
EYPDC

and Curious
Welcome to the EYPDC
The Early Years Professional Development Committee consists of representatives of provincially funded Training Institutions and Support Sites. Committee members share their insights, needs assessment observations and professional development plans in order to coordinate, communicate and deliver quality professional development for all early childhood educators and other early years professionals in Nova Scotia.
Upcoming Workshops
- June 6, 2023
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NSCECE - Reflective Seminar: Children’s Sexual Development
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June 6, 2023 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Watch Children’s Sexual Development to explore respectful approaches to anatomy, privacy, and consent; safety strategies & duty to report.
Facilitated by Emily Martinello, hosted by Olha Khaperska (EYCDC).
IMPORTANT: Please make sure you watched the Children’s Sexual Development seminar. It is available on our on-demand PD platform with a 30-day free trial period.
We will structure our online discussion around the learning outcomes of the seminar:
- Identify strategies to promote healthy sexuality in the early years
- Learn strategies to reduce children’s risk of experiencing sexualized violence
- Build confidence in addressing children’s healthy sexuality
To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/412180160957
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Jane Norman - Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia's Early Learning and Child Care Settings
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June 6, 2023 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online Via ZoomDescription: Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia’s Early Learning and Child Care Settings is a 12-hour module developed in response to the ongoing enhancements to Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework (NSELCF). Three (3) sub-modules have been designed to create a safe and ethical space for examining the nature of biases, prejudice, and assumptions. The modules unpack privilege and encourage participants to reflect on the historical and systemic roots of discrimination and racism. The modules reflect on the lived experiences of people who face these challenges in Nova Scotia. Each module is accompanied by home learning that will continue the conversations between modules.
Through a reflective approach, participants will become deeply aware of their own identities and the identities of the children, families, and communities they serve.
Disclaimer: The modules have been developed for synchronous learning. Participants are required to move through each of the modules in sequence, and with the same cohort. The inability to commit will result in a “restart” of the entire training. The objective of the modules is to demonstrate cultural responsiveness, thus, participants must demonstrate this understanding throughout. To do so, participants scheduled for online learning must work from an operational computer, with a working mic and camera.
Module 1: Laying Face and Foundation
Module Objectives:
• Understand who the Mi’kmaq are
• Understand who the Acadians are
• Understand who the Gaels are
• Understand who the African Nova Scotians are
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of culture
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of intersectionality
• Explore and articulate the intersections of race, nationality, gender, and sexuality
Module 1 provides space for the four (4) historical cultures of Nova Scotia to share themselves in a meaningful way. Participants will better understand the four (4) historical cultures, languages, and beliefs. Participants will explore and contextualize specific intersections and how they relate to culture and themselves.
Module 2: Faces of Discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize our own privileges, biases, and opinions
▪ Explore and contextualize discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize racism
▪ Explore and contextualize systemic racism
▪ Explore the Indian Act, Residential Schools, Africville, Racialized Policing, “All lives Matter” and, Social Determinants of Health
▪ Explore and contextualize micro-aggression
Module 2 requires participants to explore and contextualize their own privileges, biases, and opinions. Participants will explore how these interrelate with discrimination, racism, and moreover, systemic racism. Participants will specifically explore contemporary racism in Nova Scotia.
Module 3: Faces of Reconciliation
▪ Explore and contextualize reconciliation
▪ Explore Truth and Reconciliation
▪ Explore and review Education Calls to Action
▪ Explore Black Lives Matter
▪ Explore and review United Nations Rights of the Child
▪ Explore Educator’s role in the classroom
▪ Explore 7 Sacred Teachings as a tool
▪ Explore racism from birth onward
▪ Explore Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework
▪ Explore and articulate culturally responsive practice
▪ Explore and contextualize Allyship
Module 3 provides space to explore the different types of reconciliation while acknowledging the need to act now. Participants explore their own roles in this work; specifically exploring cultural responsiveness as it relates to Early Learning and Child Care Settings and moreover the Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
Pre-registration agreements
-I agree to participate from an operational computer with a working mic and camera.
