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Professional Development Leap Early Learning Partners

Bonisiwe Shabane
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It’s difficult to have professional development experiences in the traditional classroom these days. With that in mind, we’ve provided some simple tips to help make the virtual learning experience as positive and productive as possible. Leap Early Learning Partners offers a diverse and evolving catalog of trainings throughout the region to help professionals meet their career goals and the annual training requirements established by Bright from the Start: Georgia... Each month, we publish a new training calendar and e-mail a hard copy to every licensed and registered child care program in our region. Each calendar includes training events as well as other helpful information such as professional development news, tips and best practices. As trainings are scheduled, we update our events calendar online and share the updates via email.

If you would like to be included in training updates, let us know! Please include your name, child care program name and county of residence. In addition to trainings offered by Leap Early Learning Partners, there are many approved trainers and trainings available around the state. Georgia Professional Development System for Early Childhood Educators maintains a searchable database of every approved trainer and training and is the definitive source for statewide training opportunities. Read Right from the Start (Rollins Center for Language & Literacy) also offers free online courses for Bright from the Start credit. To access and download the Post Training Plans for the Read Right from the Start trainings, please visit our downloads page.

In addition to “traditional classroom training,” Leap Early Learning Partners is equipped and ready to provide PLCs across our region. Learn more here. In our partnerships with clients we strive to follow seven partnership principles including reflection, praxis, and reciprocity. In our commitment to these principles, we hold ourselves to the same standard for professional growth and lifelong learning that we hope to foster in our clients. We maintain membership in various professional organizations and continue to engage in professional development to ensure we are offering our clients relevant and innovative instructional practices (Knight, 2011). We maintain membership in a diverse array of organizations based on each of our individual areas of interests and professional passions.

The current professional memberships that challenge and inform the work at LEAP include: AECT grounds us in learning science and general instructional design trends as we apply those in the K-12 sector. We've found this professional organization positions our staff to bridge the gap that often presents itself between K-12 and higher education. We can reflect the work of both researchers and practitioners through our engagement here. ISLS keeps us on the forefront as we learn about how people learn and how we can better facilitate learning, with or without technology. ISPI keeps our practice on the cutting edge of performance improvement in industry - where our K-12 clients are preparing their students to succeed.

Increasingly we are equipping students with overarching performance skills and mindsets just as much as we are content knowledge. Did you know that DECAL offers FREE marketing tools and resources to help you promote YOUR child care program? Watch this short webinar to unlock your free promotional tools today! Leap Early Learning Partners offers a diverse and evolving catalog of trainings throughout the region to help professionals meet their career goals and … Quality Rated is Georgia’s system to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early education and school‐age care programs. Similar …

Owners & Directors! Did you know Quality Rated child care programs can add pictures and additional information to their profiles that families see when they search for child care on DECAL’s website? Add this information to your program’s profile today! Looking for an easy way to keep up with Leap news and events? Leap Education Partners is a network of early childhood education centers throughout the United States, offering curriculum-based learning within nurturing, safe, and fun settings.

We provide families peace of mind and children a sense of belonging. Access to early education leaders who have done it all in childcare Relentless attention and drive to be the best option for early childhood education High-quality early learning experiences help children thrive. To support each child’s learning and development, early childhood educators must have knowledge and skills grounded in the latest research and practice. Unfortunately, too few educators working in the field today can access effective and relevant professional development in a way that fits with their careers and lives.

The EarlyEdU Alliance® brings together higher education faculty and policymakers to create pathways for early learning educators to get the professional development they need to help young learners reach their full potential. Membership in the Alliance is free, AND the community and resources are priceless! Explore our learning modules, webinars, newsletters, and partner professional development resources. Deliver online and in-person competency- and evidence-based courses in early childhood education. Early learning professionals who have a nonprofit or governmental affiliation can join the EarlyEdU Alliance. Membership is free and includes complimentary and fee-for-service resources and training.

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