Leadership and Communication

Facilitated By: Mary Mitches RECE., MPed and Michele Andersen RECE, HBA

Join facilitators Mary Mitches (Fanshawe College ECL Field Coordinator) and Michele Andersen (Fanshawe College Faculty Advisor) as we discuss mentorship. How to develop a positive mentoring relationship and the dispositions of mentors and mentees. Participants will have an opportunity to share their experiences and discuss what "good mentorship" looks like.

Facilitated By: Jan Gourley, RECE

The Fundamentals of Excel workshop will help participants develop their skills to maximize their use of Excel and the efficiencies it offers for sorting and categorizing data. During this workshop we will be covering topics including: the Excel ribbon & its important tools, formatting data, sorting data, and working with formulas.

Facilitated By: Michelann Parr, PhD, Schulich School of Education, Nipissing University

All communication with children, with families, and with each other should be navigated through a courageous conversation compass that emphasizes a process of believing, feeling, thinking, planning, and acting.

In this virtual session, participants explored the nature of engaging in courageous conversations with families. We considered a model for communication with families that builds social and communication capital and discover how building that capital through ongoing communication bolsters our ability to have the more difficult and challenging conversations when they arise. We positioned communication as a three-way interaction between child, family, and Educator, emphasizing relationships as a foundation of effective communication.

Facilitated By: Anisha Angella, childcare coach, consultant and specialist; owner of Anisha Angella Books and Consulting

In this session, Anisha guides us through an exploration of leadership within the field of Early Childhood Education and Care, and encourages us to tap into the leadership we all have. We are natural born leaders that have chosen a field to be a part of the "bigger movement" of shaping the world “one child and family at a time!" In this webinar you will learn all about true leadership, how to foster your own leadership skills and become stronger in the field!

Facilitated By: Sheri Spriggs, RECE

Conflict can be present when there are differences of opinion, ideas or even values. Understanding how you respond in the moment, reviewing key skills and applying practical strategies will help get you back on track to navigating conflict with confidence.