizaje temprano basados en centros y de cuidado infantil familiar que prestan servicios a niños de edad preescolar y bebés y niños en el Condado de San Mateo. Este entrenamiento será proporcionado solamente en español.

Fechas & Hora: Sábado, 7 de enero del 2023  ◊   9:00 AM a 1:00 PM

Cómo y Donde Registarse: Enlace de Registración en Eventbrite (enlace por venir)  ◊  Presentado virtualmente por Zoom

The series will offer five sessions, each focusing on a protective factor, and will provide an important thread to be explored throughout the series, including the strengthening families – protective factors framework, the importance of culture, and the critical role parents play in strengthening families. In addition, within each session, participants will further explore the common threads below:

1. Understanding and communicating the importance of how to use the framework as we go about our everyday work;
2. How culture impacts families as they seek to build protective factors and how our own culture shapes how we as individuals feel, act and think; &
3. Viewing parents as valuable partners in every phase of our work.

Intended Audience:  Center-based and family child care early learning programs serving preschool children and infant-toddlers in San Mateo County.

Dates & Time: Mondays, February 6, March 6, April 17, May 8, & May 22, 2023  ◊  6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

How and where to register:  Priority registration will be given to QI programs. Eventbrite Registration Link (link to come)  ◊  In-person at SMCOE & Virtual via Zoom Meeting Platform

Note: Participants must attend the first session in-person to receive materials. Remaining four (4) sessions will be held virtually. Simultaneous Spanish translation may be provided. / Traducción simultánea al español talvez será proporcionado.

Este taller de dos partes se ofrecerá en español. La Primera Parte ofrecerá una descripción general de las características, la administración y la puntuación de los cuestionarios ASQ-3 y ASQ: SE 2. Participantes Compartirán ideas para usar los resultados de los cuestionarios para apoyar el desarrollo de los niños pequeños en el aula. La Segunda Parte proporcionará una descripción general sobre cómo interpretar los resultados de los cuestionarios ASQ-3 y ASQ: SE 2, incluyendo consideraciones culturales. Los participantes aprenderán sobre la intervención temprana y el sistema de educación especial preescolar y sobre referencias apropiadas para niños identificados con preocupaciones en su desarrollo, así como recursos comunitarios para niños y las familias.

Público objetivo: Abierto a todos los programas de aprendizaje temprano basados en centros y de cuidado infantil familiar que prestan servicios a niños de edad preescolar y bebés y niños en el Condado de San Mateo. Este entrenamiento será proporcionado solamente en español.

Fechas & Hora: Sábados, 22 y 29 de abril del 2023   

Cómo y Donde Registarse: Enlace de Registración en Eventbrite (enlace por venir)  ◊  Presentado virtualmente por Zoom