People typically develop new skills while working, seeking recognition for their professional growth. But research shows that traditional ways of acknowledging employee advancement and providing professional advancement don’t always meet the needs of today’s workers.
Presented by Paige Holmes, Assistant Program Director, Higher Education, Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA), Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences, Tennessee State University; and Dr. Celeste Brown, Associate Research Director, Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences, Tennessee State University
Moderated by Brian Tinsley, Ph.D., Senior Research and Communications Associate, Adult Learning, Digital Promise
Presented by Dr. Jean Feldman, Early Childhood Consultant, Dr. Jean and Friends, LLC; and Carolyn Kisloski, Kindergarten Teacher, Owego Apalachin Central School District (NY)
Moderated by Ann Beery, Marketing & Sales Strategist, Gryphon House
When your brain veers to all that’s bad, that’s where thoughts tend to stay. Anxiety and stress take over. Peace eludes us. These are trained responses to unpleasantness. We don’t ride just ride the storm; we dive into it head on and suffer the consequences. If we could resort to mindfulness to calm ourselves, navigating the waves of life would be easier. We are typically not programmed that way because we did not learn when we were children how to respond positively to what overwhelms us.
In this edWebinar, kids yoga expert and popular recording artist Bari Koral will share some of the best mindfulness tools you can use right now for peace at home and at school.
This edWebinar will particularly focus on the teacher-child interactions that best support children learning with nature rather than simply learning in or about nature.
Steve Spangler shares his creative ideas and strategies to teach hands-on science through the medium of children’s literature.
In this edWebinar, national early childhood specialist Steven Erwin addresses and reflects on challenges that teachers face today and explore strategies that will strengthen the focus on children.
Join this webinar to learn how to use technology to extend your traditional lessons and open up new possibilities to your students. During this live, interactive event, Sarah Rich will show you how to “tech out your lessons.”
Join award-winning author and educator, MaryAnn F. Kohl, for a lively and entertaining discussion about process art and young children