- CARE Training: Saturday, April 21; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location TBD
- Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) is a trauma-informed, field-initiated training developed by the Trauma Treatment Training Center for general usage by non-clinical adults who interact with children with a history of trauma. CARE is not a therapy, but uses similar skills taught in Parent-Child Interaction on Therapy. CARE utilizes the 3 P skills (Praise, Paraphrase and Point-Out Behavior) to connect with children, a set of techniques for giving children effective positive commands, and selective ignoring techniques to redirect problematic behaviors. CARE also contains a trauma education component to contextualize the use of these skills with the kinds of behaviors and problems exhibited by children with a history of trauma.
- 2018-19 school year committee position elections. Date, time, and location TBD (estimated late April).
- Popsicle Sale – Fund Raiser: May 1, 2018
- Funds that are raised will be used to buy tricycles for the Playground at Head Start for the preschool children! The playground has recently be renovated to include green grass, hills, a sand pit, and tricycle path, however Head Start is not able to afford tricycles.
- Early Learning Institute: June 1-2, 2018
- The Early Learning Institute is an annual event held each summer and began in 2015. The mission of the institute is to create an intimate, supportive, professional context for early childhood educators and natural leaders to collaborate and share nature-based practices and thinking. The aim is to connect, inspire, and encourage a variety of educators as they explore and cultivate pedagogy surrounding nature-based play and opportunities for young children, their families, and early childhood practitioners.
- Our participation in the ELI includes organizing and creating teacher appreciation gifts for all ELI attendees. We need help planning and creating these gifts and presenting them to teachers during the ELI.