-I agree all information is confidential and will not be shared outside my group discussions or cohort of participants
-I agree to commit to the entire 12-hour schedule to receive credit.
-I agree to conduct myself in a professional manner and be respectful of other people’s perspectives, opinions, and ideas.
-I agree that I will show up fully committed and engaged in the work.Facilitators: TBA
Session Dates and Times:
Tuesday June 6 6:30pm-8:30pm onlineThursday June 8 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Saturday June 17 9:00am-1:00pm
in person - Innon Prince Truro - 437 Prince St. Truro NSTuesday June 27 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Thursday June 29 6:30pm-8:30pm online
To register, click on the link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/559528945137See more details
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NSCC Kingstec - Teacher Talk Training A
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June 6, 2023 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
OnlineTeacher Talk Training A: Encouraging Language Development in Early Childhood Settings
This training will show you how to use everyday conversations, play and daily routines to promote the communication and social development of all children, including those with language delays and those who are second language learners.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify children’s conversational styles and the role teachers play in interactions
- Implement six steps to following the child’s lead: Observe, Wait and Listen, Be Face to Face, Imitate, Interpret, Comment, and Join in and Play
- Help children become better conversation partners by using appropriate questions, comments and turn-taking cues
- Use five important steps to ensure that no child is left out of the interaction during group activities
Facilitator: Karen LeSage
Fee: $90.00
Deadline to register: May 18, 2023
This workshop will be facilitated online via Microsoft Teams
Requirements:
- Internet
- PC (Desktop or laptop)
- Access to email (we’ll send you a link to the session)
- Headset
- Registered participants will receive detailed instructions and be invited to a practice session to test your technology prior to the first session.
It is the participants’ responsibility to make sure their equipment, including headphones, will work with the session. As per our policy, refunds will not be issued less than two weeks before the workshop.
Payment options:
- Credit card or VISA Debit payment over the phone. (Staff from Kingstec Student Services will contact you.)
- Prepayment via eBill payment through your electronic banking. Student ID# required. Contact us to confirm your NSCC student ID.
- Cheque mailed to -- Student Accounts – NSCC, Kingstec Campus, 236 Belcher Street, Kentville, NS, B4N 0A6
- Not permitted: cash or walk-in payments.
Please contact sara.graves@nscc.ca or justine.macdonald@nscc.ca for more details.
*please keep our workshop guidelines in mind* https://www.nscc.ca/ecdsc/professional-development/kingstec-guidelines.asp
To Register: http://bit.ly/kingstecreg
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- June 7, 2023
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Compassion Fatigue, Self Regulation & Self Care
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June 7, 2023 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online (Zoom)That which makes us good at what we do is also what makes it challenging. We are natural care givers; compassion fatigue is the cost of caring too much. Together we can discover how this impacts your work and strategize for improvement. Early intervention and education are key for success.
Compassion Fatigue– What is it?
- The emotional residue of working with individuals who are suffering
- Giving of all of our emotional supports to others
- Emotional or physical exhaustion you may experience over time from helping others who are in crisis or experiencing trauma
This training will assist you in understanding what compassion fatigue is, how to recognize the signs/symptoms and how to manage it. There will be self-reflective questions, open dialog and an interactive exercise.
Self-regulation—What is it?
- Emotional response to situations
- How the body reacts to emotions
- Management of the body’s reaction
This training will assist you with recognizing the body’s response to situations and explore potential triggers to dysregulation. There will be education around zones of regulation and what that means. Through brief self reflection we will look at the root of the reaction and work through techniques to manage.
Self-Care—What is it?
- Ways in which we maintain balance and mental wellness
- It is NOT selfish
We will explore a variety of ways we practice self-care currently, share new ideas and develop individual self-care plans.
