WORKSHOPS

• Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
• via ZOOM
• 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Leading with Love and Compassion

In this conversation, Natalie Royer, Belonging Specialist at Saroy Group, will discuss love and compassion and how it acts as an entryway to belonging. Natalie will highlight key ideas for educators and leaders in the field on how we can communicate with compassion and how we can create a sense of belonging within ourselves by leading with love to both ourselves and others.

This session is a dialogical space for critical thinkers to explore ways to address anti-black racism in early childhood education. The session will consist of facilitated small group discussions offering various opportunities for participants to recognize and respond to the work that needs to happen.

• Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Heroes Rising up together: Virtual Rally & Action

Thursday October 21st is Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day. This year’s theme is “Early Learning and Child Care Heroes” to acknowledge the incredible work that early childhood educators and child care workers have done throughout the pandemic to build communities and support young children and families. 

To continue to amplify the voices of early childhood educators and child care workers, we have an exciting week of action planned with our provincial partners, including a Heroes Rising Up Virtual Rally and Action on Tuesday October 19th at 7:00pm that will feature folks from across the province coming together to celebrate our sector and take action. 

• Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
• via Zoom
• 1:00pm-2:30pm

Operators Rising Up together: A Community Webinar

Join the AECEO, OCBCC and TCBCC for an afternoon webinar to share our stories, hear from a labour and human rights lawyer, and talk about collective action to address the unique challenges you are experiencing as a child care operator. 

• Wednesday, July 28th, 2021
• via Online
• 6:30pm-8:30pm

ABOLITIONIST TEACHING IN THE EARLY YEARS: A WOKE KINDERGARTEN WEBINAR

The AECEO and the Toronto Community for Better Child Care (TCBCC) are excited to be partnering to offer this workshop, presented by Akiea “Ki” Gross from  Woke Kindergarten.

In this workshop, Ki illuminates the ways the prison industrial complex manifests in early childhood and takes participants on an exploration of how we can disrupt the PIC through a comprehensive and interactive journey into Woke Kindergarten’s abolitionist early learning pedagogy. Participants can expect to leave with an introductory understanding of abolitionist teaching in practice, how to use Woke Kindergarten’s resources as healing-centered engagement in practice and a more thorough understanding of abolitionist politic, the pursuit of liberation and ultimately what that means—and how we show up—for our very youngest Black and brown children and their families. This workshop uses an interactive guide.

• Monday June 14th-Monday July 12th, 2021
• via ZOOM/Youtube
• Pre-recorded webinar

Community Conversations
Curriculum Connections: Building Meaningful Curriculum for Young Children

In this pre-recorded conversation with Toronto-based ECE Patrícia Borges Nogueira, we discuss community driven interest-based curriculum, observations, extending play-based learning and the impact decent work has on our ability to engage in meaningful curriculum.

This peer facilitated webinar includes access to a pre-recoded webinar and a digital handbook that includes online resources and supports for building your CPL Portfolio. Registrants will have access to the webinar recording until July 12th, 2021 and can engage at their own pace. 

There is a $15.00 registration fee per participant. 

• Open Access webinar
• via Youtube
• Available until September 2021

Virtual Early Learning Curriculum Webinar

Originally recording in Toronto, April 2021. The Toronto Community for Better Child Care (TCBCC) presents a pre-recorded webinar “Virtual Early Learning Curriculum”, featuring original content from Vanushan Maheenthon.

This webinar is intended to support the Toronto child care community in developing virtual curriculum during the mandated closure of school-aged child care programs by Toronto Public Health in April, 2021.

Facilitated by Vanushan Maheenthon, RECE and Abigail Doris, RECE

To access supporting documents and resources mentioned in the webinar recording, CLICK HERE

• Monday June 24th, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 6:00pm-8:00pm

Community Connections: Building your CPL Portfolio

This webinar is designed for Early Childhood Educators that need guidance in completing their CPL portfolio before their deadline. By taking this webinar, participants will be given step by step examples to help complete 100% of their portfolio. This webinar is an excellent opportunity for your staff to create effective goals appropriate for your centre. In previous sessions, many participants had found creating centre or classroom-based goals to be an effective method in complying with the CPL portfolio requirements.

Facilitated by Vanushan Maheenthon, RECE

There is a $20.00 registration fee per participant. 

• Monday June 21st, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 9:00am-11:00am

Community Connections: Building your CPL Portfolio

This webinar is designed for Early Childhood Educators that need guidance in completing their CPL portfolio before their deadline. By taking this webinar, participants will be given step by step examples to help complete 100% of their portfolio. This webinar is an excellent opportunity for your staff to create effective goals appropriate for your centre. In previous sessions, many participants had found creating centre or classroom-based goals to be an effective method in complying with the CPL portfolio requirements.

Facilitated by Vanushan Maheenthon, RECE

There is a $20.00 registration fee per participant. 

• Thursday June 17th, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 6:00pm-8:00pm

Community Connections: Building your CPL Portfolio

This webinar is designed for Early Childhood Educators that need guidance in completing their CPL portfolio before their deadline. By taking this webinar, participants will be given step by step examples to help complete 100% of their portfolio. This webinar is an excellent opportunity for your staff to create effective goals appropriate for your centre. In previous sessions, many participants had found creating centre or classroom-based goals to be an effective method in complying with the CPL portfolio requirements.

Facilitated by Vanushan Maheenthon, RECE

There is a $20.00 registration fee per participant. 

• Monday June 14th, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 9:00am-11:00am

Community Connections: Building your CPL Portfolio

This webinar is designed for Early Childhood Educators that need guidance in completing their CPL portfolio before their deadline. By taking this webinar, participants will be given step by step examples to help complete 100% of their portfolio. This webinar is an excellent opportunity for your staff to create effective goals appropriate for your centre. In previous sessions, many participants had found creating centre or classroom-based goals to be an effective method in complying with the CPL portfolio requirements.

Facilitated by Vanushan Maheenthon, RECE

There is a $20.00 registration fee per participant. 

• Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
• via ZOOM
• 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Community Care Wellness Check-in

The TCBCC, Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) and Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) invite you to participate in a Community Care Wellness Check-In, facilitated by child and family therapist Helen Hargreaves. This session will be an opportunity for all early years workers and community members to spend time focusing on their own emotions and needs, to share and be heard, and to hold space for each other. This session will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 28th April at 7:00pm.