2020 May - June Training Calendar

Child Care Connector May • June 2020 EXPLORE WHAT'S INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Sanitation Solution Instructions DCDEE: COVID-19 Child Care Reopening Instructions Education AWARD$

Child Care Connector DCDEE: COVID-19 Child Care Reopening Instructions North Carolina moved into Phase 1 at 5PM on Friday, May 8th. Child care providers who wish to reopen their facility should complete the COVID-19 Child Care Reopening Application at least 48 hours before reopening. To assist child care providers in submitting this application, DCDEE has put together the COVID-19 Child Care Reopening Step by Step Instructions as a guide for completing the application. After submitting an application, your child care consultant will reach out to discuss your facility’s plan to meet the updated health and safety guidelines and answer any questions about reopening. Providers who have remained open and completed a COVID-19 Emergency Child Care Provider Application will not need to fill out this application unless they closed after submitting their emergency application. If you have any questions about the Reopening Application, please reach out to your child care consultant.   For more information, please visit: https://ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/Whats-New/Coronavirus-Information-for-Child-Care Healthy Social Behaviors Project: Online Social Emotional Connections Join the Healthy Social Behaviors Project in an online ECE Community, Social Emotional Connections. The focus in this FREE platform is on helping teachers, administrators, support staff and other ECE professionals across NC address and prevent challenging behaviors, avoid suspension and expulsion of young children, and bolster providers to enjoy their job every single day. We created Social Emotional Connections to bring together passionate, caring, and inquisitive ECE educators in a statewide community. Click the link below and become a Founding Member today for FREE! https://nc-childcare-community-connections.mn.co/share/P7bllfxq3Jf0TXQo?utm_source=manual

Child Care Connector Power to the Profession: Organizations for Coping with COVID-19 The early childhood education community is coming together to support educators, families, and communities in this difficult time. See the links below for resources from the Power to the Profession Task Force member organizations. American Federation of Federal, State, County, and Municipal Employees COVID-19 resources https://www.afscme.org/covid-19 National Education Association COVID-19 resources American Federation of Teachers COVID-19 resources http://neatoday.org/category/coronavirus-and-schools/ https://www.aft.org/coronavÍrus Division of Early Childhood for the Council for Exceptional Children COVID-19 resources https://www.dec-sped.org/covid-19 Early Care and Education Consortium COVID-19 resources National Head Start Association COVID-19 resources https://www.ececonsortium.org/priorities/ecec-letters-to-congress/ https://www.nhsa.org/coronavirus ZERO TO THREE COVID-19 resources https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/3291-coronavirus-resources-for-early-childhood-professionals National Association for Family Child Care COVID-19 resources ACCESS COVID-19 resources https://www.nafcc.org/coronavirus https://accessece.org/forums/8872911 NAEYC’s Coping with COVID-19 resources Child Care Aware of America COVID-19 resources https://www.naeyc.org/resources/topics/covid-19 https://www.childcareaware.org/coronavirus-landing-page/

PROJECT Child Care Connector Education AWARD$ Education Awards are now available! If you work in the Early Childhood field and completed Early Childhood Education coursework or obtained a degree in Early Childhood during the 2019-2020 academic year, you may be eligible to receive funds. Applications are available at www.iredellsmartstart.org. The deadline for applications and all information needed to apply is Friday, May 29, 2020. If you have any questions, please contact Bethany Schaefer at 704-380-3874. Bleach Sanitizing and Disinfection Solution Preparation Instructions The following is provided as added guidance to assist in compliance with Rules .2801(7) and .2801(22). It is also recommended that child care providers be instructed to read bleach container labels carefully to verify the sodium hypochlorite concentration and to use the following table as a guide for mixing bleach. A fresh solution of sanitizer and disinfectant is required daily when bleach is used as the method for sanitizing and disinfecting. Bleach containing thickeners to prevent splash or fragrance is not recommended. This chart is provided to reflect the mixing of the various strengths of household bleach solutions. Note: Always test solutions after mixing to assure that the proper concentrations are achieved for the prescribed applications. For more information please contact NC Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health www.ncdhhs.gov // 919-707-5854

Child Care Connector Maintaining Overall Health During the Pandemic The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with the North Carolina Psychological Foundation to offer the FREE Hope4Healers hotline. This 24/7 call line provides emotional support to early childhood professionals. If you are feeling overwhelmed and need support, please call 919-226-2002 to be connected with a licensed mental health counselor. Additional resources and information on staying physically and mentally healthy can be found on the Managing Your Overall Health page on the NCDHHS COVID-19 website: ncdhhs.gov/coronavirus. You can also visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website at cdc.gov/coronavirus. Creating Healthy Routines Work, paying bills, cleaning, cooking, shopping, exercising, getting enough sleep, and taking care of children are just some of the things millions of Americans do each day and it is easy to be overwhelmed. It can feel impossible to get everything done, let alone take care of yourself – especially if you’re already struggling with a mental health concern like depression or anxiety. By creating routines, we organize our days in such a way that taking care of tasks and ourselves becomes a pattern that makes it easier to get things done without having to think hard about them. During the pandemic is it important that we pay attention to our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Creating healthy habits can improve mental and physical health. To read more about creating healthy habits visit: https://www.mhanational.org/creating-healthy-routines