This training may be sensitive for some individuals, sharing personal or professional experiences; confidentiality is of upmost importance. We strive to create and maintain a safe space for individuals to share.
There will be a reflective session (optional) on June 21st from 6:00pm-7:00pm (1 PD hour)
To register, click on the online registration form link: https://forms.office.com/r/Fpexz3sp9w
Facilitator: Amy Sullivan
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- June 8, 2023
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Jane Norman - Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia's Early Learning and Child Care Settings
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June 8, 2023 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Online Via ZoomDescription: Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia’s Early Learning and Child Care Settings is a 12-hour module developed in response to the ongoing enhancements to Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework (NSELCF). Three (3) sub-modules have been designed to create a safe and ethical space for examining the nature of biases, prejudice, and assumptions. The modules unpack privilege and encourage participants to reflect on the historical and systemic roots of discrimination and racism. The modules reflect on the lived experiences of people who face these challenges in Nova Scotia. Each module is accompanied by home learning that will continue the conversations between modules.
Through a reflective approach, participants will become deeply aware of their own identities and the identities of the children, families, and communities they serve.
Disclaimer: The modules have been developed for synchronous learning. Participants are required to move through each of the modules in sequence, and with the same cohort. The inability to commit will result in a “restart” of the entire training. The objective of the modules is to demonstrate cultural responsiveness, thus, participants must demonstrate this understanding throughout. To do so, participants scheduled for online learning must work from an operational computer, with a working mic and camera.
Module 1: Laying Face and Foundation
Module Objectives:
• Understand who the Mi’kmaq are
• Understand who the Acadians are
• Understand who the Gaels are
• Understand who the African Nova Scotians are
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of culture
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of intersectionality
• Explore and articulate the intersections of race, nationality, gender, and sexuality
Module 1 provides space for the four (4) historical cultures of Nova Scotia to share themselves in a meaningful way. Participants will better understand the four (4) historical cultures, languages, and beliefs. Participants will explore and contextualize specific intersections and how they relate to culture and themselves.
Module 2: Faces of Discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize our own privileges, biases, and opinions
▪ Explore and contextualize discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize racism
▪ Explore and contextualize systemic racism
▪ Explore the Indian Act, Residential Schools, Africville, Racialized Policing, “All lives Matter” and, Social Determinants of Health
▪ Explore and contextualize micro-aggression
Module 2 requires participants to explore and contextualize their own privileges, biases, and opinions. Participants will explore how these interrelate with discrimination, racism, and moreover, systemic racism. Participants will specifically explore contemporary racism in Nova Scotia.
Module 3: Faces of Reconciliation
▪ Explore and contextualize reconciliation
▪ Explore Truth and Reconciliation
▪ Explore and review Education Calls to Action
▪ Explore Black Lives Matter
▪ Explore and review United Nations Rights of the Child
▪ Explore Educator’s role in the classroom
▪ Explore 7 Sacred Teachings as a tool
▪ Explore racism from birth onward
▪ Explore Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework
▪ Explore and articulate culturally responsive practice
▪ Explore and contextualize Allyship
Module 3 provides space to explore the different types of reconciliation while acknowledging the need to act now. Participants explore their own roles in this work; specifically exploring cultural responsiveness as it relates to Early Learning and Child Care Settings and moreover the Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
Pre-registration agreements
-I agree to participate from an operational computer with a working mic and camera.
-I agree all information is confidential and will not be shared outside my group discussions or cohort of participants
-I agree to commit to the entire 12-hour schedule to receive credit.
-I agree to conduct myself in a professional manner and be respectful of other people’s perspectives, opinions, and ideas.
