Partner Facilitator
Intro to Family Child Care at Its Best for Partner Facilitators (Spanish)
Build your county’s capacity to offer the highly-regarded Family Child Care at Its Best workshops. Intro to FCCB is open to all who provide professional development support to Family Child Care and/or Family Friend and Neighbor care providers, and would like to facilitate FCCB workshops for your agency/community group. These trainings for facilitators are funded by CDSS and there is no cost to attend.
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Intro to Family Child Care at Its Best for Partner Facilitators (English)
Build your county’s capacity to offer the highly-regarded Family Child Care at Its Best workshops. Intro to FCCB is open to all who provide professional development support to Family Child Care and/or Family Friend and Neighbor care providers, and would like to facilitate FCCB workshops for your agency/community group. These trainings for facilitators are funded by CDSS and there is no cost to attend.
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Intro to Family Child Care at Its Best for Partner Facilitators (Spanish)
Build your county’s capacity to offer the highly-regarded Family Child Care at Its Best workshops. Intro to FCCB is open to all who provide professional development support to Family Child Care and/or Family Friend and Neighbor care providers, and would like to facilitate FCCB workshops for your agency/community group. These trainings for facilitators are funded by CDSS and there is no cost to attend.
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Training of Partner Facilitators: Partnering with Parents
Partnering with Parents Training Description:
Working effectively with parents is at the heart of quality care. A variety of issues—from feeding to finances—have the potential for conflict between provider and parent. This workshop highlights ways to work in partnership with parents and practice positive relationship building strategies. Topics include: establishing an atmosphere of trust and cooperation, effective communication skills, addressing child-rearing values and beliefs, developing clear policies and practices This series of classes emphasizes the needs of children from birth to age five. The series aims to enhance the quality and safety of family child care environments. Each class makes practical use of the most recent research in child development and early childhood education.
About the ToPF event:
We are excited to expand the reach of the Family Child Care at Its Best curriculum by training Partner Facilitators to offer FCCB workshops for their communities. This course is limited to those who have completed the Intro to FCCB for Partner Facilitators course.
This 15-hour hybrid 5-week course will provide the foundational knowledge for facilitating the FCCB Child Observation workshop. Learners will complete a self-paced online module in Canvas, observe a FCCB workshop, then meet for a live Zoom session to practice facilitating the content.
Please review the dates and times below carefully to ensure you are available to attend. You must complete the Canvas work and attend all online synchronous sessions to successfully complete this course. Make-up sessions will not be available.
The 5-week course will cover 5 hours of asynchronous work completed on Canvas and 10 hours of synchronous online training, across three dates:
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Training of Partner Facilitators: Setting the Stage for Social Competency
Setting the Stage for Social Competency Workshop Description:
Participants will take a preventative approach to challenging behavior and plan activities that promote pro-social skills. Participants will learn specific strategies, using the environment and adult-child interaction, to facilitate friendship and build community. Topics include: social-emotional guidance, the use of social stories, California’s Preschool Learning Foundations, and building a sense of self. The Center for Excellence in Child Development supports a holistic approach to preparing children for school, recognizing that young children learn through play and through relationships with caring adults. The School Readiness series blends research-based knowledge with the teaching skills needed to guide young learners.
About the ToPF event:
We are excited to expand the reach of the Family Child Care at Its Best curriculum by training Partner Facilitators to offer FCCB workshops for their communities. This course is limited to those who have completed the Intro to FCCB for Partner Facilitators course.
This 15-hour hybrid 5-week course will provide the foundational knowledge for facilitating the FCCB Child Observation workshop. Learners will complete a self-paced online module in Canvas, observe a FCCB workshop, then meet for a live Zoom session to practice facilitating the content.
Please review the dates and times below carefully to ensure you are available to attend. You must complete the Canvas work and attend all online synchronous sessions to successfully complete this course. Make-up sessions will not be available.
The 5-week course will cover 5 hours of asynchronous work completed on Canvas and 10 hours of synchronous online training, across three dates.
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Training of Partner Facilitators: Serving Children with Disabilities or Delays and Their Families
Serving Children with Disabilities or Delays & Their Families Training Description:
All children deserve the opportunity to participate in family child care. Yet providers are faced with special considerations and challenges, depending upon the needs of each child. This advanced session allows an opportunity to discuss how providers can include children with special needs in their program. As a result of this class, providers will learn the “keys” to giving a child the best start possible, regardless of the child’s abilities. Topics include: reasons for concern of developmental risks and delays, how families deal with grief and loss, helping families link to appropriate services, creating an atmosphere of acceptance in your program.
About the ToPF event:
We are excited to expand the reach of the Family Child Care at Its Best curriculum by training Partner Facilitators to offer FCCB workshops for their communities. This course is limited to those who have completed the Intro to FCCB for Partner Facilitators course.
This 15-hour hybrid 5-week course will provide the foundational knowledge for facilitating the FCCB Child Observation workshop. Learners will complete a self-paced online module in Canvas, observe a FCCB workshop, then meet for a live Zoom session to practice facilitating the content.
Please review the dates and times below carefully to ensure you are available to attend. You must complete the Canvas work and attend all online synchronous sessions to successfully complete this course. Make-up sessions will not be available.
The 5-week course will cover 5 hours of asynchronous work completed on Canvas and 10 hours of synchronous online training, across three dates.
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