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Tune-In Tuesdays: Catch Up on Our News! / Martes sintonizados: ¡Ponte al día con nuestras noticias!

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October 1, 2024

Happy Tune-In Tuesday!

This issue includes the following sections:

  • Register for Fall PD!
  • CELP Site Update Announcement – External PD Submission Feature is Here!
  • News from RIDOH
    • Back to School Infectious Disease Update
  • News from RIDE
    • Conscious Discipline Training Opportunity
  • PD in the Community
  • Resources for You
  • Share your News and Calendar Events!

Register for Fall PD!

 

The Fall calendar is full of new PD offerings that will help you learn new skills and have the best year yet.

These offerings start soon!

Tools for Engaging in Challenging Conversations with Families and Colleagues – Online Series
This three-part series provides participants with guidance for navigating challenging conversations in the early childhood setting. It is designed to support all members of the early childhood community including families, administrators, teachers, and teaching assistants.
Thursdays, October 10th, 24th, and November 7th from 6-8pm

Engaging Infants and Toddlers with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) – Online Series
This series provides an overview of the components of STEAM, along with ways to incorporate STEAM into the curriculum and everyday activities with the infants and toddlers in your care.
Wednesdays, October 16th, 30th, and November 13th from 6-8pm

Creating Strong Management Systems: A Series for Administrators – Online Series
This series will support administrators in developing and/or strengthening their program’s comprehensive management systems. Each session will allow participants an opportunity to reflect on current practices and identify next steps.
Tuesdays, October 29th, November 12th, 19th, and December 3rd from 6-8pm

Click here to see the full list of PD!


CELP Site Update Announcement –

External PD Submission Feature is Here!

The external Professional Development feature on the CELP site is ready so you can now submit your training verification electronically! As a recap, our CELP site has been “communicating” with the RISES Workforce Registry system to push PD hours earned via completed CELP developed PD courses into your RISES Workforce Registry account. This happens through 1) verifying a matching unique identifier – your Workforce Registry ID and 2) a thoroughly tested “communication” between the CELP site and the RISES system. If you haven’t already set up your RISES account AND added your workforce ID into both your CELP account and ProSolutions (Health & Safety courses), please take a moment to do so. This will allow your data to transfer to RISES. Here is the link to create your RISES account: Register | Rhode Island Start Early System (RISES) (site.com).

The CELP team has created self-help supports for you to reference if needed:

If you need any assistance you can reach the CELP team at: info@center-elp.org or 401-736-9020.

We recommend organizing your most recent external PD/training verification information (including certificates). This will make the process easier. The external PD referenced is 1) not CELP PD and, 2) not the 18-hour health and safety courses issued by ProSolutions, nor the other approved ProSolutions PD. Those completed courses from ProSolutions can be pushed into your CELP account IF you have entered your Workforce ID into your ProSolutions AND your CELP accounts. Therefore, do not submit Health and Safety or PD you have completed that is issued by ProSolutions. This process meets the same standards as the current training verification protocols for approved hours. This new process of submitting external PD details via your CELP account will enable you to track PD information and hours in your RISES account.

For trainers and organizations, the process for seeking approval to offer a PD has NOT changed. Please view the details on the CELP website under ‘For Trainers and Organizations – PD Approval Application’: Get Your PD Approved – Center for Early Learning Professionals (center-elp.org).

We recognize this is a change in the process for the CELP team and for you all of you as well. We are here to help and support each of you with this growth opportunity. We appreciate your patience as we worked tirelessly to get this feature built, tested and ready for our wonderful early childhood, Pre-K and school age professionals!


 

News from RIDOH:
Back to School Infectious Disease Update

 

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), has released information on preventing the spread of respiratory viruses in RI including COVID-19 and Pertussis (Whooping Cough).

RIDOH is also recommending “Smart Scheduling” to minimize mosquito-borne disease risk.

Read the full news release here: RIDOH Back to School Infectious Disease Update / Actualizaciones sobre enfermedades infecciosas en el regreso a la escuela – Center for Early Learning Professionals (center-elp.org).


News from RIDE:
Conscious Discipline® Training Opportunity

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) is offering a state-wide, grant-funded opportunity for 150 preschool educators/providers to participate in a cohort of professional development (PD) in Conscious Discipline®, a social-emotional program: https://consciousdiscipline.com/ [consciousdiscipline.com]. This PD promotes evidence-based practices that support social-emotional learning and literacy readiness. The training involves watching online videos and participating in 10 Zoom sessions with certified Conscious Discipline trainers.  We are pleased to share that the trainers happen to be Rhode Islanders! They are, Cristen Sassi and Chrissy Johansen.

This training is being offered to preschool educators/providers including:
—ECSE Classroom Teachers – Integrated
—ECSE Classroom Teachers – Self-Contained
—General EC Classroom Teachers
—Itinerant (IECSE) Teachers
—ECSE Therapists
—ECSE Coordinators
—SPED Directors
—General EC Coordinators/Directors

—Preschool Teaching Assistants

Application Link: https://forms.gle/PyH8sa93ha75wjNh6 [forms.gle]

Due Date: October 4, 2024

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Meg Hassan: margaret.hassan@ride.ri.gov.

 


 

PD in the Community

From the Office of Head Start:

  • Positive Behavioral Guidance in Preschool, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 3–4:30 p.m. Register Online

From Early Childhood Investigations: 


Resources for You

New!  RIAEYC’s Annual Report

New! from the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety

New! from Children’s Safety Network

Free Parenting Groups from Looking Upwards based on The Incredible Years: for parents with children 18 months to 4 years. If interested, Emily Spence at espence@lookingupwards.org and let her your preference of daytime vs evening.