-I agree that I will show up fully committed and engaged in the work.Facilitators: TBA
Session Dates and Times:
Tuesday June 6 6:30pm-8:30pm onlineThursday June 8 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Saturday June 17 9:00am-1:00pm
in person - Innon Prince Truro - 437 Prince St. Truro NSTuesday June 27 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Thursday June 29 6:30pm-8:30pm online
To register, click on the link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/559528945137See more details
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NSCC Kingstec - Teacher Talk Training A
View Details
June 8, 2023 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
OnlineTeacher Talk Training A: Encouraging Language Development in Early Childhood Settings
This training will show you how to use everyday conversations, play and daily routines to promote the communication and social development of all children, including those with language delays and those who are second language learners.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify children’s conversational styles and the role teachers play in interactions
- Implement six steps to following the child’s lead: Observe, Wait and Listen, Be Face to Face, Imitate, Interpret, Comment, and Join in and Play
- Help children become better conversation partners by using appropriate questions, comments and turn-taking cues
- Use five important steps to ensure that no child is left out of the interaction during group activities
Facilitator: Karen LeSage
Fee: $90.00
Deadline to register: May 18, 2023
This workshop will be facilitated online via Microsoft Teams
Requirements:
- Internet
- PC (Desktop or laptop)
- Access to email (we’ll send you a link to the session)
- Headset
- Registered participants will receive detailed instructions and be invited to a practice session to test your technology prior to the first session.
It is the participants’ responsibility to make sure their equipment, including headphones, will work with the session. As per our policy, refunds will not be issued less than two weeks before the workshop.
Payment options:
- Credit card or VISA Debit payment over the phone. (Staff from Kingstec Student Services will contact you.)
- Prepayment via eBill payment through your electronic banking. Student ID# required. Contact us to confirm your NSCC student ID.
- Cheque mailed to -- Student Accounts – NSCC, Kingstec Campus, 236 Belcher Street, Kentville, NS, B4N 0A6
- Not permitted: cash or walk-in payments.
Please contact sara.graves@nscc.ca or justine.macdonald@nscc.ca for more details.
*please keep our workshop guidelines in mind* https://www.nscc.ca/ecdsc/professional-development/kingstec-guidelines.asp
To Register: http://bit.ly/kingstecreg
See more details
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- June 13, 2023
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NSCC Kingstec - Teacher Talk Training A
View Details
June 13, 2023 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
OnlineTeacher Talk Training A: Encouraging Language Development in Early Childhood Settings
This training will show you how to use everyday conversations, play and daily routines to promote the communication and social development of all children, including those with language delays and those who are second language learners.
You’ll learn how to:
- Identify children’s conversational styles and the role teachers play in interactions
- Implement six steps to following the child’s lead: Observe, Wait and Listen, Be Face to Face, Imitate, Interpret, Comment, and Join in and Play
- Help children become better conversation partners by using appropriate questions, comments and turn-taking cues
- Use five important steps to ensure that no child is left out of the interaction during group activities
Facilitator: Karen LeSage
Fee: $90.00
Deadline to register: May 18, 2023
This workshop will be facilitated online via Microsoft Teams
Requirements:
- Internet
- PC (Desktop or laptop)
- Access to email (we’ll send you a link to the session)
- Headset
- Registered participants will receive detailed instructions and be invited to a practice session to test your technology prior to the first session.
It is the participants’ responsibility to make sure their equipment, including headphones, will work with the session. As per our policy, refunds will not be issued less than two weeks before the workshop.
Payment options:
- Credit card or VISA Debit payment over the phone. (Staff from Kingstec Student Services will contact you.)
- Prepayment via eBill payment through your electronic banking. Student ID# required. Contact us to confirm your NSCC student ID.
- Cheque mailed to -- Student Accounts – NSCC, Kingstec Campus, 236 Belcher Street, Kentville, NS, B4N 0A6
- Not permitted: cash or walk-in payments.
Please contact sara.graves@nscc.ca or justine.macdonald@nscc.ca for more details.
