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Win at Online Meetings When You are NOT Home Alone!

Straight from an expert with lots of experience, here are some tips for presenting webinars and participating in conference calls when there are children around!

CMAS Webinar: Sharing Ideas for Remote Parent Support

Now, you can join Kym Bottomley, Childcare Coordinator at Mosaic Newcomer Family Resource Network in Winnipeg Manitoba, and Vicki Noland, Children and Youth Service Program Leader at South Essex Community Council from Leamington Ontario to hear their ideas for supporting children and families remotely. The webinar recording is now available for anyone who missed it!

10 Important Professional Development Topics for ECEs

Wondering which topics you can study that will help you engage in developmentally appropriate ways to nurture and nourish this generation of young children? Here's a list of 10 professional development topics that ECE teachers are studying today - that they might not have explored 10 years ago!

Webinar – Bracing for COVID-19: What Early Childhood Programs Need to Know and Consider

While we may have heard tips to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, you may be scrambling to figure out the many other details that will impact your program. This Early Childhood Investigations webinar will take a deeper dive into all aspects of disaster preparedness including policies and procedures, and health considerations.

CMAS Webinar: Identifying Personality Styles on Your Team to Improve Communication with Karen Minty

Do you know about the four different personality styles and how each one is different when it comes to communication? In this webinar, Karen Minty explains the motivators, fears and core beliefs for each personality style, and leaves participants better equipped to communicate, encourage, motivate and inspire their teams to achieve their goals!

Helping You Manage CNC Webinar: Developing Leadership Potential

How much do you know about your leadership style and how to build leadership within your CNC team? In this webinar recording, Karen Minty provides CNC administrators and SDRs with insight into the characteristics, behaviours and traits that make a good leader. Participants are also encouraged to identify and explore the different styles of effective leadership, and build a strategy for success with their CNC team! Watch the webinar now

How To Build A Superstar CNC Team

Building a superstar CNC team can be challenging but extremely rewarding. A CNC team that comes in every day happy and motivated makes a huge difference to how your program operates. But working in child care can be tough, which makes a tight-knit team that is on the same page regarding mission and values so key. It all starts with remembering that we are all human and tapping into that. Here are some foolproof ways to build a great CNC team!

10 Questions To Ask When Hiring Early Childhood Educators

Finding and keeping quality CNC staff can be tough! Hiring and managing a team is one of the most challenging parts of running a CNC program. The interview is an opportunity to set the stage for a good working relationship and really get to know the candidates. Here are 10 questions you should ask when hiring early childhood educators for your CNC program.

What to look for in a child-centred CNC program: Helping you Manage CNC Webinar

In this webinar, presented by Ryerson/George Brown professor, Rachel Brophy, CNC Administrators have the opportunity to learn more about what to look for in their child-centred CNC program, the power of conversation, and what it means to be a child-centred administrator. There’s also a helpful tool for CNC administrators that includes an observation checklist and a list of conversation starters for discussions around CNC curriculum! Watch the webinar recording, download the ppt and What to look for in a child-centered program: A helpful tool for CNC Administrators now!

CNC in Action: Lunch and Learn Sessions for Families

All parents have questions about child health and development, but language and other barriers can make it difficult for many newcomer parents to get answers. Parents often turn to CNC staff for help, so when Cathy Condarcuri-Sain, Supervisor of Language Programs at the Durham Catholic District School Board Whitby Language Center’s CNC program, heard that the YMCA’s Family and Community Action Program (FCAP) offered workshops on these topics for parents, she took notice.