From the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health: Free Webinar: Addressing Suspension and Expulsion in Early Childhood Education Settings: An IECMH-Informed Approach.

From Head Start/ECLKC:

From EdSurge: To Be Ready for Kindergarten, Teachers and Researchers Say Social-Emotional Skills Are Key | EdSurge News. Kindergarten teachers are finding it more challenging to address gaps in social-emotional and fine motor skills in young students, which have worsened since the pandemic. Educators emphasize the importance of these skills over academic abilities for a child’s success in kindergarten and beyond.

From the DaSy Center: Ensuring Access and Positive Outcomes for All Young Children: Using Data to Understand and Eliminate the Use of Exclusionary Discipline Practices (dasycenter.org). This guide provides cross-sector teams with strategies for collecting and using data across the mixed delivery system of early care and education programs. Collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data can help inform teams to develop policy and practices that will eliminate exclusionary practices, provide the workforce with needed resources and support, and promote improved outcomes for young children and their families.

Resources for Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Schools from the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program at EDC.


Share Your News and Calendar Events!

Do you have news for Tune-In Tuesday or calendar events that are relevant to the early childhood community of Rhode Island? You can share them through this form. (Center staff may edit your submission for clarity or decline to post any submission.)


Anuncios Destacados

1 de octubre de 2024

¡Feliz martes sintonizado!

Este boletín incluye las siguientes secciones:

  • ¡Regístrate para DP del otoño!
  • Anuncio de actualización del sitio CELP – ¡La función para ingresar DP externo ya está disponible!
  • Noticias de RIDOH
    • Actualizaciones sobre enfermedades infecciosas en el regreso a la escuela
  • Recursos para ti
  • Recursos de nuestros socios

¡Regístrate para DP del otoño!

 

El calendario de desarrollo profesional para el otoño está lleno de clases que te ayudarán a aprender nuevas habilidades y tener un año fabuloso. Esta clase empieza el 15 de octubre. ¡Regístrate pronto!

Comprender el Impacto del Trauma en los Niños Pequeños – Serie en Línea
Las experiencias dolorosas y estresantes en las primeras etapas de la vida pueden tener un efecto duradero en el crecimiento y desarrollo de los niños. Esta serie proporciona una descripción general completa del impacto de estas experiencias en los niños pequeños e introduce estrategias efectivas para trabajar con estos niños en un entorno de cuidado infantil.
Martes, 15, 22, y 29 de octubre de 6-8pm

Haz clic aquí para ver todo nuestro desarrollo profesional.


Anuncio de actualización del sitio CELP –

¡La función para ingresar DP externo ya está disponible! 

La función de Desarrollo Profesional externo en el sitio CELP está lista para que ahora pueda ingresar su verificación de capacitación electrónicamente! En resumen, nuestro sitio CELP se ha estado “comunicando” con el sistema RISES para transferir las horas de desarrollo profesional obtenidas a través de cursos de desarrollo profesional desarrollados por CELP en su cuenta de RISES. Esto sucede a través de 1) verificar un identificador único coincidente: su ID de Registro de Fuerza Laboral y 2) una “comunicación” exhaustivamente probada entre el sitio CELP y el sistema RISES. Si aún no configuró su cuenta RISES Y agregó su identificación de fuerza laboral l tanto en su cuenta CELP como en ProSolutions (cursos de salud y seguridad), tómese un momento para hacerlo. Esto permitirá que sus datos se transfieran a RISES. Aquí está el enlace para crear su cuenta RISES: Register | Rhode Island Start Early System (RISES) (site.com).

El equipo CELP ha creado apoyos de autoayuda para que usted pueda consultarlos si es necesario:

Si necesita mas ayuda, se puede comunicar con nosotros en: info@center-elp.org o 401-736-9020.

Recomendamos organizar su información de verificación de capacitación/DP externa más reciente (incluso los certificados). Esto facilitará el proceso. El DP externo al que se hace referencia 1) no es el PD del CELP y, 2) no es el curso de salud y seguridad de 18 horas emitido por ProSolutions, ni el otro DP aprobado de ProSolutions. Este proceso cumple con los mismos estándares que los protocolos actuales de verificación de capacitación por horas aprobadas. Este nuevo proceso de envío de detalles de DP externos a través de su cuenta CELP le permitirá realizar un seguimiento de la información y las horas de DP en su cuenta RISES.

Para los formadores y las organizaciones, el proceso de aprobación para ofrecer DP NO ha cambiado. Consulte los detalles en el sitio web de CELP en ‘For Trainers and Organizations – PD Approval Application’: Get Your PD Approved – Center for Early Learning Professionals (center-elp.org).


 

Noticias de RIDOH:
Actualizaciones sobre enfermedades infecciosas en el regreso a la escuela

El Departamento de Salud de Rhode Island (RIDOH) ha publicado información sobre cómo prevenir la propagación de virus respiratorios en Rhode Island, como el COVID-19 y la tos ferina.

RIDOH también recomienda una “programación inteligente” para minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades transmitidas por mosquitos.

Lea el comunicado de prensa completo aquí: RIDOH Back to School Infectious Disease Update / Actualizaciones sobre enfermedades infecciosas en el regreso a la escuela – Center for Early Learning Professionals (center-elp.org).


Recursos para ti

  • Llamada en español con Strategies for Children un miércoles por mes a las 6:30pm para construir una comunidad y servir como un lugar único para compartir información, desarrollar conocimientos, establecer contactos, actualizaciones políticas y de políticas y apoyo moral para el campo.
  • De STEMIE: Recursos para educación sobre ciencias naturales, matemáticas, ingeniería en inglés y español, para niños pequeños con discapacidades: STEMIE | (unc.edu).

Recursos de nuestros socios


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