Setting, Measuring, and Achieving Strategic Goals to Support the Whole Child

What does “community” mean to you? How can school administrators foster a strong sense of community for children, families, and teachers? Furthermore, what makes this community-building work worth the effort, when you are already busy with the day-to-day demands of school leadership?

When teachers and families develop positive reciprocal relationships they together set the stage for children’s optimal learning and development. Often times teachers ask, “How can I explain developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) and the value of playful learning to families?”In this edWebinar, using the principles of family-centered care, Susan Friedman and Kara Myers, both from NAEYC, share some key guiding principles for engaging diverse families in and out of the classroom. They discuss ideas and resources teachers can use as they share information with families about what DAP means and the value of playful learning. Susan and Karaalso review highlights from Teaching Young Children’s popular Message in a Backpack feature focusing on family conferences, math and other topics teachers can share with families for at home learning.

Understand the attributes and behaviors that make the best managers. Learn, practice, and build your skills as a coach for your team. Provide meaningful and developmental feedback to your team to maximize their performance and development.

Are you swamped with repetitive online courses in your organization? Have your Training Managers unknowingly created different versions the same courses for different learner groups? While this scenario is quite common in organizations, it is one that can be easily remedied, leading to other benefits too.The perfect way to avoid this duplication of efforts is to develop reusable learning objects – RLO. An RLO is a standalone unit of text and media assets, that can be stored independently and delivered to learners.