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:
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, March 29, 2025, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (Day 1 Workshop session)
Week 3: Observation of 2.5-hour FCCB virtual workshop session and 30-minute debrief.
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.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, April 22, 2025, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 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: Michelle Galindo, Cori Schmidt
For More Information Email: Michelle Galindo at [email protected]
Prerequisite course required: Intro to FCCB