Child Care Connector Why Play? Monkeys play. Dogs play. Rats play. Even octopuses play. And without any instruction, children of all races and genders, in all cultures of the world, invent and reinvent play in every generation. Something this ubiquitous must provide evolutionary advantages to both animals and humans. Decades of research suggest just that. In particular, free play and guided play—together known as playful learning—are pedagogical tools through which children can learn in joyful and conceptually rich ways, as is evident in the opening vignette. Brain science research in animals has left clues along a path that may begin to reveal play’s To read this article visit: human biological underpinnings, but more https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/ma research is needed to investigate why play promotes learning and development. y2017/case-brain-science-guided-play Online Trainings Due to COVID-19, Iredell County Partnership for Young Children (ICPYC) will not be offering in-person trainings. To maintain the health and safety of members of our community, all trainings will be offered online until further notice. On the training calendar you will notice that there are several trainings that will not be hosted by ICPYC. Please use the link in the training description to review and register for all trainings. ICPYC will not be accepting registration forms by mail, fax or email. Please follow us on Facebook and visit our website, www.iredellsmartstart.org, for updates. If you have questions, please email Stephanie Clark at [email protected].

Toxic Stress Stress is a fact of life, no matter your age. Some stress is good May 27 FREE and Its for us – it keeps us attentive, sharp, productive, and learning. 2 - 4 p.m. Online But Toxic Stress affects brain development and learning in 2.0 DCDEE Training Impact on young children, and can have long-lasting effects. This session Children will help participants define stress responses and understand Credits FREE the difference between “tolerable” and “toxic” stress. We’ll Michelle Online look at the long term effects of Toxic Stress and investigate Boyles & Training practices for mitigating those effects and promoting resilience Melissa in young children. Maybin $5 Online Visit the the following link to register: Training https://www.eventbrite.com/o/iredell-county-partnership- for-young-children-27563806407c Leading the No matter what our role is in child care, we share a common May 28 Way: goal:  to provide quality group care for infants and toddlers. 6 - 8 p.m. But what does that look like? In this training, we will discuss 2.0 DCDEE Implementing evidence-based practices and policies that support the high- High quality infant toddler care we strive to provide. As we discuss Credits quality infant-toddler care practices and how different Alicia Shell Quality Infant programs approach implementing these practices, we’ll reveal Toddler Care the benefits for children and their caregivers. We will look at six essential program policies that support relationship-based strategies in child care and examine your beliefs and philosophy as they relate to evidence-based quality group care. Visit the the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/iredell-county-partnership- for-young-children-27563806407c ** Participants can request a workshop certificate if they attend May 28 Loose Parts the entire workshop.Please join this virtual Zoom workshop. 6:30 - You will receive your login information on Wednesday May for Littles 27th. Each course participant will receive a workshop guide 7:30 p.m. which contains a variety of workshop resources. During this 1 DCDEE one hour workshop we will focus on the use of loose parts with toddlers (ages 1-3 years old). Credit Visit the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/loose-parts-for-littles- virtual-zoom-workshop-tickets-105240342698 ** This 30 minute Early Childhood Leadership Happy Hour is May 29 FREE Early designed for early childhood administrators, directors, and 7:00 - Online Childhood mentor teachers. It will be a way to connect and discuss Training Leadership leadership topics. During this meeting, we will use the book 7:30 p.m. Happy Management Mess to Leadership Success as our discussion Hour guide. We will focus on the chapter about Listening First. \"When was the last time you listened to understand rather than to reply.\" Please join me as we discuss what it means to truly listen to those around us and learn steps we can take to become the best Early Childhood leader possible. Visit the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/early-childhood-leadership- happy-hour-tickets-105576658628

** Are your children moving and grooving in a fun way? What June 1st FREE Crunching about crunching and munching on healthy foods? Are you & 8th Online & Munching worried that they don’t WANT to do enough of either of Training Moving & these? If so, this training may be just what you need to find 10 - 11:30 Grooving for interesting and fun ways to capture their attention. We’ll a.m. School Age explore concepts of how much sugar is actually in our food and how to find it and plan fun games that sneak in new ways 0.5 CEU Children to be active. This ‘kid friendly’ approach will have you on Erin your way to transforming your school age program into a lean-mean-healthy machine. Marley Visit the following link to register: www.swcdcinc.org ** Calling all STEM Superheroes! Does the thought of creating June 10th & FREE How to be a high quality STEM activities overwhelm you? Do you wish 17th Online you had STEM superpowers? The goal of this learning event Training STEM is to introduce afterschool providers to practical strategies for 1 - 2:30 p.m. Superhero: developing powerful STEM programs. Participants will define 0.5 CEU STEM in their own words and describe STEM barriers. Strategies Participants will also create high quality STEM activities Erin Marley for while incorporating those activities with SACERS U. Are you ready for a SUPER STEM Challenge? Course requirements to Developing earn the CEU certificate include attending online sessions, Powerful reading handouts, video vignettes, interactive online activities, STEM and passing a post knowledge assessment with a score of 90% or higher (multiple attempts allowed). Are you ready for the Activities in Super STEM Challenge? Afterschool Visit the following link below to register: www.swcdcinc.org ** Training is not hosted by Iredell County Partnership for Young Children. Please use the link in the training description to register. ICPYC will not be accepting registration forms by mail, email or fax. Due to COVID-19 we are not offering in-person trainings. Please follow us on Facebook and visit our website, www.iredellsmartstart.org, for updates.