Stress, Community Trauma and Compassion Fatigue (02/24/22 - 02/24/22)

Experiencing stress and uncertainty in ourselves while continuing to do our jobs affects us in both negative and positive ways. Trauma touches everyone. Compassion fatigue, burnout, frustration, emotional exhaustion, and secondary trauma are real and on the rise. Learn to define, and recognize burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue. Utilize a tool to measure compassion…

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Welcome Aboard: Orienting New Staff Members (12/16/21 - 04/01/22)

Explore skills and strategies needed to create and implement a meaningful new employee orientation process that will lead to a high-quality workforce in an early childhood program. Identify benefits of a thoughtful and thorough employee orientation, the essential aspects of a strong orientation and induction process, and the practices that help new employees develop a…

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Selecting Staff For Your Early Childhood Program (12/16/21 - 04/01/22)

Explore skills and strategies needed to navigate the selection and hiring processes that are needed to build and maintain a high-quality workforce in an early childhood program. Identify the benefits of continuous and strategic staff recruitment and selection processes, essential aspects of a strong job posting, and selection practices consistent with the development of the…

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Developing Human Resources in Early Childhood Programs #30 (10/11/22 - 11/16/22)

Identify and illustrate knowledge of each step in the employee life cycle – recruitment; selection; orientation (on boarding); supervision and development; and retention. Through reading, video, discussion, and practical application activities participants development skills needed to manage the most important program resource – the center staff.

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