Illinois Action for Children Quarterly Training Catalog

32 FALL 2019 — Registration begins September 25, 2019
CONTINUING
EDUCATION
Beautiful Brain:
The First Three Years
R‰s 2
Explore how the brain develops. Examine
hot topics in brain research and
discover what you can do to encourage
and enrich brain development.
• Saturday, 11/23/2019, 10 a.m.-
12 p.m. Cicero Community Center
(Suburban Central). Call Carole
Robertson Center for Learning at
(773) 522-5477.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
Become an Effective Teacher
R‰s 2 6
Beginnings are important. Students
make decisions about teachers, the class,
and their classmates the moment they
walk into the classroom. It is important
for the effective teacher to establish a
positive environment for their students
on the first day of school that carries on
to the last day of school.
• Wednesday, 10/2/2019, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Centers for New Horizons—
James Pitts (Chicago South).
Call Centers for New Horizons at
(773) 357-4339.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
Before the ABC's—
Social-Emotional Development
and School Readiness in
Children Birth to 3
R‰s 3
This workshop will examine how
social-emotional skills—the ability to
self-regulate, communicate, cooperate,
and cope with difficulties—work hand in
hand with cognitive skills. This workshop
will focus on ways to plan developmentally
appropriate school readiness skills in
children birth to 3-years-old while being
aware of the social-emotional development
that is integral to how they learn.
• Thursday, 10/24/2019, 6:30-
8:30 p.m. Centers for New Horizons—
James Pitts (Chicago South).
Call Centers for New Horizons at
(773) 357-4339.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
Creative, Healthy Cooking
with Young Children
R‰s 1
This course will demonstrate how cooking
can be done in the classroom setting
with very little equipment. It emphasizes
how cooking can help children learn
about new foods, become more willing
to try new foods, and learn many different
types of early academic skills.
• 2 sessions—12/10/2019 and
12/11/2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bubbles
Academy (Chicago North). Call Illinois
Action for Children at (773) 564-8804.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
See page 6 for training locations.
Linking Social-Emotional
Development With Powerful
Interactions
R‰s 3
In this workshop, participants will learn
about social-emotional development
and how it is linked to “Powerful Interactions.”
Come and discover how to extend
a child's learning by utilizing “Powerful
Interactions.”
• Tuesday, 12/3/2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Carole Robertson Center for Learning—Roosevelt
(Chicago Central).
Call Carole Robertson Center for Learning
at (773) 522-5477.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
Making the Most of
Your Group Time
R‰s 2 3
How is your group time going? In this
workshop, we will explore the purpose
of structured group time as an important
part o the daily classroom schedule, and
how to make it an engaging, stimulating
activity that supports learning, identity,
and group cohesion.
• Tuesday, 10/29/2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Levy Senior Center (Suburban North).
Call Children’s Home + Aid at
(847) 640-9590.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• Classroom Teaching Staff
• Family Child Care Owner
• Family Child Care Assistant
COST: Free
School-Age Children
and Risky Behavior
R‰s 3
It is essential that parents, educators, and
other concerned adults maintain awareness
of the prevalence of risky behaviors
in adolescent youth. During this training,
participants will learn some of these