Play It Forward - Professional Development and Consulting

I'm excited to be welcomed back to the Sea to Sky CCRR to teach my new and favorite workshop Illuminate Play! Join me for a hands on experiential play based day of exploring light and shadow.

Illuminate Play! - Sea to Sky Community Services Society Workshop description Illuminate play is a four-hour experimental workshop inviting participants to play and explore the spectrum of possibilities for using light in early learning with children from infancy through middle childhood. Participants will engage hands-on with a broad variety of light sou...

Happy New Year! As I reflect on 2024 I am grateful for all the amazing folks that I have had the joy of connecting with who have participated in my workshops. When I facilitate workshops I always say “the wisdom is in the room”. Here’s one of the many Post It notes from a participant that reflects that wisdom from one of my Growing Leaders workshop I offered in 2024. I’ve had this at my desk since then. You all inspired me.

Happy Community Care Licensing Day to everyone who is connected to licensed care! I see you and the work you're doing to advance community care licensing to promote health, dignity, and care for those accessing community care facilities. Congratulations and thank you to the Community Care Facilities Licensing Officers of BC for having this day proclaimed in BC.

Heads up ECE community! Applications for the ECEBC Educational Support Fund are being accepted until October 29, 2024. ECE students can apply to receive $500 per course up $4000 in financial support. Priority is given to Indigenous students and other applications will be processed on a first come first serve basis.

If you have completed the ECE training check out ECEBC’s other bursaries and grants. Shout out to ECEBC for their long-standing commitment to supporting the advancement of ECE education and professionalism. 🙌

I am excited to share a new workshop that my partner Karla Joseph and I created called Walking Together: Meaningful Engagement in the Journey of Truth and Reconciliation. This is a six-hour workshop that offers child providers and other community-facing professionals the opportunity to further their knowledge of Canada’s colonial history and the implications that are continuing to impact Indigenous peoples today. As you know, many Canadians are feeling unsure of how to be part of the journey of Truth and Reconciliation, especially in light of the rediscoveries of so many children who attended Indian Residential Schools. This workshop balances learning history and supporting participants in building skills for their own journey of becoming an ally. Karla and I recently had the pleasure of presenting our workshops virtually at the Children’s Heart of the Matter Conference. The general feedback that we received was that participants appreciated the respectful, honest conversations that we facilitated where they were safe to be vulnerable to learn and to grow. We look forward to the opportunity to facilitate this workshop again, whether virtual or in person, in one weekend day or two evening sessions. Please see the attached poster for Walking Together: Meaningful Engagement in the Journey of Truth and Reconciliation.

Super excited to be at the today for the 25 anniversary conference! I’m thrilled to be co-facilitating two workshops with Karla Joseph.

Come join Karla Joseph and me for the 25th annual, Children Heart of the Matter conference on February 4th and 5th. The conference will be online to promote health and safety. Registration is still open! I am so honored to be presenting this year, especially with my awesome co-facilitator.

www.childcareoptions.ca

I have been a little quite recently as I have been in student mode. I recently started my Masters in Leadership with a Health specialty. But I have big news!

I am very honoured to be co-facilitating two workshops with my friend and colleague Karla Joseph at the Children’s Heart of the Matter Conference in February. Together we have designed workshops to further the dialogue and inspire action for truth and reconciliation. We are looking forward to this opportunity.

You can register at the link below, space is limited.

https://www.childcareoptions.ca/children-the-heart-of-the-matter/conference-registration-information-2022/

Join me online this weekend for Kids at Hope hosted by the Abbostford CCRR!

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Join me online Thursday with the Surrey CCRR for Tinkers and Thinkers! Check out the link to learn more!

Online Workshop - Tinkers and Thinkers: Igniting Innovation - Child Care Options 98% of kindergarten children are at a genius level of divergent thinking which is an aspect of creativity which allows us to see many solutions to a given problem. Over time, as we grow up, we lose this ability because we are often taught that there is only one right solution to a problem. This […...