*please keep our workshop guidelines in mind* https://www.nscc.ca/ecdsc/professional-development/kingstec-guidelines.asp
To Register: http://bit.ly/kingstecreg
See more details
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NSCECE - Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia's Early Learning and Child Care Settings (online)
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June 13, 2023 6:30 pm - June 22, 2023 8:30 pm
Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia’s Early Learning and Child Care Settings is a 12-hour module developed in response to the ongoing enhancements to Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework (NSELCF). Three (3) sub-modules have been designed to create a safe and ethical space for examining the nature of biases,prejudice, and assumptions. The modules unpack privilege and encourage participants to reflect on the historical and systemic roots of discrimination and racism. The modules reflect on the lived experiences of people who face these challenges in Nova Scotia. Each module is accompanied by home learning that will continue the conversations between modules.
Through are reflective approach, participants will become deeply aware of their own identities and the identities of the children, families, and communities they serve.
Disclaimer: The modules have been developed for synchronous learning. Participants are required to move through each of the modules in sequence, and with the same cohort. The inability to commit will result in a “restart” of the entire training. The objective of the modules is to demonstrate cultural responsiveness, thus, participants must demonstrate this understanding throughout. To do so, participants scheduled for online learning must work from an operational computer, with a working mic and camera.
Module 1 :Laying Face and Foundation
Module Objectives:
- Understand who the Mi’kmaq are
- Understand who the Acadians are
- Understand who the Gaels are
- Understand who the African Nova Scotians are
- Explore and contextualize our understanding of culture
- Explore and contextualize our understanding of intersectionality
- Explore and articulate the intersections of race, nationality, gender, and sexuality
Module 1provides space for the four (4) historical cultures of Nova Scotia to share themselves in a meaningful way. Participants will better understand the four(4) historical cultures, languages, and beliefs. Participants will explore and contextualize specific intersections and how they relate to culture and themselves.
Module 2:Faces of Discrimination
- Explore and contextualize our own privileges, biases, and opinions
- Explore and contextualize discrimination
- Explore and contextualize racism
- Explore and contextualize systemic racism
- Explore the Indian Act, Residential Schools, Africville, Racialized Policing, “All lives Matter” and, Social Determinants of Health
- Explore and contextualize micro-aggression
Module 2requires participants to explore and contextualize their own privileges,biases, and opinions. Participants will explore how these interrelate with discrimination, racism, and moreover, systemic racism. Participants will specifically explore contemporary racism in Nova Scotia.
Module 3:Faces of Reconciliation
- Explore and contextualize reconciliation
- Explore Truth and Reconciliation
- Explore and review Education Calls to Action
- Explore Black Lives Matter
- Explore and review United Nations Rights of the Child
- Explore Educator’s role in the classroom
- Explore 7 Sacred Teachings as a tool
- Explore racism from birth onward
- Explore Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework
- Explore and articulate culturally responsive practice
- Explore and contextualize Allyship
Module 3provides space to explore the different types of reconciliation while acknowledging the need to act now. Participants explore their own roles in this work; specifically exploring cultural responsiveness as it relates to Early Learning and Child Care Settings and moreover the Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
Pre-registration agreements
- I agree to participate from an operational computer with a working mic and camera.
- I agree all information is confidential and will not be shared outside my group discussions or cohort of participants.
- I agree to commit to the entire 12-hour schedule to receive credit.
- I agree to conduct myself in a professional manner and be respectful of other people’s perspectives, opinions, and ideas.
- I agree that I will show up fully committed and engaged in the work.
Facilitators:
Session Dates and Times:
Session 1:Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 (online), 6:30pm-8:30pm
Session 2: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 (online), 6:30pm-8:30pm
Session 3: Saturday, June 17th, 2023 (online), 9:00am-1:00pm
Session 4: Tuesday, June 20th, 2023 (online), 6:30pm-8:30pm
Session 5: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 (online), 6:30pm-8:30pm
To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nscece-culturally-responsive-practice-tickets-601476531497
If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at circulation@nscece.ca.
