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:
Week 1: Complete Canvas pre-work in preparation for the FCCB Topic Observation.
Week 2: Observation of 2.5-hour FCCB virtual workshop session and 30-minute debrief.
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. (Day 1 Workshop session)
Week 3: Observation of 2.5-hour FCCB virtual workshop session and 30-minute debrief.
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 8:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. (Day 2 Workshop session)
Week 4: Complete Canvas pre-work for the Facilitation Practice. (Self-paced, asynchronous work)
Week 5: Facilitation demonstration in a 4-hour virtual workshop session.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
FCCB Lead Instructor will provide feedback in Canvas.
After successfully completing this course, you will be eligible to offer this workshop topic as a FCCB Partner Facilitator free of charge to participants.
Those who successfully complete the ToPF course will receive authorization and access to the full curriculum to facilitate the topic FCCB Child Observation.
Registration Contact Email: [email protected]
Language of Instruction: English
Instructor Names: Cori Schmidt, Judy Walker
For More Information Email: Michelle Galindo at [email protected]
Prerequisite course required: Intro to FCCB
