Professional Development! Professional development is an important part of how the YMCA CCRR supports the child care community and families. We are connuing to offer professional development online, and you can parcipate in the comfort and safety of your own home. With safety protocols in place we are now offering a small selecon of workshops and networking in the Tri‐Cies office too! These professional development opportunies will provide you with the knowledge, experience, and skills needed to support the children in your lives. Call us to aend! Workshop Policies: Workshops start promptly at the me indicated. Individuals arriving or logging in late or leaving early will have their cerficates adjusted. Payment Informaon: Registraons can be processed by phone at 604‐931‐3400 ext. 0 using American Express, MasterCard or Visa. For your protecon, please do not leave credit card informaon on our voice mail. Registraons will be confirmed by email. We do not provide reminder phone calls. Refunds and transfers will only be given to registrants who provide 5 working days noce. All withdrawals and transfers are subject to a $5.00 administraon fee, per workshop, regardless of noficaon given. Refunds will not be issued due to technical difficules with your equipment. Workshops may be cancelled due to factors outside of our control. In the case of cancellaon, a full refund will be issued. Important Informaon: Most of these workshops are online via ZOOM. Parcipants will need internet access, and a device with video, audio, and microphone to parcipate. For Addional Informaon Contact Us: Tri‐Cies CCRR: [email protected] or 604‐931‐3400 Burnaby/New Westminster CCRR: at [email protected] or 604‐294‐1109 The YMCA Child Care Resource and Referral provides cerficates of parcipaon for a variety of workshops. When claiming a workshop or course for training hours it is the parcipant’s responsibility to check with the ECE Registry or Community Care Licensing. For more informaon on the ECE Registry please visit: hp:// www.mcf.gv.bc.ca/childcare/ece/index.htm @YMCACCRR www.facebook.com/YMCACCRR/ 2020 Training Fall Funding for the YMCA CCRR is provided by the Province of Brish Columbia. The YMCA CCRR acknowledges the City of Burnaby for its support. Celebrating the Essential Work of Child Care In recognion of the important work that you’ve done during the COVID‐19 pandemic, the CCRR in‐ vites you to a free virtual celebraon! Child care providers in our service area are invited to a morning of virtual fun, networking, professional development and a chance to win “door prizes!” A 2 hour pro‐ fessional training cerficate will be issued. “What if Today was Their Only Day?” Guest Speaker: Lisa Murphy When: Saturday, November 28, 2020 9:30 am unl 12:00 pm Where: Online Via ZOOM Cost: Free! Please note: This event is for child care providers in the YMCA CCRR service areas of Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore & Belcarra. Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ‐ Henry Ford 2 ECEBC Conference 2020 Keynote Address Webinar: Educang Cizens Through Play Presenter: Tom “Teacher Tom” Hobson Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020 Time: 6:45 ‐ 9:00 pm Locaon: Online Via ZOOM Fee: $10.00 members; $15.00 non‐members Suitable for all early learning professionals. Teacher Tom speaks about how children’s play brings the habits and principles of democracy into ‘early years’ classrooms. He will begin by discussing the purpose of educaon in democrac sociees and how and why we have managed to veer so far from the original intent, which is to educate cizens capable of contribung to the grand experiment of self‐governance. In this full‐throated support for play‐based educaon, he details through his illustrave classroom stories and examples exactly how his curriculum works. Parcipants will learn the benefits of introducing these playful principles to their own students, the hallmarks of what makes a good cizen both in a classroom as well as a democracy, the traits and habits required for self‐governance, and praccal ps on how to implement these ideas in their own classrooms. It is an inspiring, oen touching, oen hilarious, and always eye‐ opening and empowering presentaon. Tom “Teacher Tom” Hobson is a preschool teacher, writer, speaker, arst and author. He is best known, however, for his namesake blog Teacher Tom’s Blog, hp://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/ where he has posted daily for nearly a decade, chronicling the life and mes of his lile preschool in the rain‐soaked Pacific Northwest corner of the US. For the past two decades Teacher Tom was the sole employee of the Woodland Park Cooperave School, a parent‐owned and operated school knit together by Teacher Tom’s democrac, progressive play‐based pedagogy. The children come to the school as two‐year‐olds in diapers and leave as “sophiscated” six‐year‐olds ready for the larger world. Teacher Tom came into teaching through the back door, so to speak, having enrolled his own child in a cooperave preschool, where he began working daily in his daughter’s classroom as an assistant teacher under the tutelage of veteran educators, although he’ll be the first to tell you that most of what he learned came from the children themselves. When it was me for his daughter to move on, he “stayed behind,” where he plans to remain for the rest of his life. Dur‐ ing his holidays and long weekends, Tom travels around the world (Greece, Iceland, Australia, China, Vietnam, New Zealand, Cana‐ da, UK, and across the US) sharing his views on early childhood educaon, play, and pedagogy. He recently authored his first book, aptly named Teacher Tom’s First Book: Teaching and Learning from Preschoolers hp://www.teachertomsfirstbook.com/book.htm Burnaby/New Westminster CCRR Office Open House Date: Saturday October 3, 2020 Time: 9:00 am ‐ 2:00 pm (by appointment) Locaon: Burnaby/New Westminster CCRR Office Fee: Free! Come explore the wide range of resources, supports and services the Burnaby/New Westminster CCRR has to offer beyond work‐ shops, including the Early Learning Resource Library! Sign up for an appointment between 9:00 am ‐ 1:00 pm to get to know your CCRR and meet with our friendly Consultants, all while parcipang in fun, interacve acvies! Registraon is required. A one‐hour cerficate of professional development will be given for this event. *Please note that this will be an appointment based open house, and parcipants will need to register and book a 1 hour me slot. We thank you for all your cooperaon and understanding. This event is for child care providers in the YMCA CCRR service area only (Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore & Belcarra). Emergency Child Care First Aid / CPR Level B Date: Saturday October 3, 2020 Time: 9:00 am ‐ 6:00 pm (with a 30 minute lunch break, and two 15 minute breaks) Fee: $110 Locaon: Tri Cies CCRR Office (TRI) Payment: Online: www.vital‐link.ca, by Credit Card: phone 604 644‐4709 This course includes choking skills, breathing emergencies and CPR for babies or mail your cheque or Money Order, and children. The course also covers basic first aid for common injuries such payable to The Vital Link, as bleeding, burns, falls, fractures, poisons and some medical condions. 1823 Harrison Dr., Van., BC V5P 2P4 AED cerficaon is also included. Please bring your own lunch, wear comfortable clothing and arrive 10 minutes before the course begins. Karen Clark is the owner and operator of The Vital Link, teaching Red Cross First Aid and CPR courses for over 30 years. She has taught locally, provincially, naonally and internaonally. Karen’s background and cerficaon is in Early Childhood Care and Educaon. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/YMCACCRR/ Follow us on Twier @YMCACCRR 3 Reviewing Your Policies, Procedures, and Parent Contracts During COVID‐19 Presenter: Vicki Lepper Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 Time: 7:00 ‐ 9:00 pm Locaon: Online Via ZOOM Fee: $10.00 members; $15.00 non‐members Suitable for all early learning professionals. How are your policies and parent/provider contracts working for you? Have you updated your policies, procedures and contracts during COVID‐19 or maybe you need some help? Are you starng a child care, or would you like a lile support? Have you had things come up and maybe you would like to add, change or tweak your policies and parent package? We will be discussing the importance of having this ready when families come to use your child care services. Get ideas on how these business pieces build your relaonships with families and staff and how they support your licensing inspecons. Vicki Lepper operated a licensed child care in Coquitlam for over 30 years and is a passionate child care advocate. Vicki was a board member for BC Family Child Care Associaon (BCFCCA) from 2011 to 2015. Vicki presents her own workshops, is a “Kids Have Stress Too!” Master Trainer for The Psychology Foundaon of Canada, is a “Good Beginnings: Professional Development for Child Care Providers” Facilitator for BCFCCA, is a member of the Tri‐Cies ECD Commiee, networks with child care providers, and has received many awards and is also acvely involved in her community. Vicki loves connecng and sharing resources with those who have cho‐ sen a career working with children. To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate Presenter: Sarah McCarthy Date: Thursday, October 8, 2020 Time: 7:00 ‐ 9:00 pm Locaon: Online Via ZOOM Fee: $10.00 members; $15.00 non‐members Suitable for all early learning professionals. Talking and thinking about holidays in early childhood programs today is a "hot topic." There is an increasing diversity of children, families, and staff who make up our programs.