Early Learning Resources and News

January 12th, 2023: Fulcrum Early Learning Fund Grant Information

December 8th, 2022: Curriculum

November 18th, 2022: Monthly Butterfly Pediatrics Session

November 10th, 2022: Early Learning Conferences

September 16th, 2022: Monthly Butterfly Pediatrics Session

April 28th, 2022: Bringing Literacy Alive in the Classroom

March 24th, 2022: Bringing Math Alive in the Classroom

December 9th, 2021: Butterfly Pediatrics

September 16th, 2021: Early Learning and Kindergarten Connection

May 20th, 2021: Catholic Identity in the Classroom

March 18th, 2021: Connections with K-8 Programs

February 18th, 2021: Early Learning Marketing Templates

January 22nd, 2021: Classroom Centers and Social Distancing

December 15th, 2022: Self-Enter and Confirm Process in MERIT

November 17th, 2022: “Job Education Role” tile on MERIT Dashboard UPDATE

October 20th, 2022: In-Person Monitoring Visits and Visibility in Facility Tab to see staff’s dashboards

September 15th, 2022: Open Mic for all things Licensing Administration

April 14th, 2022: Washington Administrative Code (WAC’s)

March 7th, 2022: Virtual Monitoring Visits

January 20th, 2022: PACE: Provider Access to a Community Equivalent

November 17th, 2021: “Job Role Education” tile on MERIT Dashboard Update

October 14th, 2021: MERIT Dashboard Update

May 13th, 2021: Child Care Basics, EQEL and the STARS training journey for new staff

April 22nd, 2021: MERIT Professional Record, Facility Tab and Staff Verification

February 11th, 2021: Training Reimbursements and Education Awards

January 14th, 2021: Child Care Check

Early Learning Marketing Templates – click on Preschool Marketing Templates

Vision of High Quality Teaching and Learning

NAEYC Early Learning Topics and Resources

Child Care Aware Emergency Planning Video Series

Singing and Moving in the time of Covid-19

Teaching Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood

4 Strategies for Teaching Black History in Early Learning Programs

Coping with Violence Resources

Helping Children Cope with Traumatic Events Resources

Creating Trauma Sensitive Classrooms

A Two-Generation Model for Reducing Parent Stress and Boosting Preschool Self-Regulation and Attention

Transforming Child Care (Child Care Aware Paper)

DCYF Draft Goals and Strategies

5 Ways to Celebrate Media Literacy

Using Technology to Enhance Children’s Learning at Home and School

Outdoor Play in a Pandemic: How Child Care Can Reach Its Full Potential

Improving Quality of Preschool Conversations

In Time of Calamity, What do Children Need from Us?

Promoting Mathematical Talk at Home with Young Children

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MERIT Account Management:
The Webinar highlights how to update personal data, Health and Safety Trainings, Employment and Education.

Updated MERIT Qualifications Dashboard:
The new dashboard will allow people to easily track qualifications and professional development progress. During this webinar, the PD team provides a demo of the updated MERIT dashboard.

Community Based Training Update – now known as PACE
During this webinar, the PD team covered what DCYF learned during the pilot phase, explained what the full experience of this pathway will be like, and how and when providers can complete this option.

Staff Qualifications:
During this webinar, the PD team will share more about the education pathways, including:

• Overview of Staff Qualifications
• Pathways to meet education requirements
  • How to indicate your selected pathway in the Workforce Registry, MERIT.
  • Learn the next steps for your chosen pathway, including the experience option.
  • Determine the steps you’ll need to take given the timeline for your role.
• Training Requirements

Navigating the Career Planning Portal
The ECE Career Planning Portal supports individuals in the Early Learning field with: Providing education options, financial resources, locating education advisors and provide various professions available to you in the ECE field.  During this quick webinar we cover the following topics in detail:

• Overview of all of the education options and pathways available to you
• Scholarship and grant opportunities to help pay for college
• Navigating the portal and highlighting recent updates made to the portal 

DCYF Training Portal Updates Webinar
The DCYF training site [lnks.gd] is getting updated. Watch now to see how these updates will help you the next time you complete training on the DCYF training site.

Try this quick drawing activity to ease anxiety:
This is a quick video (8 minutes) with a tool to help ease anxiety. But more importantly it comes from a YouTube series called “therapy in a nutshell” which has dozens of free videos with helpful tools for a variety of mental health challenges.