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- June 17, 2023
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Jane Norman - Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia's Early Learning and Child Care Settings
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June 17, 2023 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Online Via ZoomDescription: Culturally Responsive Practice in Nova Scotia’s Early Learning and Child Care Settings is a 12-hour module developed in response to the ongoing enhancements to Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework (NSELCF). Three (3) sub-modules have been designed to create a safe and ethical space for examining the nature of biases, prejudice, and assumptions. The modules unpack privilege and encourage participants to reflect on the historical and systemic roots of discrimination and racism. The modules reflect on the lived experiences of people who face these challenges in Nova Scotia. Each module is accompanied by home learning that will continue the conversations between modules.
Through a reflective approach, participants will become deeply aware of their own identities and the identities of the children, families, and communities they serve.
Disclaimer: The modules have been developed for synchronous learning. Participants are required to move through each of the modules in sequence, and with the same cohort. The inability to commit will result in a “restart” of the entire training. The objective of the modules is to demonstrate cultural responsiveness, thus, participants must demonstrate this understanding throughout. To do so, participants scheduled for online learning must work from an operational computer, with a working mic and camera.
Module 1: Laying Face and Foundation
Module Objectives:
• Understand who the Mi’kmaq are
• Understand who the Acadians are
• Understand who the Gaels are
• Understand who the African Nova Scotians are
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of culture
• Explore and contextualize our understanding of intersectionality
• Explore and articulate the intersections of race, nationality, gender, and sexuality
Module 1 provides space for the four (4) historical cultures of Nova Scotia to share themselves in a meaningful way. Participants will better understand the four (4) historical cultures, languages, and beliefs. Participants will explore and contextualize specific intersections and how they relate to culture and themselves.
Module 2: Faces of Discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize our own privileges, biases, and opinions
▪ Explore and contextualize discrimination
▪ Explore and contextualize racism
▪ Explore and contextualize systemic racism
▪ Explore the Indian Act, Residential Schools, Africville, Racialized Policing, “All lives Matter” and, Social Determinants of Health
▪ Explore and contextualize micro-aggression
Module 2 requires participants to explore and contextualize their own privileges, biases, and opinions. Participants will explore how these interrelate with discrimination, racism, and moreover, systemic racism. Participants will specifically explore contemporary racism in Nova Scotia.
Module 3: Faces of Reconciliation
▪ Explore and contextualize reconciliation
▪ Explore Truth and Reconciliation
▪ Explore and review Education Calls to Action
▪ Explore Black Lives Matter
▪ Explore and review United Nations Rights of the Child
▪ Explore Educator’s role in the classroom
▪ Explore 7 Sacred Teachings as a tool
▪ Explore racism from birth onward
▪ Explore Nova Scotia’s Early Learning Curriculum Framework
▪ Explore and articulate culturally responsive practice
▪ Explore and contextualize Allyship
Module 3 provides space to explore the different types of reconciliation while acknowledging the need to act now. Participants explore their own roles in this work; specifically exploring cultural responsiveness as it relates to Early Learning and Child Care Settings and moreover the Early Learning Curriculum Framework.
Pre-registration agreements
-I agree to participate from an operational computer with a working mic and camera.
-I agree all information is confidential and will not be shared outside my group discussions or cohort of participants
-I agree to commit to the entire 12-hour schedule to receive credit.
-I agree to conduct myself in a professional manner and be respectful of other people’s perspectives, opinions, and ideas.
-I agree that I will show up fully committed and engaged in the work.Facilitators: TBA
Session Dates and Times:
Tuesday June 6 6:30pm-8:30pm onlineThursday June 8 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Saturday June 17 9:00am-1:00pm
in person - Inn on Prince Truro - 437 Prince St. Truro NSTuesday June 27 6:30pm-8:30pm online
Thursday June 29 6:30pm-8:30pm online
To register, click on the link:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/559528945137See more details
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