Events | McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership

Feb

01

Transform Your Leadership Legacy with Essentials for Energy and Innovation

Chicago, IL

LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS are necessary attributes of leaders that foster vital effectiveness in administrative and pedagogical areas of early childhood organizations. Leadership Essentials include self-efficacy, empathy, creativity, authenticity, humility, transparency, adaptability, and learning. This session will help participants ensure policies and conditions that foster mutual respect, cooperation, collaboration, and competence in staff (NAEYC, 2011), and build on the individual strengths and skills of program directors in breaking through repetitive barriers and creating desired positive outcomes.

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Feb

01

Application Deadline | Ready to Lead CoP #3 & #4

Wheeling, IL

A Community of Practice (CoP) for recently hired early childhood administrators (1 day to 5 years experience) Develop your Leadership Essentials. Delve into topics including: the power of self-awareness and reflection, understanding your leadership style, transitioning from peer to supervisor, and productivity and project management. Participate in interactive face-to-face learning as well as guided reflections, and the option for online learning content in Ready to Lead (RTL) is aligned with the Illinois Director Credential and Illinois Gateways to Opportunity.

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Feb

05

Director's Toolbox Management Series

Director's Toolbox Management Series: A Great Place to Work

Atlanta, Georgia | This event is not open to the public

This session looks closely at how ten dimensions of organizational climate help shape the quality of work life for staff. Through thought-provoking questions and engaging exercises, directors will learn how to assess the organizational climate of their programs using the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey, discover why early childhood environments that meet the needs of adults are an important way to reduce turnover and foster a shared sense of commitment, and consider the unique role perspective plays in shaping work attitudes and behavior. In addition, participants will walk away with an assortment of activities and specific strategies that will help them create a great place to work.

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Feb

13

Managing Your Research Agenda: Managing a Seed Grant

Wheeling, IL

Presenting on the development of the McCormick Center's Research Agenda, the Director's Role Perception Survey, and the McCormick Grant Project.

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Feb

26

BAS

Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) Reliability Training

Hayward, CA | This event is not open to the public

The BAS Assessor Reliability Training provides an in-depth analysis of the items and quality indicators in the Business Administration Scale. This training is designed for individuals who want to ensure that the BAS assessments are valid, reliable, and administered consistently across programs. The training concludes with a reliability test and participants who are 85% or more reliable with the national anchors are eligible to apply for BAS Certification for an additional fee.

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Feb

26

Building and Improving Your Web Presence

Webinar

This webinar will help participants better understand how to create and improve their website. Domain registration, web hosting, basic web design, SEO, and several other topics will be covered.

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Feb

27

BAS

Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios para el Cuidado de Niños en el Hogar

Gurnee, IL

El propósito de este entrenamiento es para introducirlos a la Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios para el Cuidado de Niños en el Hogar. Esta escala les va a proveer un sistema para evaluar las necesidades de su negocio e implementar un plan de mejorías.

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Feb

27

BAS

ExceleRate Illinois Preparándose para la BAS – Cara a Cara – Español

Gurnee, IL

El propósito de este entrenamiento es para introducirlos a la Escala de Evaluación de la Administración de Negocios para el Cuidado de Niños en el Hogar. Esta escala les va a proveer un sistema para evaluar las necesidades de su negocio e implementar un plan de mejorías.

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Events in February 2019

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