Training for Early Educators

In this training, participants will have the opportunity to become familiar with key concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), apply them to early childhood environments by exploring a variety of instructional formats and gain a deeper understanding of scaffolding for each child’s developmental needs.

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

Dates and Time: Saturdays, March 27, 2021 & April 10, 2021  ◊  9:30 AM to 12:30 PM 

How and where to register: Link to come  ◊  Via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: Simultaneous Spanish interpretation may be provided. / Interpretación simultánea en español será proporcionada.

Why does early childhood leadership matter? More importantly, why does it matter who is reflected in these roles and who isn't? The disparity of early care and education administrators of color is rarely addressed and discussed. How does structural inequality outside classrooms and programs make its way into a nice profession like early care and education? The interplay and intersectionality of administrators’ role as gatekeepers of quality early learning is high stakes in many early learning communities and is often tied to funding mandates and child outcomes. Yet, key decision-makers continue to reflect the dominant structure of our macro society while the demographics of our children, families, and practitioners continue to become more diverse. During this training, participants will engage in critical discourse about the importance and value of disrupting this narrative to achieve desired outcomes for children, families, and the workforce that is culturally responsive.

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

Dates and Time: Saturday, May 1, 2021  ◊  10:00 AM to 11:30 AM 

How and where to register: Link to come  ◊  Via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided. / Interpretación simultánea en español será proporcionada.

This is a three-day virtual training presented over three Saturdays. 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:  Open to all center-based and family child care early learning programs serving preschool children and infant-toddlers in San Mateo County.

Dates and Time: Saturdays, May 8, 2021; May 15, 2021; & May 22, 2021  ◊  9:00 AM to 11:00 AM 

How and where to register: Link to come  ◊  Via Zoom Meeting platform

Note: Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided. / Interpretación simultánea en español será proporcionada.